Justfile groups
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TIL: You can add groups to your
Justfile.:
Recipes and modules may be annotated with one or more group names:
Before:
thiago.perrotta ~/.dotfiles git:master
β― just --list
Available recipes:
bootstrap # Bootstrap environment (install packages, casks, and configure macOS)
configure-macos # Configure macOS defaults
install # Install dotfiles
install-brewfile # Install dependencies from Brewfile
stow # Stow all packages
stow-lint # Check for dangling symlinks
unstow # Remove all symlinks
update # Update git submodules, pre-commit hooks, and schemas
update-git # Update git submodules
update-pre-commit # Update pre-commit hooks
update-schemas # Update local JSON schemas
xcode-command-line-tools # Install Xcode Command Line ToolsAfter:
thiago.perrotta ~/.dotfiles git:master
β― just --list
Available recipes:
[bootstrap]
bootstrap # Bootstrap environment (install packages, casks, and configure macOS)
configure-macos # Configure macOS defaults (keyboard, dock, security, etc.)
install-brewfile # Install dependencies from Brewfile (Homebrew packages and casks)
xcode-command-line-tools # Install Xcode Command Line Tools
[install]
install # Install dotfiles (stow packages and bootstrap environment)
[stow]
stow # Stow all packages
stow-lint # Check for dangling symlinks
unstow # Remove all symlinks
[update]
update # Update git submodules, pre-commit hooks, and schemas
update-git # Update git submodules
update-pre-commit # Update pre-commit hooks and run all hooks
update-schemas # Update local JSON schemas (Espanso, yamllint, etc.)A typical diff looks like this:
Justfile
diff
-# Check for dangling symlinks
+[doc('Check for dangling symlinks')]
+[group('stow')]
stow-lint:
chkstow -t {{ target_dir }}
-# Remove all symlinks
+[doc('Remove all symlinks')]
+[group('stow')]
unstow:
stow -t {{ target_dir }} -d {{ _dotfiles_dir }} --delete {{ packages }}
Backlinks
- Justfile with checks (Apr 27, 2026)