Adding the ability to quickly choose from your list of tasks and run …

bin/cli.js

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ cli.command('help', 'Display task description', (input, flags) => {
   return runner.getHelp(input)
 })
 
+cli.command('run', 'Choose which task to run from a list', (input, flags) => {
+  const runner = require('..')(flags)
+  return runner.runList(input)
+})
+
 cli.command('list', 'Display task list', (input, flags) => {
   const runner = require('..')(flags)
   return runner.getList()

lib/index.js

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const logger = require('./logger')
 const readMaidFile = require('./readMaidFile')
 const MaidError = require('./MaidError')
 const runCLICommand = require('./runCLICommand')
+const inquirer = require('inquirer')
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn')
 
 class Maid {
   constructor(opts = {}) {
@@ -152,6 +154,45 @@ class Maid {
     )
   }
 
+  runList(patterns) {
+    patterns = [].concat(patterns)
+    const tasks =
+      patterns.length > 0
+        ? this.maidfile.tasks.filter(task => {
+            return mm.some(task.name, patterns)
+          })
+        : this.maidfile.tasks
+
+    if (tasks.length === 0) {
+      throw new MaidError(
+        `No tasks for pattern "${patterns.join(' ')}" was found. Stop.`
+      )
+    }
+
+    let taskNames = tasks.map(task => `${task.name} \t ${task.description}`)
+    inquirer
+      .prompt([
+        {
+          type: 'list',
+          name: 'taskToRun',
+          message: 'Which task do you want to run',
+          choices: taskNames
+        }
+      ])
+      .then(({ taskToRun }) => {
+        spawn(
+          'yarn',
+          [taskToRun.split('\t')[0].trim(), ...process.argv.slice(2)],
+          {
+            stdio: 'inherit',
+            env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+              PATH: `${path.resolve('node_modules/.bin')} :${process.env.PATH}`
+            })
+          }
+        )
+      })
+  }
+
   getList() {
     const tasks = this.maidfile.tasks
     console.log(tasks.map(task => task.name).join('\n'))

package.json

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "eslint-config-xo": "^0.22.2",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^2.6.0",
     "husky": "^1.0.0-rc.8",
+    "inquirer": "^6.2.2",
     "lint-staged": "^7.1.3",
     "prettier": "^1.13.3"
   },