Task Keeper

tk(Task Keeper) is a tool to manage tasks from different task files, such as Makefile,justfile, package.json , deno.jso, .fleet/run.json etc, and call tasks from different project management tools, such as Apache Maven, Gradle, Cargo and npm etc.

Features

• List tasks from different task files: tk --list
• Invoke task: tk task_name
• Invoke task from a runner: tk --runner=npm start
• Sync tasks between sources: tk --from=npm --to=fleet task1 task2
• .env support by default: tk --no-dotenv to disable

How to get started?

• Install by cargo: cargo install task-keeper
• Download and install from GitHub Releases

After install, execute tk --help for usage. Some commands as following:

• list tasks: tk --list
• execute task: tk task_name

Why task keeper?

Sorry, I got lost in different task files and management tools, and sometimes I even can not remember how to run them.

• Find tasks: Makefile,justfile, package.json, deno.json, Taskfile.yml, tasks.py, README.md etc, and too many task files to check tasks.
• Run task: just taskName, npm run task_name, deno task task_name, composer run-script task_name etc
• Check outdated dependencies: mvn versions:display-dependency-updates, ./gradlew dependencyUpdates, npm outdated etc
• Build project: mvn -DskipTests package, ./gradlew assemble, cargo build etc

Too many differences, I want to save my brain and keyboard, and you know MacBook keyboard's price tag is $400+.

Task runners support

• make(Makefile): https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html, Modern Make support
• npm(package.json): https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/using-npm/scripts
• deno(deno.json): https://deno.land/manual/tools/task_runner
• composer(composer.json): https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md
• just(justfile): https://github.com/casey/just
• fleet(fleet/run.json): https://www.jetbrains.com/help/fleet/run-configurations.html#reference
• Rakefile(rake): https://ruby.github.io/rake/
• invoke(tasks.py): https://www.pyinvoke.org/
• task(Taskfile.yml): https://github.com/go-task/task https://www.sobyte.net/post/2022-04/taskfile/
• cargo-make(Makefile.toml): https://github.com/sagiegurari/cargo-make
• JBang(jbang-catalog.json): https://www.jbang.dev/documentation/guide/latest/alias_catalogs.html
• proc(Procfile): https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/procfile
• markdown(README.md): shell code block support
• task.sh: vanilla shell script

Package manager support

Common tasks for all package managers:

• init: create project by manager mvn archetype:generate, npm init, cargo new xxx etc
• install: install all dependencies npm istall, dependency:resolve
• compile: compile source code, not available for some script languages
• build: cargo: tk build -- --release, maven: mvn -DskipTests clean package, npm: npm run build
• start: start project go run main.go
• test: run test npm: npm test, maven: mvn test, cargo: cargo test
• doc: generate documentation mvn javadoc:javadoc
• deps: list all dependencies
• clean: clean build artifacts, maven: mvn clean, cargo: cargo clean
• outdated: display outdated dependencies go list -u -m all
• update: update outdated dependencies go get -u
• add dependency: tk add dependency or tk -D add dependency or tk --runner=npm add dependency

Attention: if package manager's task name is in a task runner, and task keeper will not execute package manager's command.

Apache Maven

Available

Gradle

Please set up gradle-versions-plugin for dependency version management. You can transparently add the plugin to every Gradle project that you run via a Gradle init script. $HOME/.gradle/init.d/add-versions-plugin.gradle with following code:

``` initscript { repositories { gradlePluginPortal() }

dependencies { classpath 'com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:+' } }

allprojects { apply plugin: com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.VersionsPlugin

tasks.named("dependencyUpdates").configure { // configure the task, for example wrt. resolution strategies } } ```

Sbt

Please add sbt-updates and DependencyTreePlugin as global plugins. $HOME/.sbt/1.0/plugins/plugins.sbt with following code:

addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.6.3") addDependencyTreePlugin

npm

Available

• If npm-check command available, npm-check -u will be used as outdated task.

Cargo

Available

Composer

Available

Bundler

Available

Go Module

Available

CMake

Only support cmake-conan, and conanfile.txt required.

Default build directory is cmake-build-debug, and you override it by CMAKE_BINARY_DIR=_build tk build.

Swift

Available. Please install swift-outdated for outdated operation.

Bazel

Available.

Poetry

Available.

Task options and global options

Task options are options for task, such as tk hello --name linux_china. Global options are options for task runner and seperated by double dash, such as tk hello --name Jack -- --verbose

Todo

Task Runners

• Apache Ant(build.xml): https://ant.apache.org/
• jake(Jakefile): https://jakejs.com/docs-page.html#item-overview-jakefiles
• code(.vscode/launch.json): https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging#_launchjson-attributes
• mask(maskfile.md): https://github.com/jacobdeichert/mask

Package Managers

• Pipenv(Pipfile): https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
• Leiningen(project.clj): https://leiningen.org/
• realize(.realize.yaml): https://github.com/oxequa/realize

Shell scripts in Markdown

shell $ ## http-methods $ curl https://httpbin.org/get $ curl -X POST https://httpbin.org/post

```shell

print my internet ip

curl --silent https://httpbin.org/ip | jq '.origin' ```

shell curl https://httpbin.org/ip \ --user-agent "Task Keeper/0.1.0" \ --silent curl https://httpbin.org/headers