From 61ccf365096bee6f03dac845ad7c8c4d1c2424b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giulio Eulisse <10544+ktf@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:02:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce support for plugins (#744)

---
 alibuild_helpers/args.py  | 1 +
 alibuild_helpers/build.py | 5 +++++
 tests/test_build.py       | 1 +
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/alibuild_helpers/args.py b/alibuild_helpers/args.py
index dd6a856d..a3785005 100644
--- a/alibuild_helpers/args.py
+++ b/alibuild_helpers/args.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def doParseArgs(star):
                                   "%(metavar)s is a comma-separated list."))
   build_parser.add_argument("--force-tracked", dest="forceTracked", default=False, action="store_true",
                             help=("Do not pick up any packages from a local checkout. "))
+  build_parser.add_argument("--plugin", dest="plugin", default="legacy", help=("Plugin to use to do the actual build. "))
   build_parser.add_argument("--disable", dest="disable", default=[], metavar="PACKAGE", action="append",
                             help="Do not build %(metavar)s and all its (unique) dependencies.")
 
diff --git a/alibuild_helpers/build.py b/alibuild_helpers/build.py
index 30b92c99..2d82233f 100644
--- a/alibuild_helpers/build.py
+++ b/alibuild_helpers/build.py
@@ -529,6 +529,11 @@ def downloadTask(p):
                      ),
                args.architecture)
 
+  if args.plugin != "legacy":
+    build_plugin = __import__("alibuild_helpers.%s_plugin" % args.plugin, fromlist=[''])
+    build_plugin.build_plugin(specs, args, buildOrder)
+    return
+
   while buildOrder:
     packageIterations += 1
     if packageIterations > 20:
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index aca0a4a6..39c1aecd 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ def test_coverDoBuild(self, mock_debug, mock_glob, mock_sys, mock_sync_execute,
             noDevel=[],
             fetchRepos=False,
             forceTracked=False,
+            plugin="legacy"
         )
         mock_sys.version_info = sys.version_info