Zesk Build v0.41.1

Zesk Build is a suite of Bash functions which make software development, deployment, and management easier.

Documentation up to date as of 2026-03-06 16:56:27 UTC.

Contents

• Functions - Tons of handy functions. (./bin/build/tools/*.sh)
• Scripts and tools - Scripts universally useful everywhere. (./bin/build/*.sh)
• Hooks - Hooks are a way to customize default behaviors in build scripts. (./bin/hooks/*.sh)
• Environment Variables - All environment variables known by Zesk Build. (./bin/env/*.sh)

Introduction

Pipeline, build and operations toolkit.

• Binaries from this project installed at ./bin/build/
• Optional hook binaries can be placed in your project at ./bin/hooks/
• Files containing bash code end with .sh

To use in your pipeline:

• copy ./bin/build/install-bin-build.sh into your project (changing the last line ../.. if needed) manually
• run it before you need your ./bin/build directory

To install directly from the web:

mkdir -p bin/build && cd bin/build
curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zesk/build/refs/tags/v0.41.1/bin/build/install-bin-build.sh" | bash

Conceptually you can keep solely install-bin-build.sh in your project and use that to load Zesk Build as needed. It's not recommended that you commit bin/build to your source repository. You can lock to a version using bin/build/install-bin-build --version "$desiredVersion". Zesk Build always installs the most recent version.

Features

• Application deployment support to multiple hosts with rollback
• Support for application hooks and environment
• Bash prompt support with colors
• Bash documentation framework with automatic usage in shell and markdown documentation
• Comprehensive argument validation
• Generic package interface for system configuration
• Advanced Bash debugger features
• Complete testing and assertion framework
• Safe environment files support
• Tools for AWS, crontab, daemontools, docker, interactivity, URLs, versions, and terminal integration

Usage and arguments

• Function Reference
• Binaries

Zesk Build Guides

• Coding Practices
• Documentation
• Functions to be documented
• test Cheatsheet
• Bash Cheatsheet
• Code README

Deprecated

• Deprecated functionality

Copyright and License

• About Zesk Build

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