add silent mode to disable echoing of commands

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ It aims to be simpler and easier to use then [GNU Make][make].
     - [Dynamic variables](#dynamic-variables)
   - [Go's template engine](#gos-template-engine)
   - [Help](#help)
+  - [Silent mode](#silent-mode)
   - [Watch tasks](#watch-tasks-experimental)
 - [Alternative task runners](#alternative-task-runners)
 
@@ -421,6 +422,60 @@ would print the following output:
 * test:    Run all the go tests.
 ```
 
+## Silent mode
+
+Silent mode disables echoing of commands before Task runs it.
+For the following Taskfile:
+
+```yml
+echo:
+  cmds:
+    - echo "Print something"
+```
+
+Normally this will be print:
+
+```sh
+echo "Print something"
+Print something
+```
+
+With silent mode on, the below will be print instead:
+
+```sh
+Print something
+```
+
+There's three ways to enable silent mode:
+
+* At command level:
+
+```yml
+echo:
+  cmds:
+    - cmd: echo "Print something"
+      silent: true
+```
+
+* At task level:
+
+```yml
+echo:
+  cmds:
+    - echo "Print something"
+  silent: true
+```
+
+* Or globally with `--silent` or `-s` flag
+
+If you want to supress stdout instead, just redirect a command to `/dev/null`:
+
+```yml
+echo:
+  cmds:
+    - echo "This will print nothing" > /dev/null
+```
+
 ## Watch tasks (experimental)
 
 If you give a `--watch` or `-w` argument, task will watch for files changes

cmd/task/task.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var (
 	version = "master"
 )
 
-const usage = `Usage: task [-ilfwv] [--init] [--list] [--force] [--watch] [--verbose] [task...]
+const usage = `Usage: task [-ilfwvs] [--init] [--list] [--force] [--watch] [--verbose] [--silent] [task...]
 
 Runs the specified task(s). Falls back to the "default" task if no task name
 was specified, or lists all tasks if an unknown task name was specified.
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func main() {
 		force       bool
 		watch       bool
 		verbose     bool
+		silent      bool
 	)
 
 	pflag.BoolVar(&versionFlag, "version", false, "show Task version")
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ func main() {
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&force, "force", "f", false, "forces execution even when the task is up-to-date")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&watch, "watch", "w", false, "enables watch of the given task")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "enables verbose mode")
+	pflag.BoolVarP(&silent, "silent", "s", false, "disables echoing")
 	pflag.Parse()
 
 	if versionFlag {
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ func main() {
 		Force:   force,
 		Watch:   watch,
 		Verbose: verbose,
+		Silent:  silent,
 
 		Stdin:  os.Stdin,
 		Stdout: os.Stdout,

command.go

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 // Cmd is a task command
 type Cmd struct {
-	Cmd  string
+	Cmd    string
-	Task string
+	Silent bool
-	Vars Vars
+	Task   string
+	Vars   Vars
 }
 
 // Dep is a task dependency
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ func (c *Cmd) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	var cmdStruct struct {
+		Cmd    string
+		Silent bool
+	}
+	if err := unmarshal(&cmdStruct); err == nil && cmdStruct.Cmd != "" {
+		c.Cmd = cmdStruct.Cmd
+		c.Silent = cmdStruct.Silent
+		return nil
+	}
 	var taskCall struct {
 		Task string
 		Vars Vars

task.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Executor struct {
 	Force   bool
 	Watch   bool
 	Verbose bool
+	Silent  bool
 
 	Stdin  io.Reader
 	Stdout io.Writer
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ type Task struct {
 	Vars      Vars
 	Set       string
 	Env       Vars
+	Silent    bool
 }
 
 // Run runs Task
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ func (e *Executor) runCommand(ctx context.Context, t *Task, call Call, i int) er
 		Stderr:  e.Stderr,
 	}
 
-	e.println(cmd.Cmd)
+	if !cmd.Silent && !t.Silent && !e.Silent {
+		e.println(cmd.Cmd)
+	}
 	if t.Set != "" {
 		var stdout bytes.Buffer
 		opts.Stdout = &stdout

variables.go

@@ -185,15 +185,17 @@ func (t *Task) ReplaceVariables(vars Vars) (*Task, error) {
 		Vars:      r.replaceVars(t.Vars),
 		Set:       r.replace(t.Set),
 		Env:       r.replaceVars(t.Env),
+		Silent:    t.Silent,
 	}
 
 	if len(t.Cmds) > 0 {
 		new.Cmds = make([]*Cmd, len(t.Cmds))
 		for i, cmd := range t.Cmds {
 			new.Cmds[i] = &Cmd{
-				Task: r.replace(cmd.Task),
+				Task:   r.replace(cmd.Task),
-				Cmd:  r.replace(cmd.Cmd),
+				Silent: cmd.Silent,
-				Vars: r.replaceVars(cmd.Vars),
+				Cmd:    r.replace(cmd.Cmd),
+				Vars:   r.replaceVars(cmd.Vars),
 			}
 
 		}