Is it possible to have a Thor method that is not an explicit task

Question

I have a Thor script that uses several methods

class Update < Thor
   desc "do_it", "a simple task"
   def do_it
     puts i_did_it
   end

   # no desc here !!!
   def i_did_it
     "I did it"
   end 
end

Is this possible? Without an explicit task, the tasks list can't be built correctly.

Thanks,

Tim

Answer 1

I was able to use the no_tasks block for this.

class Update < Thor
   desc "do_it", "a simple task"
   def do_it
     puts i_did_it
   end

   # no desc here !!!
   no_tasks do
    def i_did_it
      "I did it"
    end
   end 
end

Answer 2

I tried this in 2018, no_tasks didn't work for me (maybe it is replaced with the following now):

As per Thor advice

 Call desc if you want this method to be available as command or declare it inside a no_commands{} block.

So you can put the methods that you don't want to show for the CLI in a no_commands block as follows:

 # no_commands is used to not show this as a command in our CLI gem

  no_commands { 
   # no desc here !!!
   # put here the methods that you don't want to show in your CLI

    def i_did_it
      "I did it"
    end

}