refactor: check if the remote exists just before reading it (#1713)

* refactor: check if the remote exists in the read to avoid doing it in offline mode

* fix: timeout error was not working

* fix: use cached copy if available

taskfile/node_http.go

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import (
 // An HTTPNode is a node that reads a Taskfile from a remote location via HTTP.
 type HTTPNode struct {
 	*BaseNode
-	URL *url.URL
+	URL     *url.URL
+	logger  *logger.Logger
+	timeout time.Duration
 }
 
 func NewHTTPNode(
@@ -36,18 +38,12 @@ func NewHTTPNode(
 	if url.Scheme == "http" && !insecure {
 		return nil, &errors.TaskfileNotSecureError{URI: entrypoint}
 	}
-	ctx, cf := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+
-	defer cf()
-	url, err = RemoteExists(ctx, l, url)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
-		return nil, &errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError{URI: url.String(), Timeout: timeout}
-	}
 	return &HTTPNode{
 		BaseNode: base,
 		URL:      url,
+		timeout:  timeout,
+		logger:   l,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +56,11 @@ func (node *HTTPNode) Remote() bool {
 }
 
 func (node *HTTPNode) Read(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
+	url, err := RemoteExists(ctx, node.logger, node.URL, node.timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	node.URL = url
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", node.URL.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.TaskfileFetchFailedError{URI: node.URL.String()}
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ func (node *HTTPNode) Read(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			return nil, &errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError{URI: node.URL.String(), Timeout: node.timeout}
+		}
 		return nil, errors.TaskfileFetchFailedError{URI: node.URL.String()}
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()

taskfile/reader.go

@@ -208,8 +208,9 @@ func (r *Reader) readNode(node Node) (*ast.Taskfile, error) {
 
 		// Read the file
 		b, err = node.Read(ctx)
+		var taskfileNetworkTimeoutError *errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError
 		// If we timed out then we likely have a network issue
-		if node.Remote() && errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+		if node.Remote() && errors.As(err, &taskfileNetworkTimeoutError) {
 			// If a download was requested, then we can't use a cached copy
 			if r.download {
 				return nil, &errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError{URI: node.Location(), Timeout: r.timeout}

taskfile/taskfile.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/filepathext"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 // at the given URL with any of the default Taskfile files names. If any of
 // these match a file, the first matching path will be returned. If no files are
 // found, an error will be returned.
-func RemoteExists(ctx context.Context, l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, error) {
+func RemoteExists(ctx context.Context, l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL, timeout time.Duration) (*url.URL, error) {
 	// Create a new HEAD request for the given URL to check if the resource exists
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("HEAD", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ func RemoteExists(ctx context.Context, l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL) (*url.URL,
 	// Request the given URL
 	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			return nil, &errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError{URI: u.String(), Timeout: timeout}
+		}
 		return nil, errors.TaskfileFetchFailedError{URI: u.String()}
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()