atriumlts / heroku-buildpack-run

Run custom commands during the build of a Heroku app

Heroku Buildpack: Run

Run custom commands during the build process.

Description

This buildpack allows to execute arbitrary commands on the build dyno during the build process by sourcing one or more files with Bash commands.

Usage

Basic

Add the buildpack to your app:

heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/weibeld/heroku-buildpack-run.git

Create the file buildpack-run.sh in the root directory of your app, for example:

echo "Hello World"

Now push your app to Heroku as usual. The commands in buildpack-run.sh will be executed during the build.

Optional: use a different filename

If you want to use another filename than buildpack-run.sh, then you can specify this filename in the app config variable BUILDPACK_RUN. For example, if your file is called my_file.sh:

heroku config:set BUILDPACK_RUN=my_file.sh

Optional: use multiple files

You can specify multiple files to BUILDPACK_RUN by separating them with colons. For example, if you want to source the files my_file_1.sh and my_file_2.sh in this order, then set your BUILDPACK_RUN as follows:

heroku config:set BUILDPACK_RUN="my_file_1.sh:my_file_2.sh"

Additional Information

• The working directory of the shell in which your commands will be executed is the root directory of your app
• The paths of the files specified to BUILDPACK_RUN must be relative to the root directory of your app
• You can use the command exit 1 in your files to abort the build
• The following build-specific shell variables are available to your command files:
  • BUILD_DIR: path to the root directory of your app on the build dyno
  • ENV_DIR: the directory holding all your app's config variables as files
  • CACHE_DIR: directory whose content persists across builds of your app

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md file.