Hello World Examples for the Python fabric framework

fabfile.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from fabric.api import local


def hello(name='world'):
    print('\n\n')
    print('Hello %s!' % name)
    print('\n\n')


def check_git():
    local('git status')
    local('git diff --word-diff')


def init(name):
    if name:
        hello(name)
    else:
        hello()
    check_git()

gistfile2.eclass

$ fab hello


Hello world!


Done.
$ fab hello:zach


Hello zach!


Done.
$ fab hello:name=zach


Hello zach!


Done.

gistfile3.eclass

$ fab init


Hello world!


[localhost] local: git status
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Fatal error: local() encountered an error (return code 128) while executing 'git status'

Aborting.