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feat: enable any variables without maps (#1547)
* feat: enable any variable experiment (without maps) * chore: rename any_variables experiment to map_variables * docs: create map variables experiment docs and update usage * blog: any variables * fix: links * fix: warn about broken links instead of failing
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@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ if you want to adopt the new behavior, you can continue to use the `--force`
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flag as you do now!
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{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
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[enabling-experiments]: /experiments/#enabling-experiments
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[enabling-experiments]: ./experiments.mdx#enabling-experiments
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{/* prettier-ignore-end */}
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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
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---
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slug: /experiments/any-variables/
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slug: /experiments/map-variables/
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---
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import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs';
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import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
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# Any Variables (#1415)
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# Map Variables (#1585)
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:::caution
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@@ -15,19 +15,9 @@ environment. They are intended for testing and feedback only.
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:::
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Currently, Task only supports string variables. This experiment allows you to
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specify and use the following variable types:
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- `string`
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- `bool`
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- `int`
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- `float`
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- `array`
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- `map`
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This allows you to have a lot more flexibility in how you use variables in
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Task's templating engine. There are two active proposals for this experiment.
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Click on the tabs below to switch between them.
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Currently, Task supports all variable types except for maps. This experiment
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adds two different proposals for map variables. Click on the tabs below to
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switch between them.
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<Tabs defaultValue="1" queryString="proposal"
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values={[
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@@ -48,13 +38,11 @@ This experiment proposal breaks the following functionality:
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:::info
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To enable this experiment, set the environment variable:
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`TASK_X_ANY_VARIABLES=1`. Check out [our guide to enabling experiments
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`TASK_X_MAP_VARIABLES=1`. Check out [our guide to enabling experiments
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][enabling-experiments] for more information.
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:::
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## Maps
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This proposal removes support for the `sh` keyword in favour of a new syntax for
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dynamically defined variables, This allows you to define a map directly as you
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would for any other type:
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@@ -111,19 +99,16 @@ will now need to escape the `$` with a backslash (`\`) to stop Task from
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executing it as a command.
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem value="2">
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:::info
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To enable this experiment, set the environment variable:
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`TASK_X_ANY_VARIABLES=2`. Check out [our guide to enabling experiments
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`TASK_X_MAP_VARIABLES=2`. Check out [our guide to enabling experiments
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][enabling-experiments] for more information.
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:::
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## Maps
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This proposal maintains backwards-compatibility and the `sh` subkey and adds
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another new `map` subkey for defining map variables:
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@@ -150,7 +135,13 @@ objects/arrays. This is similar to the `fromJSON` template function, but means
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that you only have to parse the JSON/YAML once when you declare the variable,
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instead of every time you want to access a value.
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Before:
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<Tabs defaultValue="2"
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values={[
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{label: 'Before', value: '1'},
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{label: 'After', value: '2'}
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]}>
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<TabItem value="1">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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@@ -164,7 +155,8 @@ tasks:
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- 'echo {{(fromJSON .FOO).b}}'
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```
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After:
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem value="2">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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@@ -179,12 +171,26 @@ tasks:
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- 'echo {{.FOO.b}}'
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```
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</TabItem></Tabs>
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## Variables by reference
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Lastly, this proposal adds support for defining and passing variables by
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reference. This is really important now that variables can be types other than a
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string. Previously, to send a variable from one task to another, you would have
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to use the templating system to pass it:
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string.
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Previously, to send a variable from one task to another, you would have to use
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the templating system. Unfortunately, the templater _always_ outputs a string
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and operations on the passed variable may not have behaved as expected. With
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this proposal, you can now pass variables by reference using the `ref` subkey:
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<Tabs defaultValue="2"
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values={[
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{label: 'Before', value: '1'},
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{label: 'After', value: '2'}
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]}>
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<TabItem value="1">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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@@ -202,10 +208,8 @@ tasks:
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- 'echo {{index .FOO 0}}' # <-- FOO is a string so the task outputs '91' which is the ASCII code for '[' instead of the expected 'A'
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```
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Unfortunately, this results in the value always being passed as a string as this
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is the output type of the templater and operations on the passed variable may
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not behave as expected. With this proposal, you can now pass variables by
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reference using the `ref` subkey:
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem value="2">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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@@ -224,6 +228,8 @@ tasks:
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- 'echo {{index .FOO 0}}' # <-- FOO is still a map so the task outputs 'A' as expected
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```
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</TabItem></Tabs>
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This means that the type of the variable is maintained when it is passed to
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another Task. This also works the same way when calling `deps` and when defining
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a variable and can be used in any combination:
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@@ -249,14 +255,20 @@ tasks:
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</TabItem></Tabs>
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---
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## Looping over maps
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## Common to both proposals
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This experiment also adds support for looping over maps using the `for` keyword,
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just like arrays. In addition to the `{{.ITEM}}` variable being populated when
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looping over a map, we also make an additional `{{.KEY}}` variable available
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that holds the string value of the map key.
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Both proposals add support for all other variable types by directly defining
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them in the Taskfile. For example:
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<Tabs defaultValue="1" queryString="proposal"
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values={[
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{label: 'Proposal 1', value: '1'},
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{label: 'Proposal 2', value: '2'}
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]}>
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### Evaluating booleans
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<TabItem value="1">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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tasks:
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foo:
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vars:
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BOOL: false
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cmds:
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- '{{if .BOOL}}echo foo{{end}}'
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```
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### Arithmetic
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```yaml
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version: 3
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tasks:
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foo:
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vars:
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INT: 10
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FLOAT: 3.14159
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cmds:
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- 'echo {{add .INT .FLOAT}}'
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```
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### Ranging
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```yaml
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version: 3
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tasks:
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foo:
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vars:
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ARRAY: [1, 2, 3]
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cmds:
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- 'echo {{range .ARRAY}}{{.}}{{end}}'
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```
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There are many more templating functions which can be used with the new types of
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variables. For a full list, see the [slim-sprig][slim-sprig] documentation.
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## Looping over variables
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Previously, you would have to use a delimiter separated string to loop over an
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arbitrary list of items in a variable and split them by using the `split` subkey
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to specify the delimiter:
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```yaml
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version: 3
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tasks:
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foo:
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vars:
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LIST: 'foo,bar,baz'
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MAP: {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
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cmds:
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- for:
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var: LIST
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split: ','
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cmd: echo {{.ITEM}}
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var: MAP
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cmd: 'echo "{{.KEY}}: {{.ITEM}}"'
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```
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Both of these proposals add support for looping over "collection-type" variables
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using the `for` keyword, so now you are able to loop over a map/array variable
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directly:
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem value="2">
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```yaml
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version: 3
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tasks:
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foo:
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vars:
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LIST: [foo, bar, baz]
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map:
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MAP: {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}
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cmds:
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- for:
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var: LIST
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cmd: echo {{.ITEM}}
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var: MAP
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cmd: 'echo "{{.KEY}}: {{.ITEM}}"'
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```
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When looping over a map we also make an additional `{{.KEY}}` variable availabe
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that holds the string value of the map key. Remember that maps are unordered, so
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:::note
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Remember that maps are unordered, so
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the order in which the items are looped over is random.
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:::
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</TabItem></Tabs>
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{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
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[enabling-experiments]: /experiments/#enabling-experiments
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[slim-sprig]: https://go-task.github.io/slim-sprig/
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[enabling-experiments]: ./experiments.mdx#enabling-experiments
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{/* prettier-ignore-end */}
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@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ the `--timeout` flag and specifying a duration. For example, `--timeout 5s` will
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set the timeout to 5 seconds.
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{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
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[enabling-experiments]: /experiments/#enabling-experiments
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[enabling-experiments]: ./experiments.mdx#enabling-experiments
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[man-in-the-middle-attacks]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
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@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ information.
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\{Short explanation of how users should migrate to the new behavior\}
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{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
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[enabling-experiments]: /experiments/#enabling-experiments
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[enabling-experiments]: ./experiments.mdx#enabling-experiments
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{/* prettier-ignore-end */}
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