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Add support for begin/end messages with grouped output
Fixes #647

This allows CI systems that support grouping (such as with [GitHub Actions's `::group::` command](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#grouping-log-lines) and [Azure Devops](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/scripts/logging-commands?view=azure-devops&tabs=bash#formatting-commands)) to collapse all of the logs for a single task, to improve readability of logs

## Example

The following Taskfile

```
# Taskfile.yml
version: 3
output:
  group:
    begin: "::group::{{ .TASK }}"
    end: "::endgroup::"
tasks:
  default:
    cmds:
      - "echo 'Hello, World!'"
```

Results in the following output
```bash
$ task
task: [default] echo 'Hello, World!'
::group::default
Hello, World!
::endgroup::
```

See [this GitHub Actions job](https://github.com/janslow/task/runs/4811059609?check_suite_focus=true) for a full example

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Task

Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

Since it's written in Go, Task is just a single binary and has no other dependencies, which means you don't need to mess with any complicated install setups just to use a build tool.

Once installed, you just need to describe your build tasks using a simple YAML schema in a file called Taskfile.yml:

version: '3'

tasks:
  hello:
    cmds:
      - echo 'Hello World from Task!'
    silent: true

And call it by running task hello from you terminal.

The above example is just the start, you can take a look at the usage guide to check the full schema documentation and Task features.

Features

  • Easy installation: just download a single binary, add to $PATH and you're done! Or you can also install using Homebrew, Snapcraft, or Scoop if you want;
  • Available on CIs: by adding this simple command to install on your CI script and you're done to use Task as part of your CI pipeline;
  • Truly cross-platform: while most build tools only work well on Linux or macOS, Task also supports Windows thanks to this awesome shell interpreter for Go;
  • Great for code generation: you can easily prevent a task from running if a given set of files haven't changed since last run (based either on its timestamp or content).