dependsOn persistent task

[xmlking]

I want to run @workspace/i18n#dev when I run vp dev apps/web
if it possible to dependsOn a persistent task ?

  run: {
    cache: true,
    tasks: {
      "web:dev": {
        command: "vp dev apps/web", // The build command for your web app
        dependsOn: ["@workspace/i18n#dev"], // Depends on the i18n package's build --watch
        persistent: true,
      },
    },
  },

packages/i18n/package.json

  "scripts": {
    "build": "vp build",
    "check": "vp check",
    "dev": "vp build --watch",
    "prepublishOnly": "vp run build",
    "test": "vp test"
  },

[wyf027]

I would not model this as dependsOn.

dependsOn is for work that completes successfully before the dependent task starts. A watch/dev command such as vp build --watch is long-running, so it is not a good dependency target; the web dev task will either wait forever or have unclear lifecycle semantics. I also do not see persistent as a current Vite+ run.tasks config field. For dev/watch tasks, the important bit is usually cache: false.

I would split the two long-running processes and start them in parallel instead. For example:

run: {
  tasks: {
    "web:dev": {
      command: "vp dev apps/web",
      cache: false,
    },
    "i18n:dev": {
      command: "vp run @workspace/i18n#dev",
      cache: false,
    },
  },
}

Then run both concurrently with workspace filtering / vp run -r --parallel ... dev if both packages expose a dev task, or with a small process manager script if one of them is a root-level command. In short: use dependsOn for finite build/check tasks; use parallel execution for dev servers and watchers.