Is it possible to make an interactive Rake task?
Here's an example without using another task.
task :solve_earth_problems => :environment do
STDOUT.puts "This is risky. Are you sure? (y/n)"
begin
input = STDIN.gets.strip.downcase
end until %w(y n).include?(input)
if input != 'y'
STDOUT.puts "So sorry for the confusion"
return
end
# user accepted, carry on
Humanity.wipe_out!
end
Something like this might work
task :action do
STDOUT.puts "I'm acting!"
end
task :check do
STDOUT.puts "Are you sure? (y/n)"
input = STDIN.gets.strip
if input == 'y'
Rake::Task["action"].reenable
Rake::Task["action"].invoke
else
STDOUT.puts "So sorry for the confusion"
end
end
Task reenabling and invoking from How to run Rake tasks from within Rake tasks?