Add an annotation with "add" command in Taskwarrior - taskwarrior

Can I add an annotation to a task in Taskwarrior while creating it like that?
task add Description annotation:Anno
Normaly I have to do it with two commands
task add Description
task 1 annotate Anno

It is not possible with the add command as the documentation states:
You cannot add annotations while creating a task because it interferes with the task description.
A possible workaround would be a script asking for the annotation:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
task add $#
ID=$(task +LATEST ids)
read -p "Annotation: " ANNOTATION
task $ID annotate $ANNOTATION

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Get current branch name

I'm running a script (bitbucket_pipelines.yml) and on one of the steps I need to know the current branch name, How can I get it?
I saw there is a predefined BITBUCKET_BRANCH variable, but I'm having troubles to print it so I can see its content.
I tried to do:
...
step:
script:
- echo $BITBUCKET_BRANCH
but when pipelines runs all I see is
echo $BITBUCKET_BRANCH
How can I really see the content of this variable?
I found that Bb Pipelines are sometimes picky when dealing with variables. Try changing this to echo "$BITBUCKET_BRANCH". Also, enclosing the whole line in single quotes might help.
#Shvalb, the question should be how to display the value of a variable in bitbucket pipeline.
I deal with bitbucket support on this matter before.
I want to echo a repo/pipeline variable to see the value and it is not showing correctly.
In my case, it was my repo variable conflict with my deployment/pipeline variable. However, from the support, I understand bitbucket is using search and replace the screen value to "hide" the actual value of the variable with direct echo.
in order to see the value, you can use
echo $VAR > /tmpfile
cat /tmpfile
It was the trick I used before but I am not sure whether it will still work.

TaskWarrior automatically modify UDA

I have a question. Let's say that I have created User Defined Attribute attr with values A,B,C.
How to configure taskwarrior to automatically change the attr value from A to B when I enter
task x start
and change attr from B to C when
task x done
Disadvantage of suggested solution:
You continuously need to have a script running in the background.
There can occur a small delay between your task x start command, and the change of UDA attr
It is a bit of a tedious method, perhaps you can also accomplish your goal using solely taskwarrior commands/settings.
It is made for fun and I can currently not offer any security or proper functioning guarantees. I tested and use it on WSL Ubuntu 16.04.
Assumptions:
If you enter task x start the attribute Start is set to a valid date.
Solution:
You can have a script running in the background that reads the properties of all tasks, and as soon as it detects a valid date in the Start attribute of a tasks, and a value of B in the UDA attr then it sets the UDA attr to C by executing the command task x modify attr:C command.
I made a script/small project that sorts on a custom setting of project and urgency, and it contains the functionalities of:
Running in the background from startup automatically,
Scanning the taskproperties and automatically applying the changes that are programmed in the script.
So in effect,
You should modify/add the UDA attr here:
And duplicate and change for example method private static void setCustomSort(ArrayList<Task> taskList) {1 on line 88 of the main
(For the 2nd step, between //get uuid and //create command you should add the condition that checks the task for a valid id. Then if it has, change the command that is generated to task modify attr:C)
The instructions to compile the java code and set up automation are listed here.

How to order control m job using REXX? like Control m utility CTMAPI

I have to order few jobs in control m from different scheduling tables. this is manual task so i want to automate it using rexx.
I found below in 'Order or Force under Batch, REXX or CLIST' section of 'CONTROL M USERGUIDE'
EXEC CTMAPI PARM=‘ORDER variable’
I could not find syntax to call CMTAPI using rexx.
ADDRESS 'LINKMVS' is the equivalent of // EXEC PGM=something,PARM='whatever' in REXX. I don't know what the variable is supposed to be, but since this is Control-M, I am going to assume job name. A very simple example:
say 'Enter name of job'
pull jobname
parmvar = 'ORDER' jobname
`ADDRESS 'LINKMVS' 'CTMAPI parmvar'
Please note that for LINKMVS, the variable name goes inside the string passed. The LINKMVS environment substitutes the variable automatically. For example, if I entered MYJOB to the prompt, LINKMVS will build a PARM string of `ORDER MYJOB'. This is the exact equivalent of
// EXEC PGM=CTMAPI,PARM='ORDER MYJOB'
This IBM® Knowledge Center page for the z/OS 2.3 TSO/E REXX Reference manual shows several examples of calling a program in the same manner as // EXEC PGM=,PARM= (item 1). Items 5 through 9 show different ways of using ADDRESS 'LINKMVS'; note how variables are treated in each example.
After suggestions from NicC, zarchasmpgmr and few research, finally i am able to order job with CTMJOB utility. I searched for the loadlib and called TSO using REXX.
/*****REXX*******/
ADDRESS TSO
"CALL 'MY.IN.LOAD(CTMJOB)'
' ORDER DSN=MY.SCHED.LIB TABLE=SCHDTBL,
JOB=JOBNAME,DATE=DATE'"
EXIT
Details found in INCONTROL for ZOS utilities guide. This document was very useful.
http://documents.bmc.com/supportu/952/56/64/195664/195664.pdf

Is it possible to change a job ID to something human-readable?

I'd like to send myself a text when a job is finished. I understand how to change the job name so that the .o and .e files have the appropriate name. But I'm not sure if there's a way to change the job ID from a string of numbers to a specified key so I know which job it is. I usually have a lot of different jobs going at once, so it's difficult to remember all the different job ID numbers. Is there a way in the .pbs script to change the job ID so that when I get the message I can see which job it is rather than just a string of numbers?
If you are using Torque and add the -N flag, then you can add a name to the job. It will still use the numeric portion of the job id as part of the output and error filenames, but this allows you to add something to help you distinguish among your jobs. For example:
$ echo ls | qsub -N whatevernameyouplease

How do I apply command line overrides to SystemVerilog ovm_sequence objects?

I'd like to apply a command line override to an ovm_sequence object like this:
+ovm_set_config_int=*,max_timeout,100000
The max_timeout field is declared inside ovm_sequence_utils macro.
Is there any way to do it? My understanding is that ovm sequences are not part of the ovm hierarchy, so perhaps they can't be modified from the command line.
I'm not aware of a mechanism that lets you set-up config space like that from the command line. A quick grep of the OVM source doesn't show anything either.
A quick comment on
ovm sequences are not part of the ovm hierarchy
They're not constructed at build time, that's correct. They are created just before they start running on a sequencer, but any ovm_object based class can interrogate a config integer via get_config_int()
Normally I'd use a plus-arg for things like this, and the set the config int in my base test class based on that plus-arg. For example, the command line would have:
+max_timeout=100000
...and then, in my base test class, which all my tests inherit from:
function void build();
int timeout;
[....]
if ($value$plusargs("max_timeout=%d", timeout)) begin
`ovm_info(get_type_name(), "Setting timeout", OVM_MEDIUM);
set_config_int("*", "max_timeout", timeout");
end
[....]
endfunction
Normally my uses are not quite so literal as that, having flags that set multiple values up, but that's the basics of it.
I got it working (following instructions from http://www.testbench.in/OT_10_OVM_SEQUENCE_5.html) by adding the following to my ovm_sequence in task body():
if(!(p_sequencer.get_config_int("max_timeout",max_timeout)))
max_timeout = ... // some default value
The key here is that the command line config needs to be set for the sequencer, and the sequence can pick up that config using the above-mentioned code.

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