feat: make CHECKSUM and TIMESTAMP vars available in cmds commands (#1872)

task_test.go

@@ -976,6 +976,39 @@ func TestStatusVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), tf)
 }
 
+func TestCmdsVariables(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const dir = "testdata/cmds_vars"
+
+	_ = os.RemoveAll(filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, ".task"))
+
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir: dir,
+		TempDir: task.TempDir{
+			Remote:      filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, ".task"),
+			Fingerprint: filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, ".task"),
+		},
+		Stdout:  &buff,
+		Stderr:  &buff,
+		Silent:  false,
+		Verbose: true,
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+	require.NoError(t, e.Run(context.Background(), &ast.Call{Task: "build"}))
+
+	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), "3e464c4b03f4b65d740e1e130d4d108a")
+
+	inf, err := os.Stat(filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, "source.txt"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	ts := fmt.Sprintf("%d", inf.ModTime().Unix())
+	tf := inf.ModTime().String()
+
+	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), ts)
+	assert.Contains(t, buff.String(), tf)
+}
+
 func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 

testdata/cmds_vars/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  build:
+    sources:
+      - ./source.txt
+    cmds:
+      - echo "{{.CHECKSUM}}"
+      - echo "{{.TIMESTAMP.Unix}}"
+      - echo "{{.TIMESTAMP}}"

testdata/cmds_vars/source.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello, World!

variables.go

@@ -127,6 +127,23 @@ func (e *Executor) compiledTask(call *ast.Call, evaluateShVars bool) (*ast.Task,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(origTask.Sources) > 0 {
+		timestampChecker := fingerprint.NewTimestampChecker(e.TempDir.Fingerprint, e.Dry)
+		checksumChecker := fingerprint.NewChecksumChecker(e.TempDir.Fingerprint, e.Dry)
+
+		for _, checker := range []fingerprint.SourcesCheckable{timestampChecker, checksumChecker} {
+			value, err := checker.Value(&new)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			vars.Set(strings.ToUpper(checker.Kind()), ast.Var{Live: value})
+		}
+
+		// Adding new variables, requires us to refresh the templaters
+		// cache of the the values manually
+		cache.ResetCache()
+	}
+
 	if len(origTask.Cmds) > 0 {
 		new.Cmds = make([]*ast.Cmd, 0, len(origTask.Cmds))
 		for _, cmd := range origTask.Cmds {
@@ -228,21 +245,6 @@ func (e *Executor) compiledTask(call *ast.Call, evaluateShVars bool) (*ast.Task,
 	}
 
 	if len(origTask.Status) > 0 {
-		timestampChecker := fingerprint.NewTimestampChecker(e.TempDir.Fingerprint, e.Dry)
-		checksumChecker := fingerprint.NewChecksumChecker(e.TempDir.Fingerprint, e.Dry)
-
-		for _, checker := range []fingerprint.SourcesCheckable{timestampChecker, checksumChecker} {
-			value, err := checker.Value(&new)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			vars.Set(strings.ToUpper(checker.Kind()), ast.Var{Live: value})
-		}
-
-		// Adding new variables, requires us to refresh the templaters
-		// cache of the the values manually
-		cache.ResetCache()
-
 		new.Status = templater.Replace(origTask.Status, cache)
 	}
 

website/docs/usage.mdx

@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ checksum source and timestamps require either access to the artifact or for an
 out-of-band refresh of the `.checksum` fingerprint file.
 
 Two special variables `{{.CHECKSUM}}` and `{{.TIMESTAMP}}` are available for
-interpolation within `status` commands, depending on the method assigned to
+interpolation within `cmds` and `status` commands, depending on the method assigned to
 fingerprint the sources. Only `source` globs are fingerprinted.
 
 Note that the `{{.TIMESTAMP}}` variable is a "live" Go `time.Time` struct, and