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Created by 9_ake on 3/16/2025 in #help
How can I create an internal task which will generate env variables for the main task?
Hello everyone! I am using Taskfile as a short cli helper to run my tests. Each time I am running task, i have to generate new env variables, is there a way to do smth similar via a sub-task? For example:
gen-env:
  env:
    SERVER_PORT:
      sh: my-random unused-port
    TEMP_FILE:
      sh: my-random tempfile
    ADDRESS: "localhost:{{.SERVER_PORT}}"
  
test-iter-1:
  deps: [ linter, unit-tests, build ]
  cmds:
    - task: gen-env
    - >-
      metricstest -test.v -test.run=^TestIteration1$ \
        -temp-file={{.TEMP_FILE}} \
        -address={{.ADDRESS}} \
        -server-port={{.SERVER_PORT}} \
        -source-path=.
gen-env:
  env:
    SERVER_PORT:
      sh: my-random unused-port
    TEMP_FILE:
      sh: my-random tempfile
    ADDRESS: "localhost:{{.SERVER_PORT}}"
  
test-iter-1:
  deps: [ linter, unit-tests, build ]
  cmds:
    - task: gen-env
    - >-
      metricstest -test.v -test.run=^TestIteration1$ \
        -temp-file={{.TEMP_FILE}} \
        -address={{.ADDRESS}} \
        -server-port={{.SERVER_PORT}} \
        -source-path=.
Due to a large amount test-iter-* tasks it's really annoying to copy all same env variables... Thank you for any help and suggestions!
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