Task and tracking dir modtime

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Hello. Let's say I'm changing

tools/cmd/main.go

tools/cmd/main.go

and want to make a task that will track it by pattern.

I know that this pattern will track any file in dir recursively.

  check:
    sources:
      - tools/**/*
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'

  check:
    sources:
      - tools/**/*
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'

But these patterns will not, even if dir modtime being updated when any internal content has been changed.

  check:
    sources:
      - tools/*
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'
  check:
    sources:
      - tools/cmd
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'

  check:
    sources:
      - tools/*
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'
  check:
    sources:
      - tools/cmd
    cmds:
      - echo 'changed'
    method: 'timestamp'

Is this intentional? For compatibility purposes with different file systems?

Solution

Hi @sedyh,

This happens because Task actually ignores directories and only cares about files.

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