Variables defined in a submodule should be overridable on the command line

[lisongmin]

I have following justfile in the same directory:

var.just

compose_provider := 'podman'

test.just

import 'var.just'

show:
  @echo "compose_provider is {{ compose_provider }}"

Justfile

import 'var.just'
mod test 'test.just'

show:
  @echo "compose_provider is {{compose_provider}}"

And when i set the compose_provider from command line, the show recipe in the Justfile is changed as expect

❯ just --unstable compose_provider=nerdctl show
compose_provider is nerdctl

but the show recipe in the test module always show the default value

❯ just --unstable compose_provider=nerdctl test show
compose_provider is podman

The just version is 1.27.0

[casey]

This is currently not possible. On the CLI, only variables in the root justfile can be overridden, but it would be nice to be able to override submodule variables.

[lisongmin]

Thanks for the quick reply. And now I workaround by using the environment

compose_provider := env('COMPOSE_PROVIDER', 'podman')