Is there a way to limit the depth of ` changed dependees` wh

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Is there a way to limit the depth of ` changed dependees` when using advanced target selection For example only go 4 links away or something like that

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

Not that I m aware of

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

FWIW I d love to see more customizability in ` changed dependees` and have sketched out at least one potential option However the system it s built on specs is liekly due for an overhaul anyways

high-yak-85899 · Answer

Yeah I didn t see it in the docs but I just intentionally made the argument wrong for that and saw that none direct and transitive are available

high-yak-85899 · Answer

imo transitive seems to go way too deep to be useful for the target selection once repos start to get really large

high-yak-85899 · Answer

ooo I thought of something tricky for how you can do it

high-yak-85899 · Answer

I remembered reading about piping arguments

high-yak-85899 · Answer

So I can do ``` pants changed since=master changed dependees=direct list | xargs pants dependees | xargs pants test``` and that will run all tests two layers of dependencies deep

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

Hm you do need to traverse fully for correctness though ` pants changed since=HEAD changed dependees=transitive test ` tests everything that might have been impacted by your change If it s only a few levels then you will be missing some deps What s the motivation

high-yak-85899 · Answer

I want to minimize the amount of time it takes a developer to put up a change Our build system will do the potentially heavier full validation for them because it has remote caching set up and can share work more easily We haven t enabled remote caching for developer machines yet until we get more confidence of the load on that system

high-yak-85899 · Answer

So I d like to run enough tests that should indicate things will probably work and then let devs respond appropriately if CI disagrees

high-yak-85899 · Answer

Since we develop in multiple languages it can be a while since someone has run tests in this portion of the repo and their cache would be so out of date that they d have to run everything

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

the double dependees thing is a neat trick heh but yea those goals could probably pretty easily support a numerical level

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Yeah that seems like a reasonable thing to support if you want to put up a change

high-yak-85899 · Answer

lol I m building up quite the queue When things cool down on the Astranis side will it ever I ll start poking around the contributor page and get acquainted This seems more reasonable to tackle as a first task than getting pyright type checking supported

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

Haha I feel you there so many changes I want to do too Would you be willing to open a feature request please including your very helpful explanation for why this would be useful In case anyone else wants to chip in

high-yak-85899 · Answer

Yeah good idea Will do that now

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

FWIW contributing is super easy and fun Would recommend wink

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

in general we re very happy to pair program on any changes also slightly smiling face altho ack the issue here is time no pressure at all there s never an expectation you contribute certain things

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

This would definitely be a better first ticket to get your feet wet on

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

If I may mix metaphors atrociously