Checksum is not calculated anymore when `method: none`

[maciej-lech]

Description

❱ /nix/store/jn35gb9isnqzr9mfwhmig40c6iflmadz-go-task-3.41.0/bin/go-task test
task: [test] echo "a3e64c2be2ee99e18159e25340b9f632"
a3e64c2be2ee99e18159e25340b9f632
❱ /nix/store/sy2fx4azx6ny9115k1qxq210gcpdhr0c-go-task-3.43.2/bin/go-task test
task: [test] echo ""

I also tested 3.43.3 and it is also empty.

Version

3.43.3

Operating system

Linux

Experiments Enabled

Env Precedence

Example Taskfile

---
version: "3"

tasks:
  test:
    sources:
      - ./test/**/*
    cmds:
      - echo "{{.CHECKSUM}}"
    method: none

[trulede]

@maciej-lech Why do you think that {{.CHECKSUM}} should print anything (in this scenario)?

[maciej-lech]

@trulede because it did before, in 3.41. Although, it may have been a bug as the docs clearly says:

...my automation relied on that "hidden feature". I have managed to workaround it by replacing method: none with status: ["false"] which is not perfect as it executes another process every time, but it works for me for now.

PS. Only available within the status prop this is also not true, as it is available in cmds as well which is very useful, so I would recommend updating the docs and keep it that way ;)

BR/ Maciej

[vmaerten]

The CHECKSUM variable is available only when method = checksum, and the same goes for TIMESTAMP.
We had some performance issues (see #2029 and #2031).
Yes, we added this to cmds a couple of releases ago. I'll update the documentation accordingly.
Thanks

[maciej-lech]

Thank you!