• Added uuid, randInt and randIntN template functions (#1346, #2225 by @pd93).
• Added new CLI_ARGS_LIST array variable which contains the arguments passed to Task after the -- (the same as CLI_ARGS, but an array instead of a string). (#2138, #2139, #2140 by @pd93).
• Added toYaml and fromYaml templating functions (#2217, #2219 by @pd93).
• Added task field the --list --json output (#2256 by @aleksandersh).
• Added the ability to pin included taskfiles by specifying a checksum. This works with both local and remote Taskfiles (#2222, #2223 by @pd93).
• When using the Remote Taskfiles experiment, any credentials used in the URL will now be redacted in Task's output (#2100, #2220 by @pd93).
• Fixed fuzzy suggestions not working when misspelling a task name (#2192, #2200 by @vmaerten).
• Fixed a bug where taskfiles in directories containing spaces created directories in the wrong location (#2208, #2216 by @pd93).
• Added support for dual JSON schema files, allowing changes without affecting the current schema. The current schemas will only be updated during releases. (#2211 by @vmaerten).
• Improved fingerprint documentation by specifying that the method can be set at the root level to apply to all tasks (#2233 by @vmaerten).
• Fixed some watcher regressions after #2048 (#2199, #2202, #2241, #2196 by @wazazaby, #2271 by @andreynering).

Reverted the changes made in #2113 and #2186 that affected the USER_WORKING_DIR and built-in variables. This fixes #2206, #2195, #2207 and #2208.

• Fixed regresion of CLI_ARGS being exposed as the wrong type (#2190, #2191 by @vmaerten).

• Significant improvements were made to the watcher. We migrated from watcher to fsnotify. The former library used polling, which means Task had a high CPU usage when watching too many files. fsnotify uses proper the APIs from each operating system to watch files, which means a much better performance. The default interval changed from 5 seconds to 100 milliseconds, because now it configures the wait time for duplicated events, instead of the polling time (#2048 by @andreynering, #1508, #985, #1179).
• The Map Variables experiment was made generally available so you can now define map variables in your Taskfiles! (#1585, #1547, #2081 by @pd93).
• Wildcards can now match multiple tasks (#2072, #2121 by @pd93).
• Added the ability to loop over the files specified by the generates keyword. This works the same way as looping over sources (#2151 by @sedyh).
• Added the ability to resolve variables when defining an include variable (#2108, #2113 by @pd93).
• A few changes have been made to the Remote Taskfiles experiment (#1402, #2176 by @pd93):
  • Cached files are now prioritized over remote ones.
  • Added an --expiry flag which sets the TTL for a remote file cache. By default the value will be 0 (caching disabled). If Task is running in offline mode or fails to make a connection, it will fallback on the cache.
• .taskrc files can now be used from subdirectories and will be searched for recursively up the file tree in the same way that Taskfiles are (#2159, #2166 by @pd93).
• The default taskfile (output when using the --init flag) is now an embedded file in the binary instead of being stored in the code (#2112 by @pd93).
• Improved the way we report the Task version when using the --version flag or {{.TASK_VERSION}} variable. This should now be more consistent and easier for package maintainers to use (#2131 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where globstar (**) matching in sources only resolved the first result (#2073, #2075 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where sorting tasks by "none" would use the default sorting instead of leaving tasks in the order they were defined (#2124, #2125 by @trulede).
• Fixed Fish completion on newer Fish versions (#2130 by @atusy).
• Fixed a bug where undefined/null variables resolved to an empty string instead of nil (#1911, #2144 by @pd93).
• The USER_WORKING_DIR special now will now properly account for the --dir (-d) flag, if given (#2102, #2103 by @jaynis, #2186 by @andreynering).
• Fix Fish completions when --global (-g) is given (#2134 by @atusy).
• Fixed variables not available when using defer: (#1909, #2173 by @vmaerten).

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• Fixed a bug where some special variables caused a type error when used in global variables (#2106, #2107 by @pd93).

• Made --init less verbose by default and respect --silent and --verbose flags (#2009, #2011 by @HeCorr).
• --init now accepts a file name or directory as an argument (#2008, #2018 by @HeCorr).
• Fix a bug where an HTTP node's location was being mutated incorrectly (#2007 by @jeongukjae).
• Fixed a bug where allowed values didn't work with dynamic var (#2032, #2033 by @vmaerten).
• Use only the relevant checker (timestamp or checksum) to improve performance (#2029, #2031 by @vmaerten).
• Print warnings when attempting to enable an inactive experiment or an active experiment with an invalid value (#1979, #2049 by @pd93).
• Refactored the experiments package and added tests (#2049 by @pd93).
• Show allowed values when a variable with an enum is missing (#2027, #2052 by @vmaerten).
• Refactored how snippets in error work and added tests (#2068 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where errors decoding commands were sometimes unhelpful (#2068 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug in the Taskfile schema where defer statements in the shorthand cmds syntax were not considered valid (#2068 by @pd93).
• Refactored how task sorting functions work (#1798 by @pd93).
• Added a new .taskrc.yml (or .taskrc.yaml) file to let users enable experiments (similar to .env) (#1982 by @vmaerten).
• Added new Getting Started docs (#2086 by @pd93).
• Allow matrix to use references to other variables (#2065, #2069 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where, when a dynamic variable is provided, even if it is not used, all other variables become unavailable in the templating system within the include (#2092 by @vmaerten).

Package API

Unlike our CLI tool, Task's package API is not currently stable. In an effort to ease the pain of breaking changes for our users, we will be providing changelogs for our package API going forwards. The hope is that these changes will provide a better long-term experience for our users and allow to stabilize the API in the future. #121 now tracks this piece of work.

• Bumped the minimum required Go version to 1.23 (#2059 by @pd93).
• task.InitTaskfile (#2011, ff8c913 by @HeCorr and @pd93)
  • No longer accepts an io.Writer (output is now the caller's responsibility).
  • The path argument can now be a filename OR a directory.
  • The function now returns the full path of the generated file.
• TaskfileDecodeError.WithFileInfo now accepts a string instead of the arguments required to generate a snippet (#2068 by @pd93).
  • The caller is now expected to create the snippet themselves (see below).
• TaskfileSnippet and related code moved from the errors package to the taskfile package (#2068 by @pd93).
• Renamed TaskMissingRequiredVars to TaskMissingRequiredVarsError (#2052 by @vmaerten).
• Renamed TaskNotAllowedVars to TaskNotAllowedVarsError (#2052 by @vmaerten).
• The taskfile.Reader is now constructed using the functional options pattern (#2082 by @pd93).
• Removed our internal logger.Logger from the entire taskfile package (#2082 by @pd93).
  • Users are now expected to pass a custom debug/prompt functions into taskfile.Reader if they want this functionality by using the new WithDebugFunc and WithPromptFunc functional options.
• Remove Range functions in the taskfile/ast package in favour of new iterator functions (#1798 by @pd93).
• ast.Call was moved from the taskfile/ast package to the main task package (#2084 by @pd93).
• ast.Tasks.FindMatchingTasks was moved from the taskfile/ast package to the task.Executor.FindMatchingTasks in the main task package (#2084 by @pd93).
• The Compiler and its GetVariables and FastGetVariables methods were moved from the internal/compiler package to the main task package (#2084 by @pd93).

• Fixed an issue where dynamic variables were not properly logged in verbose mode (#1920, #1921 by @mgbowman).
• Support silent for defer statements (#1877, #1879 by @danilobuerger).
• Added an option to exclude some tasks from being included (#1859 by @vmaerten).
• Fixed an issue where a required variable was incorrectly handled in a template function (#1950, #1962 by @vmaerten).
• Expose a new TASK_DIR special variable, which will contain the absolute path of task directory. (#1959, #1961 by @vmaerten).
• Fixed fatal bugs that caused concurrent map writes (#1605, #1972, #1974 by @pd93, @GrahamDennis and @trim21).
• Refactored internal ordered map implementation to use github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap (#1797 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where variables defined at the task level were being ignored in the requires section. (#1960, #1955, #1768 by @vmaerten and @mokeko)
• The CHECKSUM and TIMESTAMP variables are now accessible within cmds (#1872 by @niklasr22).
• Updated installation docs and added pip installation method (#935, #1989 by @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where dynamic variables could not access environment variables (#630, #1869 by @rohm1 and @pd93).
• Disable version check for use as an external library (#1938 by @leaanthony).

• Fixed a security issue in git-urls by switching to the maintained fork chainguard-dev/git-urls (#1917 by @AlekSi).
• Added missing platforms property to cmds that use for (#1915 by @dkarter).
• Added misspell linter to check for misspelled English words (#1883 by @christiandins).

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• Fixed output of some functions (e.g. splitArgs/splitLines) not working in for loops (#1822, #1823 by @stawii).
• Added a new TASK_OFFLINE environment variable to configure the --offline flag and expose it as a special variable in the templating system (#1470, #1716 by @vmaerten and @pd93).
• Fixed a bug where multiple remote includes caused all prompts to display without waiting for user input (#1832, #1833 by @vmaerten and @pd93).
• When using the "Remote Taskfiles" experiment, you can now include Taskfiles from Git repositories (#1652 by @vmaerten).
• Improved the error message when a dotenv file cannot be parsed (#1842 by @pbitty).
• Fix issue with directory when using the remote experiment (#1757 by @pbitty).
• Fixed an issue where a special variable was used in combination with a dotenv file (#1232, #1810 by @vmaerten).
• Refactor the way Task reads Taskfiles to improve readability (#1771 by @pbitty).
• Added a new option to ensure variable is within the list of values (#1827 by @vmaerten).
• Allow multiple prompts to be specified for a task (#1861, #1866 by @mfbmina).
• Added new template function: numCPU, which returns the number of logical CPUs usable (#1890, #1887 by @Amoghrd).
• Fixed a bug where non-nil, empty dynamic variables are returned as an empty interface (#1903, #1904 by @pd93).

• Fix dynamic variables not working properly for a defer: statement (#1803, #1818 by @vmaerten).