Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.
Since it’s written in Go, Task is just a single binary and has no other dependencies, which means you don’t need to mess with any complicated install setups just to use a build tool.
Once installed, you just need to describe your build tasks using a simple YAML schema in a file called Taskfile.yml:
Taskfile.yml
version: '3'
tasks:
hello:
cmds:
- echo 'Hello World from Task!'
silent: true
And call it by running task hello from your terminal.
Install
brew install go-task # or directly from source like:
go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest
Usage: usage including Env variables, .env. deps, etc
Found via FerretDB’s Taskfile
See also: casey/just: 🤖 Just a command runner (written in Rust)
Update task to automate tasks around building this site. It looks like this:
---
version: 3
env:
vars:
BENCHTIME: 4s
tasks:
default:
deps: [all]
all:
desc: "Only build the changes"
cmds:
- ./.venv/bin/python3 sitebuild
full:
desc: "Do a full build"
cmds:
- ./.venv/bin/python3 sitebuild --full
serve:
desc: "start a local webserver to serve this website"
dir: 'output'
cmds:
- ../.venv/bin/python3 -m http.server