microsoft / microsoft/lage

Ability to add environment variables that affect the hash of a task

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TypeScript
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Description

Somtimes a task makes use of an environment variable in a significant way, for example WEBPACK_ENV, NODE_ENV, etc.. It would be good if changing the environment variable would cause lage to rebuild.

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by tracing how lage computes task hashes and how tasks receive environment variables; done means changing a significant environment variable such as WEBPACK_ENV or NODE_ENV causes the affected task to rebuild.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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