v3.10.0

provide exported methods for accessing PrintTasksHelp variants.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Bug Report
 about: Use the template to report bugs and issues
-labels: bug
 ---
 
 - Task version:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: Feature Request
 about: Use the template to make feature requests
-labels: feature
 ---
 
 Describe in detail what feature do you want to see in Task.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: 1.17.x
 
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
           version: latest
           args: release --rm-dist
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GH_PAT}}

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{matrix.platform}}
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go ${{matrix.go-version}}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: ${{matrix.go-version}}
         id: go
 
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Download Go modules
         run: go mod download

.goreleaser.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ gomod:
 
 archives:
   - name_template: "{{.Binary}}_{{.Os}}_{{.Arch}}"
+    files:
+      - README.md
+      - LICENSE
+      - completion/**/*
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
         format: zip
@@ -62,6 +66,8 @@ brews:
       name: homebrew-tap
     test:
       system "#{bin}/task", "--help"
-    url_template: https://github.com/go-task/task/releases/download/{{.Tag}}/{{.ArtifactName}}
+    install: |-
-    commit_msg_template: Bump {{.Tag}}
+      bin.install "task"
-    token: "{{.Env.GORELEASER_TOKEN}}"
+      bash_completion.install "completion/bash/task.bash" => "task"
+      zsh_completion.install "completion/zsh/_task" => "_task"
+      fish_completion.install "completion/fish/task.fish"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,76 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 3.7.2 - 2021-09-04
+## v3.10.0 - 2022-01-04
+
+- A new `--list-all` (alias `-a`) flag is now available. It's similar to the
+  exiting `--list` (`-l`) but prints all tasks, even those without a
+  description
+  ([#383](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/383), [#401](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/401)).
+- It's now possible to schedule cleanup commands to run once a task finishes
+  with the `defer:` keyword
+  ([Documentation](https://taskfile.dev/#/usage?id=doing-task-cleanup-with-defer), [#475](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/475), [#626](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/626)).
+- Remove long deprecated and undocumented `$` variable prefix and `^` command
+  prefix
+  ([#642](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/642), [#644](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/644), [#645](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/645)).
+- Add support for `.yaml` extension (as an alternative to `.yml`).
+  This was requested multiple times throughout the years. Enjoy!
+  ([#183](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/183), [#184](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/184), [#369](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/369), [#584](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/584), [#621](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/621)).
+- Fixed error when computing a variable when the task directory do not exist
+  yet
+  ([#481](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/481), [#579](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/579)).
+
+## v3.9.2 - 2021-12-02
+
+- Upgrade [mvdan/sh](https://github.com/mvdan/sh) which contains a fix a for
+  a important regression on Windows
+  ([#619](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/619), [mvdan/sh#768](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/issues/768), [mvdan/sh#769](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/769)).
+
+## v3.9.1 - 2021-11-28
+
+- Add logging in verbose mode for when a task starts and finishes
+  ([#533](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/533), [#588](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/588)).
+- Fix an issue with preconditions and context errors
+  ([#597](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/597), [#598](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/598)).
+- Quote each `{{.CLI_ARGS}}` argument to prevent one with spaces to become many
+  ([#613](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/613)).
+- Fix  nil pointer when `cmd:` was left empty
+  ([#612](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/612), [#614](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/614)).
+- Upgrade [mvdan/sh](https://github.com/mvdan/sh) which contains two
+  relevant fixes:
+  - Fix quote of empty strings in `shellQuote`
+    ([#609](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/609), [mvdan/sh#763](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/issues/763)).
+  - Fix issue of wrong environment variable being picked when there's another
+    very similar one
+    ([#586](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/586), [mvdan/sh#745](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/745)).
+- Install shell completions automatically when installing via Homebrew
+  ([#264](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/264), [#592](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/592), [go-task/homebrew-tap#2](https://github.com/go-task/homebrew-tap/pull/2)).
+
+## v3.9.0 - 2021-10-02
+
+- A new `shellQuote` function was added to the template system
+  (`{{shellQuote "a string"}}`) to ensure a string is safe for use in shell
+  ([mvdan/sh#727](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/727), [mvdan/sh#737](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/737), [Documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/mvdan.cc/sh/v3@v3.4.0/syntax#Quote))
+- In this version [mvdan.cc/sh](https://github.com/mvdan/sh) was upgraded
+  with some small fixes and features
+  - The `read -p` flag is now supported
+    ([#314](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/314), [mvdan/sh#551](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/issues/551), [mvdan/sh#772](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/722))
+  - The `pwd -P` and `pwd -L` flags are now supported
+    ([#553](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/553), [mvdan/sh#724](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/issues/724), [mvdan/sh#728](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/728))
+  - The `$GID` environment variable is now correctly being set
+    ([#561](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/561), [mvdan/sh#723](https://github.com/mvdan/sh/pull/723))
+
+## v3.8.0 - 2021-09-26
+
+- Add `interactive: true` setting to improve support for interactive CLI apps
+  ([#217](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/217), [#563](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/563)).
+- Fix some `nil` errors
+  ([#534](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/534), [#573](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/573)).
+- Add ability to declare an included Taskfile as optional
+  ([#519](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/519), [#552](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/552)).
+- Add support for including Taskfiles in the home directory by using `~`
+  ([#539](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/539), [#557](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/557)).
+
+## v3.7.3 - 2021-09-04
 
 - Add official support to Apple M1 ([#564](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/564), [#567](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/567)).
 - Our [official Homebrew tap](https://github.com/go-task/homebrew-tap) will

cmd/task/task.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"mvdan.cc/sh/v3/syntax"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/args"
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func main() {
 		helpFlag    bool
 		init        bool
 		list        bool
+		listAll     bool
 		status      bool
 		force       bool
 		watch       bool
@@ -76,8 +78,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	pflag.BoolVar(&versionFlag, "version", false, "show Task version")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&helpFlag, "help", "h", false, "shows Task usage")
-	pflag.BoolVarP(&init, "init", "i", false, "creates a new Taskfile.yml in the current folder")
+	pflag.BoolVarP(&init, "init", "i", false, "creates a new Taskfile.yaml in the current folder")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&list, "list", "l", false, "lists tasks with description of current Taskfile")
+	pflag.BoolVarP(&listAll, "list-all", "a", false, "lists tasks with or without a description")
 	pflag.BoolVar(&status, "status", false, "exits with non-zero exit code if any of the given tasks is not up-to-date")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "forces execution even when the task is up-to-date")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&watch, "watch", "w", false, "enables watch of the given task")
@@ -121,8 +124,6 @@ func main() {
 	if entrypoint != "" {
 		dir = filepath.Dir(entrypoint)
 		entrypoint = filepath.Base(entrypoint)
-	} else {
-		entrypoint = "Taskfile.yml"
 	}
 
 	e := task.Executor{
@@ -154,23 +155,32 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if list {
-		e.PrintTasksHelp()
+		e.ListTasksWithDesc()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if listAll {
+		e.ListAllTasks()
 		return
 	}
 
 	var (
-		calls                 []taskfile.Call
+		calls   []taskfile.Call
-		globals               *taskfile.Vars
+		globals *taskfile.Vars
-		tasksAndVars, cliArgs = getArgs()
 	)
 
+	tasksAndVars, cliArgs, err := getArgs()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	if v >= 3.0 {
 		calls, globals = args.ParseV3(tasksAndVars...)
 	} else {
 		calls, globals = args.ParseV2(tasksAndVars...)
 	}
 
-	globals.Set("CLI_ARGS", taskfile.Var{Static: strings.Join(cliArgs, " ")})
+	globals.Set("CLI_ARGS", taskfile.Var{Static: cliArgs})
 	e.Taskfile.Vars.Merge(globals)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -191,20 +201,25 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getArgs() (tasksAndVars, cliArgs []string) {
+func getArgs() ([]string, string, error) {
 	var (
 		args          = pflag.Args()
 		doubleDashPos = pflag.CommandLine.ArgsLenAtDash()
 	)
 
-	if doubleDashPos != -1 {
+	if doubleDashPos == -1 {
-		tasksAndVars = args[:doubleDashPos]
+		return args, "", nil
-		cliArgs = args[doubleDashPos:]
-	} else {
-		tasksAndVars = args
 	}
 
-	return
+	var quotedCliArgs []string
+	for _, arg := range args[doubleDashPos:] {
+		quotedCliArg, err := syntax.Quote(arg, syntax.LangBash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, "", err
+		}
+		quotedCliArgs = append(quotedCliArgs, quotedCliArg)
+	}
+	return args[:doubleDashPos], strings.Join(quotedCliArgs, " "), nil
 }
 
 func getSignalContext() context.Context {

completion/zsh/_task

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 function __list() {
     local -a scripts
 
-    if [ -f Taskfile.yml ]; then
+    if [ -f Taskfile.yml ] || [ -f Taskfile.yaml ]; then
         scripts=($(task -l | sed '1d' | sed 's/^\* //' | awk '{ print $1 }' | sed 's/:$//' | sed 's/:/\\:/g'))
         _describe 'script' scripts
     fi

docs/styleguide.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ officially supported. On Linux, only `Taskfile.yml` will work, though.
 
 - `version:`
 - `includes:`
-- Configuration ones, like `output:`, `expansions:` or `silent:`
+- Configuration ones, like `output:` or `silent:`
 - `vars:`
 - `env:`
 - `tasks:`
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ version: '3'
 includes:
   docker: ./docker/Taskfile.yml
 output: prefixed
-expansions: 3
 vars:
   FOO: bar
 env:
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ includes:
   docker: ./docker/Taskfile.yml
 
 output: prefixed
-expansions: 3
 
 vars:
   FOO: bar

docs/usage.md

@@ -154,6 +154,25 @@ includes:
 > This was a deliberate decision to keep use and implementation simple.
 > If you disagree, open an GitHub issue and explain your use case. =)
 
+### Optional includes
+
+Includes marked as optional will allow Task to continue execution as normal if
+the included file is missing.
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  tests:
+    taskfile: ./tests/Taskfile.yml
+    optional: true
+
+tasks:
+  greet:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "This command can still be successfully executed if ./tests/Taskfile.yml does not exist"
+```
+
 ## Task directory
 
 By default, tasks will be executed in the directory where the Taskfile is
@@ -570,7 +589,7 @@ This works for all types of variables.
 
 ## Forwarding CLI arguments to commands
 
-If `--` is given in the CLI, all following paramaters are added to a
+If `--` is given in the CLI, all following parameters are added to a
 special `.CLI_ARGS` variable. This is useful to forward arguments to another
 command.
 
@@ -589,6 +608,45 @@ tasks:
       - yarn {{.CLI_ARGS}}
 ```
 
+## Doing task cleanup with `defer`
+
+With the `defer` keyword, it's possible to schedule cleanup to be run once
+the task finishes. The difference with just putting it as the last command is
+that this command will run even when the task fails.
+
+In the example below `rm -rf tmpdir/` will run even if the third command fails:
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - mkdir -p tmpdir/
+      - defer: rm -rf tmpdir/
+      - echo 'Do work on tmpdir/'
+```
+
+If you want to move the cleanup command into another task, that's possible as
+well:
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - mkdir -p tmpdir/
+      - defer: { task: cleanup }
+      - echo 'Do work on tmpdir/'
+
+  cleanup: rm -rf tmpdir/
+```
+
+> NOTE: Due to the nature of how the
+[Go's own `defer` work](https://go.dev/tour/flowcontrol/13), the deferred
+commands are executed in the reverse order if you schedule multiple of them.
+
 ## Go's template engine
 
 Task parse commands as [Go's template engine][gotemplate] before executing
@@ -620,6 +678,9 @@ Task also adds the following functions:
   converts a string from `/` path format to `\`.
 - `exeExt`: Returns the right executable extension for the current OS
   (`".exe"` for Windows, `""` for others).
+- `shellQuote`: Quotes a string to make it safe for use in shell scripts.
+  Task uses [this Go function](https://pkg.go.dev/mvdan.cc/sh/v3@v3.4.0/syntax#Quote)
+  for this. The Bash dialect is assumed.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -681,6 +742,8 @@ would print the following output:
 * test:    Run all the go tests.
 ```
 
+If you want to see all tasks, there's a `--list-all` (alias `-a`) flag as well.
+
 ## Display summary of task
 
 Running `task --summary task-name` will show a summary of a task.
@@ -931,6 +994,28 @@ $ task default
 
 > The `output` option can also be specified by the `--output` or `-o` flags.
 
+## Interactive CLI application
+
+When running interactive CLI applications inside Task they can sometimes behave
+weirdly, specially when the [output mode](#output-syntax) is set to something
+other than `interleaved` (the default), or when interactive apps are ran in
+parallel with other tasks.
+
+The `interactive: true` tells Task this is an interactive application, and Task
+will try to optimize for it:
+
+```yaml
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  cmds:
+    - vim my-file.txt
+  interactive: true
+```
+
+If you still have problem running an interactive app through Task, please open
+an issue about it.
+
 ## Short task syntax
 
 Starting on Task v3, you can now write tasks with a shorter syntax if they

go.mod

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/go-task/task/v3
 
 require (
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0
-	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0
+	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.4.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.3
 	github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c
-	mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.3.1
+	mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.4.2
 )
 
 go 1.16

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-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
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+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 h1:yVuAays6BHfxijgZPzw+3Zlu5yQgKGP2/hcQbHb7S9Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
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@@ -34,7 +39,9 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
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 github.com/radovskyb/watcher v1.0.7/go.mod h1:78okwvY5wPdzcb1UYnip1pvrZNIVEIh/Cm+ZuvsUYIg=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WmiCO8CzOY8rg0OYDC4/i/2WRWAB6poM+XZ2dLUbcbE=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.1-0.20210923151022-86f73c517451 h1:d1PiN4RxzIFXCJTvRkvSkKqwtRAl5ZV4lATKtQI0B7I=
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@@ -46,10 +53,13 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
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-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b h1:9zKuko04nR4gjZ4+DNjHqRlAJqbJETHwiNKDqTfOjfE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210925032602-92d5a993a665 h1:QOQNt6vCjMpXE7JSK5VvAzJC1byuN3FgTNSBwf+CJgI=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210615171337-6886f2dfbf5b/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
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+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210916214954-140adaaadfaf h1:Ihq/mm/suC88gF8WFcVwk+OV6Tq+wyA1O0E5UEvDglI=
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+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
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@@ -58,5 +68,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
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-mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.3.1 h1:aA0i7NZOc1oV5jfAH20FCz+QsmI/TX7FiAquC5Rdo5o=
+mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.4.2 h1:d3TKODXfZ1bjWU/StENN+GDg5xOzNu5+C8AEu405E5U=
-mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.3.1/go.mod h1:DpbFT2B4fXpKiq69fEoMe+71JrmUn5aUekYy9fNKnQw=
+mvdan.cc/sh/v3 v3.4.2/go.mod h1:p/tqPPI4Epfk2rICAe2RoaNd8HBSJ8t9Y2DA9yQlbzY=

help.go

@@ -9,11 +9,32 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile"
 )
 
-// PrintTasksHelp prints help os tasks that have a description
+// ListTasksWithDesc reports tasks that have a description spec.
-func (e *Executor) PrintTasksHelp() {
+func (e *Executor) ListTasksWithDesc() {
-	tasks := e.tasksWithDesc()
+	e.printTasks(false)
+	return
+}
+
+// ListAllTasks reports all tasks, with or without a description spec.
+func (e *Executor) ListAllTasks() {
+	e.printTasks(true)
+	return
+}
+
+func (e *Executor) printTasks(listAll bool) {
+	var tasks []*taskfile.Task
+	if listAll {
+		tasks = e.allTaskNames()
+	} else {
+		tasks = e.tasksWithDesc()
+	}
+
 	if len(tasks) == 0 {
-		e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks with description available")
+		if listAll {
+			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks available")
+		} else {
+			e.Logger.Outf(logger.Yellow, "task: No tasks with description available. Try --list-all to list all tasks")
+		}
 		return
 	}
 	e.Logger.Outf(logger.Default, "task: Available tasks for this project:")
@@ -26,6 +47,15 @@ func (e *Executor) PrintTasksHelp() {
 	w.Flush()
 }
 
+func (e *Executor) allTaskNames() (tasks []*taskfile.Task) {
+	tasks = make([]*taskfile.Task, 0, len(e.Taskfile.Tasks))
+	for _, task := range e.Taskfile.Tasks {
+		tasks = append(tasks, task)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(tasks, func(i, j int) bool { return tasks[i].Task < tasks[j].Task })
+	return
+}
+
 func (e *Executor) tasksWithDesc() (tasks []*taskfile.Task) {
 	tasks = make([]*taskfile.Task, 0, len(e.Taskfile.Tasks))
 	for _, task := range e.Taskfile.Tasks {

init.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package task
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
@@ -24,15 +23,15 @@ tasks:
 
 // InitTaskfile Taskfile creates a new Taskfile
 func InitTaskfile(w io.Writer, dir string) error {
-	f := filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yml")
+	f := filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yaml")
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(f); err == nil {
 		return ErrTaskfileAlreadyExists
 	}
 
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(f, []byte(defaultTaskfile), 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(f, []byte(defaultTaskfile), 0644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Taskfile.yml created in the current directory\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Taskfile.yaml created in the current directory\n")
 	return nil
 }

internal/execext/exec.go

@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ func RunCommand(ctx context.Context, opts *RunCommandOptions) error {
 
 	r, err := interp.New(
 		interp.Params("-e"),
-		interp.Dir(opts.Dir),
 		interp.Env(expand.ListEnviron(environ...)),
 		interp.OpenHandler(openHandler),
 		interp.StdIO(opts.Stdin, opts.Stdout, opts.Stderr),
+		dirOption(opts.Dir),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -87,3 +87,24 @@ func openHandler(ctx context.Context, path string, flag int, perm os.FileMode) (
 	}
 	return interp.DefaultOpenHandler()(ctx, path, flag, perm)
 }
+
+func dirOption(path string) interp.RunnerOption {
+	return func(r *interp.Runner) error {
+		err := interp.Dir(path)(r)
+		if err == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// If the specified directory doesn't exist, it will be created later.
+		// Therefore, even if `interp.Dir` method returns an error, the
+		// directory path should be set only when the directory cannot be found.
+		if absPath, _ := filepath.Abs(path); absPath != "" {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(absPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				r.Dir = absPath
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+}

internal/status/checksum.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ func (c *Checksum) IsUpToDate() (bool, error) {
 
 	checksumFile := c.checksumFilePath()
 
-	data, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(checksumFile)
+	data, _ := os.ReadFile(checksumFile)
 	oldMd5 := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
 
 	sources, err := globs(c.TaskDir, c.Sources)
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ func (c *Checksum) IsUpToDate() (bool, error) {
 
 	if !c.Dry {
 		_ = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(c.BaseDir, ".task", "checksum"), 0755)
-		if err = ioutil.WriteFile(checksumFile, []byte(newMd5+"\n"), 0644); err != nil {
+		if err = os.WriteFile(checksumFile, []byte(newMd5+"\n"), 0644); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 	}

internal/templater/funcs.go

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/go-task/slim-sprig"
+	sprig "github.com/go-task/slim-sprig"
+	"mvdan.cc/sh/v3/syntax"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ func init() {
 			}
 			return ""
 		},
+		"shellQuote": func(str string) (string, error) {
+			return syntax.Quote(str, syntax.LangBash)
+		},
 		// IsSH is deprecated.
 		"IsSH": func() bool { return true },
 	}

task.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (e *Executor) Run(ctx context.Context, calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 	for _, c := range calls {
 		if _, ok := e.Taskfile.Tasks[c.Task]; !ok {
 			// FIXME: move to the main package
-			e.PrintTasksHelp()
+			e.ListTasksWithDesc()
 			return &taskNotFoundError{taskName: c.Task}
 		}
 	}
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ 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.Entrypoint)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -310,11 +306,16 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call taskfile.Call) error {
 	defer release()
 
 	return e.startExecution(ctx, t, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Magenta, `task: "%s" started`, call.Task)
 		if err := e.runDeps(ctx, t); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		if !e.Force {
+			if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			preCondMet, err := e.areTaskPreconditionsMet(ctx, t)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -338,6 +339,11 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call taskfile.Call) error {
 		}
 
 		for i := range t.Cmds {
+			if t.Cmds[i].Defer {
+				defer e.runDeferred(t, call, i)
+				continue
+			}
+
 			if err := e.runCommand(ctx, t, call, i); err != nil {
 				if err2 := e.statusOnError(t); err2 != nil {
 					e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, "task: error cleaning status on error: %v", err2)
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@ func (e *Executor) RunTask(ctx context.Context, call taskfile.Call) error {
 				return &taskRunError{t.Task, err}
 			}
 		}
+		e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Magenta, `task: "%s" finished`, call.Task)
 		return nil
 	})
 }
@@ -393,6 +400,15 @@ func (e *Executor) runDeps(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task) error {
 	return g.Wait()
 }
 
+func (e *Executor) runDeferred(t *taskfile.Task, call taskfile.Call, i int) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	if err := e.runCommand(ctx, t, call, i); err != nil {
+		e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Yellow, `task: ignored error in deferred cmd: %s`, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
 func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfile.Call, i int) error {
 	cmd := t.Cmds[i]
 
@@ -415,8 +431,13 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task, call taskfi
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		stdOut := e.Output.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, t.Prefix)
+		outputWrapper := e.Output
-		stdErr := e.Output.WrapWriter(e.Stderr, t.Prefix)
+		if t.Interactive {
+			outputWrapper = output.Interleaved{}
+		}
+		stdOut := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stdout, t.Prefix)
+		stdErr := outputWrapper.WrapWriter(e.Stderr, t.Prefix)
+
 		defer func() {
 			if _, ok := stdOut.(*os.File); !ok {
 				if closer, ok := stdOut.(io.Closer); ok {

task_test.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ func init() {
 // fileContentTest provides a basic reusable test-case for running a Taskfile
 // and inspect generated files.
 type fileContentTest struct {
-	Dir       string
+	Dir        string
-	Target    string
+	Entrypoint string
-	TrimSpace bool
+	Target     string
-	Files     map[string]string
+	TrimSpace  bool
+	Files      map[string]string
 }
 
 func (fct fileContentTest) name(file string) string {
@@ -40,16 +41,17 @@ func (fct fileContentTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	e := &task.Executor{
-		Dir:    fct.Dir,
+		Dir:        fct.Dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Entrypoint: fct.Entrypoint,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout:     io.Discard,
+		Stderr:     io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup(), "e.Setup()")
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: fct.Target}), "e.Run(target)")
 
 	for name, expectContent := range fct.Files {
 		t.Run(fct.name(name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(fct.Dir, name))
+			b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(fct.Dir, name))
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "Error reading file")
 			s := string(b)
 			if fct.TrimSpace {
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ func (fct fileContentTest) Run(t *testing.T) {
 func TestEmptyTask(t *testing.T) {
 	e := &task.Executor{
 		Dir:    "testdata/empty_task",
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup(), "e.Setup()")
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"}))
@@ -168,8 +170,8 @@ func TestVarsInvalidTmpl(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := &task.Executor{
 		Dir:    dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup(), "e.Setup()")
 	assert.EqualError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: target}), expectError, "e.Run(target)")
@@ -183,8 +185,8 @@ func TestConcurrency(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := &task.Executor{
 		Dir:         dir,
-		Stdout:      ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout:      io.Discard,
-		Stderr:      ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr:      io.Discard,
 		Concurrency: 1,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup(), "e.Setup()")
@@ -236,8 +238,8 @@ func TestDeps(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := &task.Executor{
 		Dir:    dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"}))
@@ -516,10 +518,58 @@ func TestLabelInList(t *testing.T) {
 		Stderr: &buff,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
-	e.PrintTasksHelp()
+	e.ListTasksWithDesc()
 	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), "foobar")
 }
 
+// task -al case 1: listAll list all tasks
+func TestListAllShowsNoDesc(t *testing.T) {
+	const dir = "testdata/list_mixed_desc"
+
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &buff,
+		Stderr: &buff,
+	}
+
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+
+	var title string
+	e.ListAllTasks()
+	for _, title = range []string{
+		"foo",
+		"voo",
+		"doo",
+	} {
+		assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), title)
+	}
+}
+
+// task -al case 2: !listAll list some tasks (only those with desc)
+func TestListCanListDescOnly(t *testing.T) {
+	const dir = "testdata/list_mixed_desc"
+
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &buff,
+		Stderr: &buff,
+	}
+
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+	e.ListTasksWithDesc()
+
+	var title string
+	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), "foo")
+	for _, title = range []string{
+		"voo",
+		"doo",
+	} {
+		assert.NotContains(t, buff.String(), title)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStatusVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	const dir = "testdata/status_vars"
 
@@ -550,20 +600,21 @@ func TestStatusVariables(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 	const dir = "testdata/init"
-	var file = filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yml")
+	var file = filepath.Join(dir, "Taskfile.yaml")
 
 	_ = os.Remove(file)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(file); err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("Taskfile.yml should not exist")
+		t.Errorf("Taskfile.yaml should not exist")
 	}
 
-	if err := task.InitTaskfile(ioutil.Discard, dir); err != nil {
+	if err := task.InitTaskfile(io.Discard, dir); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(file); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Taskfile.yml should exist")
+		t.Errorf("Taskfile.yaml should exist")
 	}
+	_ = os.Remove(file)
 }
 
 func TestCyclicDep(t *testing.T) {
@@ -571,8 +622,8 @@ func TestCyclicDep(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := task.Executor{
 		Dir:    dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 	assert.IsType(t, &task.MaximumTaskCallExceededError{}, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "task-1"}))
@@ -590,8 +641,8 @@ func TestTaskVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(test.Dir, func(t *testing.T) {
 			e := task.Executor{
 				Dir:    test.Dir,
-				Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+				Stdout: io.Discard,
-				Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+				Stderr: io.Discard,
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 			assert.Equal(t, test.Version, e.Taskfile.Version)
@@ -605,8 +656,8 @@ func TestTaskIgnoreErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := task.Executor{
 		Dir:    dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 
@@ -668,8 +719,8 @@ func TestDryChecksum(t *testing.T) {
 
 	e := task.Executor{
 		Dir:    dir,
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 		Dry:    true,
 	}
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
@@ -755,6 +806,56 @@ func TestIncludesCallingRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	tt.Run(t)
 }
 
+func TestIncludesOptional(t *testing.T) {
+	tt := fileContentTest{
+		Dir:       "testdata/includes_optional",
+		Target:    "default",
+		TrimSpace: true,
+		Files: map[string]string{
+			"called_dep.txt": "called_dep",
+		}}
+	tt.Run(t)
+}
+
+func TestIncludesOptionalImplicitFalse(t *testing.T) {
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    "testdata/includes_optional_implicit_false",
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
+	}
+
+	err := e.Setup()
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "stat testdata/includes_optional_implicit_false/TaskfileOptional.yml: no such file or directory", err.Error())
+}
+
+func TestIncludesOptionalExplicitFalse(t *testing.T) {
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    "testdata/includes_optional_explicit_false",
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
+	}
+
+	err := e.Setup()
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "stat testdata/includes_optional_explicit_false/TaskfileOptional.yml: no such file or directory", err.Error())
+}
+
+func TestIncludesFromCustomTaskfile(t *testing.T) {
+	tt := fileContentTest{
+		Dir:        "testdata/includes_yaml",
+		Entrypoint: "Custom.ext",
+		Target:     "default",
+		TrimSpace:  true,
+		Files: map[string]string{
+			"main.txt":                         "main",
+			"included_with_yaml_extension.txt": "included_with_yaml_extension",
+			"included_with_custom_file.txt":    "included_with_custom_file",
+		},
+	}
+	tt.Run(t)
+}
+
 func TestSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	const dir = "testdata/summary"
 
@@ -769,7 +870,7 @@ func TestSummary(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
 	assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "task-with-summary"}, taskfile.Call{Task: "other-task-with-summary"}))
 
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "task-with-summary.txt"))
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "task-with-summary.txt"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	expectedOutput := string(data)
@@ -842,6 +943,33 @@ func TestWhenDirAttributeItCreatesMissingAndRunsInThatDir(t *testing.T) {
 	_ = os.RemoveAll(toBeCreated)
 }
 
+func TestDynamicVariablesRunOnTheNewCreatedDir(t *testing.T) {
+	const expected = "created"
+	const dir = "testdata/dir/dynamic_var_on_created_dir/"
+	const toBeCreated = dir + expected
+	const target = "default"
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	e := &task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &out,
+		Stderr: &out,
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that the directory to be created doesn't actually exist.
+	_ = os.RemoveAll(toBeCreated)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(toBeCreated); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Directory should not exist: %v", err)
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: target}))
+
+	got := strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(out.String()), "\n")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, got, "Mismatch in the working directory")
+
+	// Clean-up after ourselves only if no error.
+	_ = os.RemoveAll(toBeCreated)
+}
+
 func TestDynamicVariablesShouldRunOnTheTaskDir(t *testing.T) {
 	tt := fileContentTest{
 		Dir:       "testdata/dir/dynamic_var",
@@ -860,8 +988,8 @@ func TestDynamicVariablesShouldRunOnTheTaskDir(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDisplaysErrorOnUnsupportedVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	e := task.Executor{
 		Dir:    "testdata/version/v1",
-		Stdout: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stdout: io.Discard,
-		Stderr: ioutil.Discard,
+		Stderr: io.Discard,
 	}
 	err := e.Setup()
 	assert.Error(t, err)
@@ -990,3 +1118,56 @@ func TestRunOnlyRunsJobsHashOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	tt.Run(t)
 }
+
+func TestDeferredCmds(t *testing.T) {
+	const dir = "testdata/deferred"
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &buff,
+		Stderr: &buff,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+
+	expectedOutputOrder := strings.TrimSpace(`
+task: [task-2] echo 'cmd ran'
+cmd ran
+task: [task-2] exit 1
+task: [task-2] echo 'failing' && exit 2
+failing
+task: [task-2] echo 'echo ran'
+echo ran
+task: [task-1] echo 'task-1 ran successfully'
+task-1 ran successfully
+`)
+	assert.Error(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "task-2"}))
+	fmt.Println(buff.String())
+	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), expectedOutputOrder)
+}
+
+func TestIgnoreNilElements(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		dir  string
+	}{
+		{"nil cmd", "testdata/ignore_nil_elements/cmds"},
+		{"nil dep", "testdata/ignore_nil_elements/deps"},
+		{"nil include", "testdata/ignore_nil_elements/includes"},
+		{"nil precondition", "testdata/ignore_nil_elements/preconditions"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var buff bytes.Buffer
+			e := task.Executor{
+				Dir:    test.dir,
+				Stdout: &buff,
+				Stderr: &buff,
+				Silent: true,
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+			assert.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"}))
+			assert.Equal(t, "string-slice-1\n", buff.String())
+		})
+	}
+}

taskfile/cmd.go

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 package taskfile
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-)
-
 // Cmd is a task command
 type Cmd struct {
 	Cmd         string
@@ -11,6 +7,7 @@ type Cmd struct {
 	Task        string
 	Vars        *Vars
 	IgnoreError bool
+	Defer       bool
 }
 
 // Dep is a task dependency
@@ -23,11 +20,7 @@ type Dep struct {
 func (c *Cmd) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	var cmd string
 	if err := unmarshal(&cmd); err == nil {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(cmd, "^") {
+		c.Cmd = cmd
-			c.Task = strings.TrimPrefix(cmd, "^")
-		} else {
-			c.Cmd = cmd
-		}
 		return nil
 	}
 	var cmdStruct struct {
@@ -41,6 +34,23 @@ func (c *Cmd) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		c.IgnoreError = cmdStruct.IgnoreError
 		return nil
 	}
+	var deferredCmd struct {
+		Defer string
+	}
+	if err := unmarshal(&deferredCmd); err == nil && deferredCmd.Defer != "" {
+		c.Defer = true
+		c.Cmd = deferredCmd.Defer
+		return nil
+	}
+	var deferredCall struct {
+		Defer Call
+	}
+	if err := unmarshal(&deferredCall); err == nil && deferredCall.Defer.Task != "" {
+		c.Defer = true
+		c.Task = deferredCall.Defer.Task
+		c.Vars = deferredCall.Defer.Vars
+		return nil
+	}
 	var taskCall struct {
 		Task string
 		Vars *Vars

taskfile/included_taskfile.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 type IncludedTaskfile struct {
 	Taskfile       string
 	Dir            string
+	Optional       bool
 	AdvancedImport bool
 }
 
@@ -92,12 +93,14 @@ func (it *IncludedTaskfile) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) err
 	var includedTaskfile struct {
 		Taskfile string
 		Dir      string
+		Optional bool
 	}
 	if err := unmarshal(&includedTaskfile); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	it.Dir = includedTaskfile.Dir
 	it.Taskfile = includedTaskfile.Taskfile
+	it.Dir = includedTaskfile.Dir
+	it.Optional = includedTaskfile.Optional
 	it.AdvancedImport = true
 	return nil
 }

taskfile/merge.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func Merge(t1, t2 *Taskfile, namespaces ...string) error {
 			dep.Task = taskNameWithNamespace(dep.Task, namespaces...)
 		}
 		for _, cmd := range v.Cmds {
-			if cmd.Task != "" {
+			if cmd != nil && cmd.Task != "" {
 				cmd.Task = taskNameWithNamespace(cmd.Task, namespaces...)
 			}
 		}

taskfile/read/taskfile.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/execext"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/templater"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile"
 )
@@ -18,14 +19,26 @@ var (
 	ErrIncludedTaskfilesCantHaveIncludes = errors.New("task: Included Taskfiles can't have includes. Please, move the include to the main Taskfile")
 	// ErrIncludedTaskfilesCantHaveDotenvs is returned when a included Taskfile contains dotenvs
 	ErrIncludedTaskfilesCantHaveDotenvs = errors.New("task: Included Taskfiles can't have dotenv declarations. Please, move the dotenv declaration to the main Taskfile")
+
+	defaultTaskfiles = []string{"Taskfile.yml", "Taskfile.yaml"}
 )
 
 // Taskfile reads a Taskfile for a given directory
+// Uses current dir when dir is left empty. Uses Taskfile.yml
+// or Taskfile.yaml when entrypoint is left empty
 func Taskfile(dir string, entrypoint string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
-	path := filepath.Join(dir, entrypoint)
+	if dir == "" {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
+		d, err := os.Getwd()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`task: No Taskfile found on "%s". Use "task --init" to create a new one`, path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		dir = d
 	}
+	path, err := exists(filepath.Join(dir, entrypoint))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	t, err := readTaskfile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@ func Taskfile(dir string, entrypoint string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
 			includedTask = taskfile.IncludedTaskfile{
 				Taskfile:       tr.Replace(includedTask.Taskfile),
 				Dir:            tr.Replace(includedTask.Dir),
+				Optional:       includedTask.Optional,
 				AdvancedImport: includedTask.AdvancedImport,
 			}
 			if err := tr.Err(); err != nil {
@@ -49,19 +63,22 @@ func Taskfile(dir string, entrypoint string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if filepath.IsAbs(includedTask.Taskfile) {
+		path, err := execext.Expand(includedTask.Taskfile)
-			path = includedTask.Taskfile
-		} else {
-			path = filepath.Join(dir, includedTask.Taskfile)
-		}
-
-		info, err := os.Stat(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if info.IsDir() {
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(path) {
-			path = filepath.Join(path, "Taskfile.yml")
+			path = filepath.Join(dir, path)
 		}
+
+		path, err = exists(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			if includedTask.Optional {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+
 		includedTaskfile, err := readTaskfile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -134,3 +151,22 @@ func readTaskfile(file string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
 	var t taskfile.Taskfile
 	return &t, yaml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&t)
 }
+
+func exists(path string) (string, error) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if fi.Mode().IsRegular() {
+		return path, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, n := range defaultTaskfiles {
+		fpath := filepath.Join(path, n)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(fpath); err == nil {
+			return fpath, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", fmt.Errorf(`task: No Taskfile found in "%s". Use "task --init" to create a new one`, path)
+}

taskfile/task.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type Task struct {
 	Vars          *Vars
 	Env           *Vars
 	Silent        bool
+	Interactive   bool
 	Method        string
 	Prefix        string
 	IgnoreError   bool
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ func (t *Task) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		Vars          *Vars
 		Env           *Vars
 		Silent        bool
+		Interactive   bool
 		Method        string
 		Prefix        string
 		IgnoreError   bool `yaml:"ignore_error"`
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ func (t *Task) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	t.Vars = task.Vars
 	t.Env = task.Env
 	t.Silent = task.Silent
+	t.Interactive = task.Interactive
 	t.Method = task.Method
 	t.Prefix = task.Prefix
 	t.IgnoreError = task.IgnoreError

taskfile/taskfile_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ vars:
   PARAM1: VALUE1
   PARAM2: VALUE2
 `
+		yamlDeferredCall = `defer: { task: some_task, vars: { PARAM1: "var" } }`
+		yamlDeferredCmd  = `defer: echo 'test'`
 	)
 	tests := []struct {
 		content  string
@@ -41,6 +43,21 @@ vars:
 				},
 			}},
 		},
+		{
+			yamlDeferredCmd,
+			&taskfile.Cmd{},
+			&taskfile.Cmd{Cmd: "echo 'test'", Defer: true},
+		},
+		{
+			yamlDeferredCall,
+			&taskfile.Cmd{},
+			&taskfile.Cmd{Task: "some_task", Vars: &taskfile.Vars{
+				Keys: []string{"PARAM1"},
+				Mapping: map[string]taskfile.Var{
+					"PARAM1": taskfile.Var{Static: "var"},
+				},
+			}, Defer: true},
+		},
 		{
 			yamlDep,
 			&taskfile.Dep{},

taskfile/var.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package taskfile
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
@@ -108,11 +107,7 @@ type Var struct {
 func (v *Var) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	var str string
 	if err := unmarshal(&str); err == nil {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(str, "$") {
+		v.Static = str
-			v.Sh = strings.TrimPrefix(str, "$")
-		} else {
-			v.Static = str
-		}
 		return nil
 	}
 

testdata/deferred/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3"
+
+tasks:
+  task-1:
+    - echo 'task-1 ran {{.PARAM}}'
+
+  task-2:
+    - defer: { task: "task-1", vars: { PARAM: "successfully" } }
+    - defer: echo 'echo ran'
+    - defer: echo 'failing' && exit 2
+    - echo 'cmd ran'
+    - exit 1

testdata/dir/dynamic_var_on_created_dir/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    dir: created
+    cmds:
+      - echo {{.TASK_DIR}}
+    vars:
+      TASK_DIR:
+        sh: echo $(pwd)

testdata/ignore_nil_elements/cmds/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "string-slice-1"
+      -

testdata/ignore_nil_elements/deps/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    deps:
+      -
+      - task: dep
+
+  dep:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "string-slice-1"

testdata/ignore_nil_elements/includes/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  inc: inc.yml
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - task: inc:default

testdata/ignore_nil_elements/includes/inc.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - 
+      - echo "string-slice-1"

testdata/ignore_nil_elements/preconditions/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    preconditions:
+      -
+      - sh: "[ 1 = 1 ]"
+    cmds:
+      - echo "string-slice-1"

testdata/includes_optional/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.txt

testdata/includes_optional/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  included:
+    taskfile: TaskfileOptional.yml
+    optional: true
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "called_dep" > called_dep.txt

testdata/includes_optional_explicit_false/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  included:
+    taskfile: TaskfileOptional.yml
+    optional: false
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "Hello, world!"

testdata/includes_optional_implicit_false/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  included: TaskfileOptional.yml
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "Hello, world!"

testdata/includes_yaml/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.txt

testdata/includes_yaml/Custom.ext

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  included: ./included
+  custom: ./included/custom.yaml
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - task: gen
+      - task: included:gen
+      - task: custom:gen
+
+  gen:
+    cmds:
+      - echo main > main.txt

testdata/includes_yaml/included/Taskfile.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  gen:
+    cmds:
+      - echo included_with_yaml_extension > included_with_yaml_extension.txt

testdata/includes_yaml/included/custom.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  gen:
+    cmds:
+      - echo included_with_custom_file > included_with_custom_file.txt

testdata/list_mixed_desc/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  foo:
+    label: "foobar"
+    desc: "foo has desc and label"
+
+  voo:
+    label: "voo has no desc"
+
+  doo:
+    label: "doo has desc, no label"

testdata/vars/v2/Taskfile.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ tasks:
       - echo '{{.TASK}}' > task_name.txt
     vars:
       FOO: foo
-      BAR: $echo bar
+      BAR:
+        sh: echo bar
       BAZ:
         sh: echo baz
       TMPL_FOO: "{{.FOO}}"

testdata/vars/v2/Taskvars.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FOO2: foo2
-BAR2: $echo bar2
+BAR2:
+  sh: echo bar2
 BAZ2:
   sh: echo baz2
 TMPL2_FOO: "{{.FOO}}"

variables.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func (e *Executor) compiledTask(call taskfile.Call, evaluateShVars bool) (*taskf
 		Vars:        nil,
 		Env:         nil,
 		Silent:      origTask.Silent,
+		Interactive: origTask.Interactive,
 		Method:      r.Replace(origTask.Method),
 		Prefix:      r.Replace(origTask.Prefix),
 		IgnoreError: origTask.IgnoreError,
@@ -90,34 +91,44 @@ func (e *Executor) compiledTask(call taskfile.Call, evaluateShVars bool) (*taskf
 	}
 
 	if len(origTask.Cmds) > 0 {
-		new.Cmds = make([]*taskfile.Cmd, len(origTask.Cmds))
+		new.Cmds = make([]*taskfile.Cmd, 0, len(origTask.Cmds))
-		for i, cmd := range origTask.Cmds {
+		for _, cmd := range origTask.Cmds {
-			new.Cmds[i] = &taskfile.Cmd{
+			if cmd == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			new.Cmds = append(new.Cmds, &taskfile.Cmd{
 				Task:        r.Replace(cmd.Task),
 				Silent:      cmd.Silent,
 				Cmd:         r.Replace(cmd.Cmd),
 				Vars:        r.ReplaceVars(cmd.Vars),
 				IgnoreError: cmd.IgnoreError,
-			}
+				Defer:       cmd.Defer,
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	if len(origTask.Deps) > 0 {
-		new.Deps = make([]*taskfile.Dep, len(origTask.Deps))
+		new.Deps = make([]*taskfile.Dep, 0, len(origTask.Deps))
-		for i, dep := range origTask.Deps {
+		for _, dep := range origTask.Deps {
-			new.Deps[i] = &taskfile.Dep{
+			if dep == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			new.Deps = append(new.Deps, &taskfile.Dep{
 				Task: r.Replace(dep.Task),
 				Vars: r.ReplaceVars(dep.Vars),
-			}
+			})
 		}
 	}
 
 	if len(origTask.Preconditions) > 0 {
-		new.Preconditions = make([]*taskfile.Precondition, len(origTask.Preconditions))
+		new.Preconditions = make([]*taskfile.Precondition, 0, len(origTask.Preconditions))
-		for i, precond := range origTask.Preconditions {
+		for _, precond := range origTask.Preconditions {
-			new.Preconditions[i] = &taskfile.Precondition{
+			if precond == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			new.Preconditions = append(new.Preconditions, &taskfile.Precondition{
 				Sh:  r.Replace(precond.Sh),
 				Msg: r.Replace(precond.Msg),
-			}
+			})
 		}
 	}