diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75883beb..60fff031 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,11 +9,21 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fixed panic bug when assigning a global variable
+  ([#229](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/229), [#243](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/234)).
+
+## v2.6.0 - 2019-07-21
+
 - Fixed some bugs regarding minor version checks on `version:`.
 - Add `preconditions:` to task
   ([#205](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/205)).
 - Create directory informed on `dir:` if it doesn't exist
   ([#209](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/209), [#211](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/211)).
+- We now have a `--taskfile` flag (alias `-t`), which can be used to run
+  another Taskfile (other than the default `Taskfile.yml`)
+  ([#221](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/221)).
+- It's now possible to install Task using Homebrew on Linux
+  ([go-task/homebrew-tap#1](https://github.com/go-task/homebrew-tap/pull/1)).
 
 ## v2.5.2 - 2019-05-11
 
diff --git a/cmd/task/task.go b/cmd/task/task.go
index 72f73bd8..8091e363 100644
--- a/cmd/task/task.go
+++ b/cmd/task/task.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v2"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 	version = "master"
 )
 
-const usage = `Usage: task [-ilfwvsd] [--init] [--list] [--force] [--watch] [--verbose] [--silent] [--dir] [--dry] [--summary] [task...]
+const usage = `Usage: task [-ilfwvsd] [--init] [--list] [--force] [--watch] [--verbose] [--silent] [--dir] [--taskfile] [--dry] [--summary] [task...]
 
 Runs the specified task(s). Falls back to the "default" task if no task name
 was specified, or lists all tasks if an unknown task name was specified.
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 		dry         bool
 		summary     bool
 		dir         string
+		entrypoint  string
 		output      string
 		color       bool
 	)
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ func main() {
 	pflag.BoolVar(&dry, "dry", false, "compiles and prints tasks in the order that they would be run, without executing them")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&summary, "summary", false, "show summary about a task")
 	pflag.StringVarP(&dir, "dir", "d", "", "sets directory of execution")
+	pflag.StringVarP(&entrypoint, "taskfile", "t", "", `choose which Taskfile to run. Defaults to "Taskfile.yml"`)
 	pflag.StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "", "sets output style: [interleaved|group|prefixed]")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&color, "color", "c", true, "colored output")
 	pflag.Parse()
@@ -94,15 +97,27 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if dir != "" && entrypoint != "" {
+		log.Fatal("task: You can't set both --dir and --taskfile")
+		return
+	}
+	if entrypoint != "" {
+		dir = filepath.Dir(entrypoint)
+		entrypoint = filepath.Base(entrypoint)
+	} else {
+		entrypoint = "Taskfile.yml"
+	}
+
 	e := task.Executor{
-		Force:   force,
-		Watch:   watch,
-		Verbose: verbose,
-		Silent:  silent,
-		Dir:     dir,
-		Dry:     dry,
-		Summary: summary,
-		Color:   color,
+		Force:      force,
+		Watch:      watch,
+		Verbose:    verbose,
+		Silent:     silent,
+		Dir:        dir,
+		Dry:        dry,
+		Entrypoint: entrypoint,
+		Summary:    summary,
+		Color:      color,
 
 		Stdin:  os.Stdin,
 		Stdout: os.Stdout,
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index f40609a0..364f81b8 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ The `task_checksums.txt` file contains the sha256 checksum for each file.
 
 ## Homebrew
 
-If you're on macOS and have [Homebrew][homebrew] installed, getting Task is
-as simple as running:
+If you're on macOS or Linux and have [Homebrew][homebrew] installed, getting
+Task is as simple as running:
 
 ```bash
 brew install go-task/tap/go-task
 ```
 
+> This installation method is only currently supported on amd64 architectures.
+
 ## Snap
 
 Task is available for [Snapcraft][snapcraft], but keep in mind that your
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 7890a8b0..7b9f5fd0 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ tasks:
       - caddy
 ```
 
+If the directory doesn't exist, `task` creates it.
+
 ## Task dependencies
 
 You may have tasks that depend on others. Just pointing them on `deps` will
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ tasks:
 When doing interpolation of variables, Task will look for the below.
 They are listed below in order of importance (e.g. most important first):
 
-- Variables declared locally in the task
+- Variables declared in the task definition
 - Variables given while calling a task from another.
   (See [Calling another task](#calling-another-task) above)
 - Variables declared in the `vars:` option in the `Taskfile`
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
index b3911e4e..a08360d3 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
@@ -15,16 +15,13 @@ import (
 var (
 	// ErrIncludedTaskfilesCantHaveIncludes is returned when a included Taskfile contains includes
 	ErrIncludedTaskfilesCantHaveIncludes = errors.New("task: Included Taskfiles can't have includes. Please, move the include to the main Taskfile")
-
-	// ErrNoTaskfileFound is returned when Taskfile.yml is not found
-	ErrNoTaskfileFound = errors.New(`task: No Taskfile.yml found. Use "task --init" to create a new one`)
 )
 
 // Taskfile reads a Taskfile for a given directory
-func Taskfile(dir string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
-	path := filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yml")
+func Taskfile(dir string, entrypoint string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, entrypoint)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrNoTaskfileFound
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`task: No Taskfile found on "%s". Use "task --init" to create a new one`, path)
 	}
 	t, err := readTaskfile(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go b/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
index b3869fbd..6da09dd0 100644
--- a/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
+++ b/internal/taskfile/taskfile.go
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ func (tf *Taskfile) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	if tf.Expansions <= 0 {
 		tf.Expansions = 2
 	}
+	if tf.Vars == nil {
+		tf.Vars = make(Vars)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/task.go b/task.go
index 72e3e0b5..40b1dc98 100644
--- a/task.go
+++ b/task.go
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ const (
 // Executor executes a Taskfile
 type Executor struct {
 	Taskfile *taskfile.Taskfile
-	Dir      string
-	Force    bool
-	Watch    bool
-	Verbose  bool
-	Silent   bool
-	Dry      bool
-	Summary  bool
-	Color    bool
+
+	Dir        string
+	Entrypoint string
+	Force      bool
+	Watch      bool
+	Verbose    bool
+	Silent     bool
+	Dry        bool
+	Summary    bool
+	Color      bool
 
 	Stdin  io.Reader
 	Stdout io.Writer
@@ -86,8 +88,12 @@ func (e *Executor) Run(ctx context.Context, calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 
 // Setup setups Executor's internal state
 func (e *Executor) Setup() error {
+	if e.Entrypoint == "" {
+		e.Entrypoint = "Taskfile.yml"
+	}
+
 	var err error
-	e.Taskfile, err = read.Taskfile(e.Dir)
+	e.Taskfile, err = read.Taskfile(e.Dir, e.Entrypoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}