Include relative files in remote Taskfile

[MLNW]

Description

It would be awesome if a remote taskfile could include remote files as well. My use case would be this: A remote taskfile uses a script to check something. The script is a file in the same repository as the remote taskfile.

The only workarounds I can think of right now would be to either rewrite the script to be part of the taskfile (which is not recommended) or add a task that first downloads the script before executing it. The latter option comes with some complexity I would like to avoid.

[pbitty]

We also have a similar use-case. We have a bunch of supporting config files and scripts that go along with our remote taskfile.
For the time being, we wrote a separate tool that reads special variables in the include and uses those to download the remote repository contents.

If it helps, I proposed a solution to this in this comment, where the git remote provider downloads the whole directory of the Taskfile instead of just the Taskfile. Then any downloaded files can be accessed relative to {{.TASKFILE_DIR}}.

[trulede]

We have associated metadata in remote repos, placed alongside a Taskfile, and with that method its possible to have a run_once task which would load that metadata, and then from that metadata have a command to download files from a list. Something with yq and xargs. That kind of thing I've suggested in #1916 ... the metadata, not your particular use case. However, much easier, would be a simple "download task" that uses yq and xargs over a multiline variable.

Much of the problem here I fear, is an underestimation of complexity. "I have a remote Taskfile that runs a script" is a fairly simple scenario to solve as things are (run the script via curl: bash <(curl -s http://mywebsite.example/myscript.txt)), but for many people that kind use case will be far more complex (better solved with a docker image - what we do).

Is Task the right way to solve that kind of problem? I'm a big fan of having the remote Taskfile run docker images defined/build in that same remote location. I can provide example if you want.