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The Swift Docc has to run in a Linux container to be able to build the documentation, as it needs access to the inotify.h header files.
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TaskCLI
The build tool for the Swift Inotify project.
Overview
TaskCLI is a small command-line executable (exposed as task in Package.swift) that automates project-level workflows. Its primary purpose is running integration tests and generating documentation inside Linux Docker containers, so you can validate inotify-dependent code on the correct platform even when developing on macOS.
Running the Tests
swift run task test
This launches a swift:latest Docker container with the repository mounted at /code, then executes two test passes:
- All tests except
InotifyLimitTests— the regular integration suite. - Only
InotifyLimitTests(with--skip-build) — tests that manipulate system-level inotify limits and must run in isolation.
The container is started with --security-opt systempaths=unconfined so that the limit tests can write to /proc/sys/fs/inotify/*.
Generating Documentation
swift run task generate-docs
This copies the project to a temporary directory, injects the swift-docc-plugin dependency via swift package add-dependency (if absent), and runs documentation generation inside a swift:latest Docker container. The resulting static sites are written to ./public/inotify/ and ./public/taskcli/, ready for deployment to GitHub Pages.
The working tree is never modified — all changes happen in the temporary copy, which is cleaned up automatically.
Verbosity
Pass one or more -v flags to increase log output:
| Flag | Level |
|---|---|
| (none) | notice |
-v |
info |
-vv |
debug |
-vvv |
trace |
Prerequisites
Docker must be installed and running on the host machine. The container uses the linux/arm64 platform by default.
Topics
Commands
CommandTestCommandGenerateDocsCommand
Configuration
GlobalOptions
Errors
GenerateDocsError