abc-working.thor

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# module: abc

require 'rubygems'
require 'thor'

class Abc < Thor
  
  desc 'debug', ''
  def debug
    puts "debug"
  end

  class Xyz < Thor
    desc "debug", "namespaced task"
    def debug
      puts "~ XYZ namespace ~"
      puts "debug"
    end
  end
  
  def method_missing(meth, *args)
    task = Thor["abc:#{meth.to_s}"]
    task.parse task.klass.new, ARGV[1..-1]
  end
end

Abc.start

abc.output

[abc] thor -T
The abc namespace doesn't have a `-T' task
Tasks
-----
abc:debug               
abc:foo:bar             do the bar
[abc] thor abc:debug
The abc namespace doesn't have a `abc:debug' task
tasks:
debug
help
[abc] thor abc:foo:bar
The abc namespace doesn't have a `abc:foo:bar' task
BAR!
tasks:
bar
help
[abc] ./abc.thor debug
tasks:
debug
help
[abc] ./abc.thor foo:bar
The abc namespace doesn't have a `foo:bar' task

abc.thor

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# module: abc

require 'rubygems'
require 'thor'

class Abc < Thor
  
  desc 'debug', ''
  def debug
    puts "tasks:"
    puts self.class.tasks.map{|k,v| k}
  end

  class Foo < Thor
    desc "bar", "do the bar"
    def bar
      puts "BAR!"
      puts "tasks:"
      puts self.class.tasks.map{|k,v| k}
    end
  end
end

Abc.start

thor.diff

diff --git a/spec/thor_spec.rb b/spec/thor_spec.rb
index 0a4a8ef..6772bf7 100644
--- a/spec/thor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/thor_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ class MyApp < Thor
   
   map "-T" => :animal, ["-f", "--foo"] => :foo
   
+  class More < Thor
+    desc "stuff", "a namespaced task"
+    def stuff
+      true
+    end
+  end
+  
   desc "zoo", "zoo around"
   def zoo
     true
@@ -135,6 +142,10 @@ describe "thor" do
     lambda { MyApp.start(["what"]) }.must raise_error(NoMethodError, "the `what' task of MyApp is private")
   end
   
+  it "calls a namespaced method" do
+    MyApp.start(["more:stuff"]).must == true
+  end
+  
   it "provides useful help info for a simple method" do
     capture(:stdout) { MyApp.start(["help"]) }.must =~ /zoo +zoo around/
   end