Sounds like aliases with :exec-fn and :exec-args

I believe it is semi-common to create short bash scripts and/or Makefile kind of things for this, too.

the best place to file requests is at https://ask.clojure.org (and this is not something that has an existing question specifically for it already afaik) - asking there lets this accumulate votes, which we factor into prioritization

as @U47G49KHQ says, you can get part of the way there by creating an alias with :exec-fn and :exec-args keys and then invoking the alias. for this example, you'd create an alias like:

:trace {:exec-fn graph 
        :exec-args {:deps "mydeps.edn"
                    :trace true
                    :output "trace"}}

clj -X:trace:graph

or you could fold the :graph alias stuff into that same alias to get down to just clj -X:trace

there is also some additional work coming soon around tool installation

Thanks, I knew this was close to a feature request, but I wanted to see the reaction to it 🙂 For some reason I keep forgetting that http://ask.clojure.org exists. If that’s the desired channel, then I will consider writing up something around this. Clojure itself and many of the libraries are very elegant and concise and I have the same hopes for the tooling.

@U1S4F3M4M I am making something like "npm scripts" for babashka: https://github.com/babashka/babashka/discussions/765#discussioncomment-564820 Feel free to give feedback

It's already possibly today to "hide" this behind a function and call it like bb -m tasks/my-clojure-invocation

like this: https://github.com/djblue/portal/commit/39144dbe520783e18ec13440c70844b3c207d9b5

Also made a short video about it: https://youtu.be/_zr1dicJs-E

@U04V15CAJ Thanks, I think I have had a look at babashka previously, but after a quick read now I see that I should have another look as it might actually fit well in my toolbox. That said, I think my initial question/request should be solved preferably in tools-deps itself to keep things simple. Especially for beginners that will soon enough have to navigate the library landscape in search of pieces that fit together.

Right. It would be useful if deps.edn had something like lein aliases. I wished this existed so I'm implementing it for bb. But I want to support something broader than lein aliases (more something in between npm run and make) and I don't expect deps.edn will support this use case. There is always the startup of the JVM too.

But only having "shortcuts" for specific clojure invocations would already be useful.

I just use my shell history, I never have to type in a full command more than once. I have zsh (presto) with fish shell completion. A lot simpler than any other approach.

I’ve not filed a request at https://ask.clojure.org/index.php/10400/support-for-shorthand-commands-in-tools-deps

Just (Justfile) is also a good companion to deps.edn, it's quite easy to replicate most of lein with it +deps.edn

https://github.com/casey/just

There are many runners like this that can be used for now