[feature] Parse reference attributes from reference when using conan workspace add --ref

[spectralvoid0]

What is your suggestion?

I have recipes that do not hard-code the version and/or user reference attributes, so that my CI can pass them in to a conan create call based on, e.g., the git tag.

If I mypkg uses such a recipe, and I run conan workspace add --ref mypkg/1.0@company, I get an error:

ERROR: Editable package recipe should declare its name and version

It works if I add the --version and --user arguments. However, these values are the same as what is used in the reference. It would be nice if conan extracted these from the reference if they are not overridden.

Have you read the CONTRIBUTING guide?

• I've read the CONTRIBUTING guide

[frostisop]

Hi, I'd like to work on this issue. The feature request makes sense for extracting the version and channel from the --refargument would indeed simplify the workflow.

I'm new to the Conan codebase, but I'd like to take this on. Could you please assign it to me? I'll start by looking into how the conan workspace add command parses the --ref argument and where the reference attributes are currently handled.

Thanks!

[memsharded]

Hi @spectralvoid0

Thanks for the suggestion, makes sense, lets do it.

@frostisop thanks for the offer to contribute! Sure, just assigned it to you, feel free to ask if you have any question.
Conan releases are done at the end of every month, so there might be time for this to be in the next one.