halostatue
Is there a way to make a file that always recompiles?
I have a file that returns some information about the current release for our application, such as the git hashref, etc.
Is there a way to tell mix that a particular file should always be recompiled so that this never becomes stale during development?
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OvermindDL1
Use @external_resource on something relevant like the application module. 
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ConnorRigby
Fwiw i just tried @external_resource "/dev/random" and sadly it didn’t work
OvermindDL1
Oh right! I had it backwards!
Well you could add a custom compiler to the compiler stage that runs before elixir and just delete that compiled file, or touch’s it or whatever.
halostatue
I don’t remember what, if anything I did for this, but I’m wondering if @external_resource ".git/HEAD" might work… (or whatever recipe is necessary to make that happen).
(Actually, it might be necessary to read the .git/HEAD to see the ref: to which it refers, e.g., .git/refs/heads/master.)
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