From 5c8a387cd452593f2655cbdb6d0ace78c7043c3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Maerten <maerten.valentin@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 16:19:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix

---
 https.yml               | 15 +++++++++++++++
 internal/flags/flags.go |  2 +-
 taskfile/node_git.go    | 16 ++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 https.yml

diff --git a/https.yml b/https.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e70ee2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/https.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# https://taskfile.dev
+
+version: '3'
+includes:
+  app:
+    taskfile: https://github.com/pbstck/taskfiles.git//taskfile/rust.yml?ref=main
+
+vars:
+  GREETING: Hello, World!
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "{{.GREETING}}"
+    silent: true
diff --git a/internal/flags/flags.go b/internal/flags/flags.go
index 5787e17a..5b874f6b 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func init() {
 	if experiments.RemoteTaskfiles.Enabled() {
 		pflag.BoolVar(&Download, "download", false, "Downloads a cached version of a remote Taskfile.")
 		pflag.BoolVar(&Offline, "offline", getConfig(config, func() *bool { return config.Remote.Offline }, false), "Forces Task to only use local or cached Taskfiles.")
-		pflag.DurationVar(&Timeout, "timeout", getConfig(config, func() *time.Duration { return config.Remote.Timeout }, time.Second*10), "Timeout for downloading remote Taskfiles.")
+		pflag.DurationVar(&Timeout, "timeout", getConfig(config, func() *time.Duration { return config.Remote.Timeout }, time.Minute*10), "Timeout for downloading remote Taskfiles.")
 		pflag.BoolVar(&ClearCache, "clear-cache", false, "Clear the remote cache.")
 		pflag.DurationVar(&CacheExpiryDuration, "expiry", getConfig(config, func() *time.Duration { return config.Remote.CacheExpiry }, 0), "Expiry duration for cached remote Taskfiles.")
 	}
diff --git a/taskfile/node_git.go b/taskfile/node_git.go
index eafd382e..883b7480 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_git.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_git.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	giturls "github.com/chainguard-dev/git-urls"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-getter"
@@ -83,11 +84,15 @@ func (node *GitNode) buildURL() string {
 }
 
 func (node *GitNode) ReadContext(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
-	// Create temporary directory for git clone
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "task-git-*")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp dir: %w", err)
-	}
+	return node.readWithGoGetter(ctx)
+}
+
+func (node *GitNode) readWithGoGetter(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	// IMPORTANT: Do NOT create tmpDir in advance!
+	// If the directory exists, go-getter will use update() instead of clone()
+	// which is 3x slower (git init + fetch --tags + pull instead of a simple clone)
+	tmpDir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("task-git-getter-%d", time.Now().UnixNano()))
+
 	defer func() {
 		_ = os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 	}()
@@ -107,7 +112,6 @@ func (node *GitNode) ReadContext(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Build path to Taskfile in tmpdir
-	// If no path specified, use default Taskfile.yml
 	taskfilePath := node.path
 	if taskfilePath == "" {
 		taskfilePath = "Taskfile.yml"