hey folks. Would appreciate some help. Say I have collected the sources from

sources=['directory/**/*']

of a target (I work on Debian packages). Now I can use them as I need. However, I also need to have access to the

files

and

packages

items from the target declaration. I’ve looked up how it’s done in the

archive

target: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/916f4273d8a6c4368e5fab299ce8e5f9e238336b/src/python/pants/core/target_types.py#L458 and got it working for me. So now I have a directory with files (from

sources

); arbitrary

files

and

.pex

packages from the respective parameters in the target declaration. What I need is to place

files

and

packages

into arbitrary locations inside the

sources

. So let’s say

sources=['directory/**/*']

gave me

directory/path/here/file1.txt

and I want to place

my-project.pex

into

directory/path/here/

(let’s keep it simple and assume I know where to place the items) before passing the

digest

of

sources

into the

Process

. Is it doable and if it is, what would be the best way to achieve this?

I think you just need these?: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/blob/7f3ceae158bfc19c218f7e9a3c23ba67b1078830/src/python/pants/engine/internals/native_engine.pyi#L101-L144

perfect, thank you, this should help me to get started!

Thanks John. https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/rules-api-file-system