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| 1 | +# Styleguide |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This is the official Task styleguide for `Taskfile.yml` files. This guide |
| 4 | +contains some basic instructions to keep your Taskfile clean and familiar to |
| 5 | +other users. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +This contains general guidelines, but don't necessarely need to be strictly |
| 8 | +followed. Feel free to disagree and proceed differently in some point if you |
| 9 | +need or want to. Also, feel free to open issues or pull requests with |
| 10 | +improvements to this guide. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## Use `Taskfile.yml` and not `taskfile.yml` |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +```yaml |
| 15 | +# bad |
| 16 | +taskfile.yml |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +# good |
| 20 | +Taskfile.yml |
| 21 | +``` |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +This is important to specially to Linux users. Windows and macOS have case |
| 24 | +insensitive filesystems, so `taskfile.yml` will end up working, even that not |
| 25 | +officially supported. On Linux, only `Taskfile.yml` will work, though. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## Use the correct order of keywords |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +- `version:` |
| 30 | +- `includes:` |
| 31 | +- Configuration ones, like `output:` and `expansions:` |
| 32 | +- `vars:` |
| 33 | +- `env:` |
| 34 | +- `tasks:` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +## Use 2 spaces for indentation |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +This is the most common convention for YAML files, and Task follows it. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +```yaml |
| 41 | +# bad |
| 42 | +tasks: |
| 43 | + foo: |
| 44 | + cmds: |
| 45 | + - echo 'foo' |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +# good |
| 49 | +tasks: |
| 50 | + foo: |
| 51 | + cmds: |
| 52 | + - echo 'foo' |
| 53 | +``` |
| 54 | +
|
| 55 | +## Separate with spaces the mains sections |
| 56 | +
|
| 57 | +```yaml |
| 58 | +# bad |
| 59 | +version: 2 |
| 60 | +includes: |
| 61 | + docker: ./docker/Taskfile.yml |
| 62 | +output: prefixed |
| 63 | +expansions: 3 |
| 64 | +vars: |
| 65 | + FOO: bar |
| 66 | +env: |
| 67 | + BAR: baz |
| 68 | +tasks: |
| 69 | + # ... |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +# good |
| 73 | +version: 2 |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +includes: |
| 76 | + docker: ./docker/Taskfile.yml |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +output: prefixed |
| 79 | +expansions: 3 |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +vars: |
| 82 | + FOO: bar |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +env: |
| 85 | + BAR: baz |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +tasks: |
| 88 | + # ... |
| 89 | +``` |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +## Add spaces between tasks |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +```yaml |
| 94 | +# bad |
| 95 | +version: 2 |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +tasks: |
| 98 | + foo: |
| 99 | + cmds: |
| 100 | + - echo 'foo' |
| 101 | + bar: |
| 102 | + cmds: |
| 103 | + - echo 'bar' |
| 104 | + baz: |
| 105 | + cmds: |
| 106 | + - echo 'baz' |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +# good |
| 110 | +version: 2 |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +tasks: |
| 113 | + foo: |
| 114 | + cmds: |
| 115 | + - echo 'foo' |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | + bar: |
| 118 | + cmds: |
| 119 | + - echo 'bar' |
| 120 | + |
| 121 | + baz: |
| 122 | + cmds: |
| 123 | + - echo 'baz' |
| 124 | +``` |
| 125 | +
|
| 126 | +## Use upper-case variable names |
| 127 | +
|
| 128 | +```yaml |
| 129 | +# bad |
| 130 | +version: 2 |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +vars: |
| 133 | + binary_name: myapp |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +tasks: |
| 136 | + build: |
| 137 | + cmds: |
| 138 | + - go build -o {{.binary_name}} . |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +# good |
| 142 | +version: 2 |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +vars: |
| 145 | + BINARY_NAME: myapp |
| 146 | + |
| 147 | +tasks: |
| 148 | + build: |
| 149 | + cmds: |
| 150 | + - go build -o {{.BINARY_NAME}} . |
| 151 | +``` |
| 152 | +
|
| 153 | +## Don't wrap vars in spaces when templating |
| 154 | +
|
| 155 | +```yaml |
| 156 | +# bad |
| 157 | +version: 2 |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +tasks: |
| 160 | + greet: |
| 161 | + cmds: |
| 162 | + - echo '{{ .MESSAGE }}' |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | +# good |
| 166 | +version: 2 |
| 167 | + |
| 168 | +tasks: |
| 169 | + greet: |
| 170 | + cmds: |
| 171 | + - echo '{{.MESSAGE}}' |
| 172 | +``` |
| 173 | +
|
| 174 | +This convention is also used by most people for any Go templating. |
| 175 | +
|
| 176 | +## Separate task name words with a dash |
| 177 | +
|
| 178 | +```yaml |
| 179 | +# bad |
| 180 | +version: 2 |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +tasks: |
| 183 | + do_something_fancy: |
| 184 | + cmds: |
| 185 | + - echo 'Do something' |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | + |
| 188 | +# good |
| 189 | +version: 2 |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +tasks: |
| 192 | + do-something-fancy: |
| 193 | + cmds: |
| 194 | + - echo 'Do something' |
| 195 | +``` |
| 196 | +
|
| 197 | +## Use colon for task namespacing |
| 198 | +
|
| 199 | +```yaml |
| 200 | +# good |
| 201 | +version: 2 |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +tasks: |
| 204 | + docker:build: |
| 205 | + cmds: |
| 206 | + - docker ... |
| 207 | + |
| 208 | + docker:run: |
| 209 | + cmds: |
| 210 | + - docker-compose ... |
| 211 | +``` |
| 212 | +
|
| 213 | +This is also done automatically when using included Taskfiles. |
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