The using instruction

Synopsis

  <pipeline stage>.using(<variable>:<value>, <variable2>:value...)

Behavior

A using instruction causes variables to be defined inside a pipeline stage as part of pipeline construction. It is only valid inside a Bpipe run or segment clause. The using instruction is useful to pass parameters or configuration attributes to pipeline stages to allow them to work differently for different pipelines.

Examples

Sleep for a configurable amount of time and say hello to a specified user

  hello = {
    exec "sleep $time"
    exec """echo "hello $name" """
  }

  run {
    hello.using(time: 10, name: "world") + hello.using(time:5, name:"mars")
  }