1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pick-task b/pick-task
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e12bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pick-task
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+QUEUE_DIR="$1"
+shift
+
+mkdir -p "$QUEUE_DIR"
+cd "$QUEUE_DIR"
+
+mkdir -p candidates in-progress
+
+while true; do
+    CANDIDATE="$(ls -1 candidates | rl -c 1 2>/dev/null)"
+
+    if [[ "$CANDIDATE" == "" ]]; then
+        break
+    fi
+
+    if mv -n candidates/"$CANDIDATE" in-progress/"$CANDIDATE" 2>/dev/null; then
+        cat in-progress/"$CANDIDATE"
+        printf "export TASK_ID=%q\n" "$CANDIDATE"
+        break
+    fi
+done