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authorLi Haoyi <haoyi.sg@gmail.com>2018-07-22 15:44:11 +0800
committerLi Haoyi <haoyi.sg@gmail.com>2018-07-22 15:50:54 +0800
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pacaur -S mill
### Windows
To get started, download Mill from:
-https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/download/0.2.4/0.2.4, and save it as
+https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/download/0.2.5/0.2.5, and save it as
`mill.bat`.
If you're using [Scoop](https://scoop.sh) you can install Mill via
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ To get started, download Mill and install it into your system via the following
`curl`/`chmod` command:
```bash
-sudo sh -c '(echo "#!/usr/bin/env sh" && curl -L https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/download/0.2.4/0.2.4) > /usr/local/bin/mill && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mill'
+sudo sh -c '(echo "#!/usr/bin/env sh" && curl -L https://github.com/lihaoyi/mill/releases/download/0.2.5/0.2.5) > /usr/local/bin/mill && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mill'
```
### Development Releases
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ $ mill foo.compile # compile sources into classfiles
$ mill foo.run # run the main method, if any
+$ mill foo.runBackground # run the main method in the background
+
$ mill foo.launcher # prepares a foo/launcher/dest/run you can run later
$ mill foo.jar # bundle the classfiles into a jar
@@ -314,12 +316,23 @@ the task as necessary when the inputs change:
```bash
$ mill --watch foo.compile
$ mill --watch foo.run
+$ mill -w foo.compile
+$ mill -w foo.run
```
Mill's `--watch` flag watches both the files you are building using Mill, as
well as Mill's own `build.sc` file and anything it imports, so any changes to
your `build.sc` will automatically get picked up.
+For long-running processes like web-servers, you can use `.runBackground` to
+make sure they re-compile and re-start when code changes, forcefully terminating
+the previous process even though it may be still alive:
+
+```bash
+$ mill -w foo.compile
+$ mill -w foo.runBackground
+```
+
## Command-line Tools
Mill comes built in with a small number of useful command-line utilities: