Failed task execution should still preserve State changes. Fixes #804.

Candidate for inclusion in 0.13.0 if there is another RC, otherwise
scheduled for 0.13.1.

main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/MainLoop.scala

@@ -75,23 +75,11 @@ object MainLoop
 			case Left(t) => handleException(t, state)
 		}
 
-		import ExceptionCategory._
+	@deprecated("Use State.handleError", "0.13.0")
+	def handleException(e: Throwable, s: State): State = s.handleError(e)
 
-	def handleException(e: Throwable, s: State): State =
-		handleException(e, s, s.log)
-	def handleException(t: Throwable, s: State, log: Logger): State =
-	{
-		ExceptionCategory(t) match {
-			case AlreadyHandled => ()
-			case m: MessageOnly => log.error(m.message)
-			case f: Full => logFullException(f.exception, log)
-		}
-		s.fail
-	}
-	def logFullException(e: Throwable, log: Logger)
-	{
-		log.trace(e)
-		log.error(ErrorHandling reducedToString e)
-		log.error("Use 'last' for the full log.")
-	}
+	@deprecated("Use State.handleError", "0.13.0")
+	def handleException(t: Throwable, s: State, log: Logger): State = State.handleException(t, s, log)
+
+	def logFullException(e: Throwable, log: Logger): Unit = State.logFullException(e, log)
 }

main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/State.scala

@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ trait StateOps {
 	/** Marks the currently executing command as failing.  This triggers failure handling by the command processor.  See also `State.onFailure`*/
 	def fail: State
 
+	/** Marks the currently executing command as failing due to the given exception.
+	* This displays the error appropriately and triggers failure handling by the command processor.
+	* Note that this does not throw an exception and returns normally.
+	* It is only once control is returned to the command processor that failure handling at the command level occurs. */
+	def handleError(t: Throwable): State
+
 	/** Schedules `newCommands` to be run after any remaining commands. */
 	def ++ (newCommands: Seq[Command]): State
 	/** Schedules `newCommand` to be run after any remaining commands. */
@@ -190,6 +196,7 @@ object State
 		def has(key: AttributeKey[_]) = s.attributes contains key
 		def remove(key: AttributeKey[_]) = s.copy(attributes = s.attributes remove key)
 		def log = s.globalLogging.full
+		def handleError(t: Throwable): State = handleException(t, s, log)
 		def fail =
 		{
 			val remaining = s.remainingCommands.dropWhile(_ != FailureWall)
@@ -205,6 +212,7 @@ object State
 				case None => noHandler
 			}
 
+
 		def addExitHook(act: => Unit): State =
 			s.copy(exitHooks = s.exitHooks + ExitHook(act))
 		def runExitHooks(): State = {
@@ -221,4 +229,22 @@ object State
 		def initializeClassLoaderCache = s.put(BasicKeys.classLoaderCache, newClassLoaderCache)
 		private[this] def newClassLoaderCache = new classpath.ClassLoaderCache(s.configuration.provider.scalaProvider.launcher.topLoader)
 	}
+
+		import ExceptionCategory._
+
+	private[sbt] def handleException(t: Throwable, s: State, log: Logger): State =
+	{
+		ExceptionCategory(t) match {
+			case AlreadyHandled => ()
+			case m: MessageOnly => log.error(m.message)
+			case f: Full => logFullException(f.exception, log)
+		}
+		s.fail
+	}
+	private[sbt] def logFullException(e: Throwable, log: Logger)
+	{
+		log.trace(e)
+		log.error(ErrorHandling reducedToString e)
+		log.error("Use 'last' for the full log.")
+	}
 }

main/src/main/scala/sbt/Aggregation.scala

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ final object Aggregation
 		val log = state.log
 		val extracted = Project extract state
 		val success = results match { case Value(_) => true; case Inc(_) => false }
-		try { EvaluateTask.onResult(results, log) { results => if(show.taskValues) printSettings(results, show.print) } }
-		finally { if(show.success) printSuccess(start, stop, extracted, success, log) }
+		results.toEither.right.foreach { r => if(show.taskValues) printSettings(r, show.print) }
+		if(show.success) printSuccess(start, stop, extracted, success, log)
 	}
 	def timedRun[T](s: State, ts: Values[Task[T]], extra: DummyTaskMap): Complete[T] =
 	{
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ final object Aggregation
 	def runTasks[HL <: HList, T](s: State, structure: BuildStructure, ts: Values[Task[T]], extra: DummyTaskMap, show: ShowConfig)(implicit display: Show[ScopedKey[_]]): State = {
 		val complete = timedRun[T](s, ts, extra)
 		showRun(complete, show)
-		complete.state
+		complete.results match {
+			case Inc(i) => complete.state.handleError(i)
+			case Value(_) => complete.state
+		}
 	}
 
 	def printSuccess(start: Long, stop: Long, extracted: Extracted, success: Boolean, log: Logger)

sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/update-state-fail/project/Build.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+object TestBuild extends Build
+{
+  lazy val akey = AttributeKey[Int]("TestKey")
+  lazy val t = TaskKey[String]("test-task")
+  lazy val check = InputKey[Unit]("check")
+  lazy  val root = Project("root", file(".")).aggregate(a, b).settings(
+    check := checkState(checkParser.parsed, state.value)
+  )
+
+  lazy val a = Project("a", file("a")).settings(t := error("Failing"))
+
+  lazy val b = Project("b", file("b")).settings(t <<= Def.task("").updateState(updater))
+
+  def checkState(runs: Int, s: State) {
+    val stored = s.get(akey).getOrElse(0)
+    assert(stored == runs, "Expected " + runs + ", got " + stored)
+  }
+
+  def updater(s: State, a: AnyRef): State = s.update(akey)(_.getOrElse(0) + 1)
+
+	import complete.DefaultParsers._
+
+  lazy val checkParser = token(Space ~> IntBasic)
+}

sbt/src/sbt-test/actions/update-state-fail/test

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+> check 0
+-> test-task
+> check 1
+-> test-task
+> check 2
+> b/test-task
+> check 3
+-> a/test-task
+> check 3