alajmo/sake v0.13.0

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Features

• Add ability to register variables which are available to the next tasks
• Add option to ignore errors for indiviual tasks
• Add flag/spec --list-hosts option to list targetted hosts
• Support output options csv/json/none
• Add new task strategies: linear, host_pinned, free
  • linear: execute task for each host before proceeding to the next task (default)
  • host_pinned: executes tasks (serial) for a host before proceeding to the next host
  • free: tasks without waiting for other tasks
• Add host ordering
  • inventory: The order is as provided by the inventory
  • reverse_inventory: The order is the reverse of the inventory
  • sorted: Hosts are alphabetically sorted by host
  • reverse_sorted: Hosts are sorted by host in reverse alphabetical order
  • random: Hosts are randomly ordered
• Determine number of hosts to run in parallel
  • batch: specify number of hosts
  • batch_p: specify number of hosts in percentage
  • forks: max number of concurrent processes
• Add option to display reports at end of tasks by using --report flag or specifying it in spec definition
  • recap: show basic report
  • rc: show return code for each host and task
  • task: show task status for each host and task
  • time: show time report for each host and task
  • all: show all reports
• Add confirm/step task capability
  • confirm: for the root task
  • step: per task and host

Fixes

• Fix omitting attribute align when creating a theme
• Abort tasks prematurely when running in parallel and AnyErrorsFatal set to true
• Fix server range (previously [2:100] didn't work as strings were compared)
• Fix empty error for non existing working directory and update how work_dir works

Minor

• Add option to omit empty columns via flag --omit-empty-columns and spec omit_empty_columns
• Add option to specify target and spec via flags --target/--spec
• Add description to targets and specs
• Add server identity to environment variables
• Add silent/describe attribute to spec definition
• Add ssh user flag option

Changes

• [BREAKING CHANGE]: Deprecated the parallel flag, use batch/batch_p/forks instead
• [BREAKING CHANGE]: Rename default environment variables from SAKE_SERVER_* to S_*, and remove task default environment variables
• [BREAKING CHANGE]: Shorthand flag for silent is now Q
• Switch to default shell when evaluating inventory
• If no command name is set on nested tasks, assign task-$i instead of task
• If --limit flag is higher than available hosts, then select all hosts filtered
• Update flag sorting
• Rename --omit-empty to --omit-empty-rows
• Building sake with go 1.19