add-contract

Overview

Taq add-contract adds a smart contract file to the contract registry. This is a required step before compiling or originating a smart contract

note

Contracts created from Templates (taq create contract example.mligo) will automatically be added to the registry and this task will not be necessary

Plugin Implementations

This task is part of the core CLI and is not implemented in any of the plugins

Command

taq add-contract <path> 

Task Details

Task Name	Command	Type	Description
add-contract	taq add-contract <path>	Taqueria Core	Adds a contract to the registry

Command-Line Arguments

Argument	Required	Description	Example Usage
<path>	Yes	Path to the Ligo, SmartPy, or Archetype file	taq add-contract ./contracts/my-contract.jsligo

Supported Filetypes

Type	Extension
Archetype	.arl
CameLigo	.mligo
JsLigo	.jsligo
Michelson	.tz
PascaLigo	.pligo
ReasonLigo	.rligo
SmartPy	.py

Using in a Taqueria Workflow

The add-contract task is used when importing an existing smart contract to your project or creating one without Taqueria. It also is used when Taq'ifying a project to register the contracts in the registry

Importing a Ligo, SmartPy, or Archetype file

1. Import a contract to your project example.arl
2. Add the contract to the registry taq add-contract example.arl
3. Compile the contract taq compile example.arl
4. Originate the contract taq originate example.tz
5. Update dApp
6. Deploy dApp
7. Test

Creating a Contract without Taqueria

1. Create a contract in your project via IDE or CLI example.mligo
2. Add the contract to the registry taq add-contract example.mligo
3. Add or edit source code in contract file
4. Compile the contract taq compile example.mligo
5. Originate the contract taq originate example.tz
6. Update dApp
7. Deploy dApp
8. Test

Taq'ifying a project

1. Clone a project
2. Add a smart contract from the project to the registry taq add-contract router.py
3. Repeat 2 till each contract with a main entrypoint has been added to the registry
4. Compile the contracts taq compile
5. Originate the contracts taq originate
6. Update dApp
7. Deploy dApp
8. Test