Task for Visual Studio Code

Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

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Installation

• Visual Studio Code | Visual Studio Marketplace
• VSCodium | Open VSX Registry

Features

• View tasks in the sidebar.
• Run tasks from the sidebar and command palette.
• Go to definition from the sidebar and command palette.
• Run last task command.
• Multi-root workspace support.
• Initialize a Taskfile in the current workspace.

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Configuration

Setting	Type	Allowed Values	Default	Description
updateOn	string	"manual", "save"	"save"	When the list of tasks should be updated.
path	string		"task"	Path to the Task binary. Can also the name of a binary in your $PATH.
outputTo	string	"output", "terminal"	"output"	Where to print the output of tasks. Note that the output panel does not support ANSI colors.
checkForUpdates	boolean		true	Check if there is a newer version of Task on startup.
tree.nesting	boolean		true	Whether to nest tasks by their namespace in the tree view.
tree.sort	sort	default, alphanumeric, none	"default"	The order in which to display tasks in the tree view.