How do I set the

args

and

name

field in the

pex_binary

target if I use

pex_binaries

instead of individually writing each

pex_binary

target with different

entry_points

?

I tried that. But it says:

If you'd like to override a field's value for every

pex_binary

target generated by this target, change the field directly on this target rather than using the

overrides

field.

Ah, if you tried something, can you share it? And how it doesn't work how you expect

I tried to use this:

__defaults__(extend=True, pex_binary=dict(name="bin", args=["-h"]))

and got this:

TypeError: set_defaults() got an unexpected keyword argument 'pex_binary'

Ah, okay, I think

__defaults__

takes a

dict

not kwargs directly (https://www.pantsbuild.org/2.21/docs/using-pants/key-concepts/targets-and-build-files#field-default-values)

__defaults__({pex_binary: dict(name="bin", args=["-h"])}, extend=True)

(NB the

{...}

) However that's something slightly different to

overrides

I am getting this now:

InvalidFieldException: Unrecognized field `name` for target pex_binary. Valid fields are: args, check, complete_platforms, dependencies, description, emit_warnings, entry_point, env, environment, executable, execution_mode, extra_build_args, ignore_errors, include_requirements, include_sources, include_tools, inherit_path, interpreter_constraints, layout, output_path, platforms, resolve, resolve_local_platforms, restartable, script, sh_boot, shebang, strip_pex_env, tags, venv_hermetic_scripts, venv_site_packages_copies.

With

__defaults__

? I think the

name

field may be special and so may not work with

__defaults__

. But, it's a bit surprising that to be setting the name by default, one cannot have two targets with the same name in a single directory

if we dont populate the name field, how does

pex_binaries

name each

pex_binary

target? And is there a way to customize it?

I'm not sure how it does that. A good way to find out would be to introspect it with

pants list

, e.g.

pants list path/to/directory:

will print the names of all the targets defined in

path/to/directory/BUILD

I think

Oh ohk. thank you!