alors syntax highlighting

Syntax highlighting for .alors files — the tasks files used by alors, a small command-line tool that gathers your project's commands (configure, build, test, deploy…) into one CLI you run as alors <task>.

If you keep a tasks.alors in your project, this extension colorizes it (and every imported .alors file) so it's easy to read and edit.

What it highlights

• Comments (# …)
• Task names and :: namespace separators
• Parameters
• The : separator and the dependency references that follow it
• {{name}} interpolation and $name / ${name} variables inside task bodies

When it activates

Automatically, for any file with the .alors extension — the tasks.alors entry point and the files it imports alike.

Example

# configure the CMake build tree
configure:
    cmake -S . -B build

# build depends on configure — it runs first
build: configure
    cmake --build build

# a task with a parameter, used as {{name}}
test name:
    ctest --test-dir build -R {{name}}

Run it with alors build, alors test MySuite, and so on.

About alors

alors is a project-local task runner in the spirit of make and just, with first-class subcommands (alors docker build). It's a single, dependency-free binary.

Project & docs: https://github.com/Wenke-D/alors

License

MIT