Added test to check if symlinks are evaluated for task source files

task_test.go

@@ -1338,3 +1338,36 @@ func TestErrorCode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, ok, "cannot cast returned error to *task.TaskRunError")
 	assert.Equal(t, 42, casted.ExitCode(), "unexpected exit code from task")
 }
+
+func TestEvaluateSymlinksInPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	const dir = "testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths"
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := &task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &buff,
+		Stderr: &buff,
+		Silent: false,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, e.Setup())
+	err := e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, `task: Task "default" is up to date`, strings.TrimSpace(buff.String()))
+	buff.Reset()
+	err = e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "test-sym"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, `task: Task "test-sym" is up to date`, strings.TrimSpace(buff.String()))
+	buff.Reset()
+	err = e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, `task: Task "default" is up to date`, strings.TrimSpace(buff.String()))
+	buff.Reset()
+	err = e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "default"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `task: Task "default" is up to date`, strings.TrimSpace(buff.String()))
+	buff.Reset()
+	err = e.Run(context.Background(), taskfile.Call{Task: "reset"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	buff.Reset()
+	err = os.RemoveAll(dir + "/.task")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}

testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths/Taskfile.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3'
+tasks:
+  default:
+    sources:
+      - src/**/*
+    cmds:
+      - echo "some job"
+  test-sym:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "shared file source changed" > src/shared/b
+  reset:
+    cmds:
+      - echo "shared file source" > src/shared/b
+      - echo "file source" > src/a

testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths/shared/b

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shared file source

testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths/shared/inner_shared/c

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+inner shared file source

testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths/src/a

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+file source

testdata/evaluate_symlinks_in_paths/src/shared

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../shared