feat: add task name to the json output #2256
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aleksandersh force-pushed the feat/add-task-name-to-json-output branch from bd4065f to c58d59d Compare 
pd93 reviewed May 12, 2025
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| // WithFixtureTemplateData sets up data defined in the golden file using golang | ||
| // template. Useful if the golden file can change depending on the test. | ||
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| func WithFixtureTemplateData(data interface{}) TestOption { | ||
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| func (opt *fixtureTemplateDataTestOption) applyToExecutorTest(t *ExecutorTest) { | ||
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| func (opt *fixtureTemplateDataTestOption) applyToFormatterTest(t *FormatterTest) { | ||
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Niceee! I really like this idea. In other tests we use a post-process function to remove absolute paths from the fixtures, but I was never really happy with that solution. This is much cleaner!
I wonder if we should provide a standardised set of variables to all tests for this purpose. No need to do this in this PR though.
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Thank you, Pete! I'm glad you found these changes interesting
pd93 reviewed May 12, 2025
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Hi, nice to meet you, and thanks for developing the task tool!
Rationale
I'm implementing the tui client for the task. I have decided that the best way to integrate a user interface is to use the JSON output feature (
task --list --json).All works fine except the labels. If some tasks have the label field, the JSON output will contain it instead of the real name. Since I can't request the execution by the task label, the client is stuck here.
task/taskfile/ast/task.go
Line 53 in da4ce5b
I found the same problem in the vscode plugin (go-task/vscode-task#167) since it is integrated with the task in the same way.
Changes
I assume that it's not right to change the behavior of this field, because there are some tools which can rely on this. Therefore, I decided to add a separate field (
task) with the real task name, which can be used exactly for the purpose of executing the task.The new JSON output will look like below
{ "tasks": [ { "name": "foobar", "task": "foo", "desc": "task description", "summary": "", "aliases": [], "up_to_date": false, "location": { "line": 0, "column": 0, "taskfile": "" } } ], "location": "" }