Add --target and --profile to global config

.changes/unreleased/Features-20231115-092005.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Move --target and --profile command line flags to global config. Also, allow
+  these flags to be set by environment variable (DBT_TARGET, and DBT_PROFILE).
+time: 2023-11-15T09:20:05.12461Z
+custom:
+  Author: barton996
+  Issue: "7798"

core/dbt/cli/main.py

@@ -139,11 +139,13 @@ def global_flags(func):
     @p.populate_cache
     @p.print
     @p.printer_width
+    @p.profile
     @p.quiet
     @p.record_timing_info
     @p.send_anonymous_usage_stats
     @p.single_threaded
     @p.static_parser
+    @p.target
     @p.use_colors
     @p.use_colors_file
     @p.use_experimental_parser

core/dbt/cli/params.py

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 
 profile = click.option(
     "--profile",
-    envvar=None,
+    envvar="DBT_TARGET",
     help="Which existing profile to load. Overrides setting in dbt_project.yml.",
 )
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 target = click.option(
     "--target",
     "-t",
-    envvar=None,
+    envvar="DBT_PROFILE",
     help="Which target to load for the given profile",
 )
 

tests/unit/test_cli_flags.py

@@ -349,6 +349,38 @@ def test_log_file_settings_from_config(self):
         assert flags.USE_COLORS is True
         assert flags.USE_COLORS_FILE is False
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "cli_profile, flag_profile",
+        [
+            (None, None),
+            ("profile", "profile"),
+        ],
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "cli_target, flag_target",
+        [
+            (None, None),
+            ("target", "target"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_profile_settings_interaction(
+        self, cli_profile, cli_target, flag_profile, flag_target
+    ):
+        cli_params = ["run"]
+
+        if cli_profile:
+            cli_params = ["--profile", cli_profile] + cli_params
+
+        if cli_target:
+            cli_params = ["--target", cli_target] + cli_params
+
+        context = self.make_dbt_context("run", cli_params)
+
+        flags = Flags(context, None)
+
+        assert flags.PROFILE == flag_profile
+        assert flags.TARGET == flag_target
+
     def test_duplicate_flags_raises_error(self):
         parent_context = self.make_dbt_context("parent", ["--version-check"])
         context = self.make_dbt_context("child", ["--version-check"], parent_context)