"Runners" like docker/podman/shell/etc

[endigma]

In a taskfile, being able to define an environment for the command to run in would be useful. This could be something like:

tasks:
    setup:
        runner:
            container:
                runtime: podman
                image: ubuntu:latest
                mounts:
                 - "./app:/app"
                wd: "/app"
                ... other flags turned into opts
            # shell: zsh / python3 / node / etc repls
        cmds:
            - ... commands

I know this is possible by just inlining this sort of thing or moving it into scripts, but I still think it would be a valuable addition.

[andreynering]

Hi @endigma, and thanks for opening this issue.

We probably won't build integrations with so many tools.

Docker support specifically can be built at some point, but it is not so simple, and it would be better to have an issue specifically for it. #285 has some history.

[endigma]

Potentially a blanket solution like "interpreter"? Could define some command to invoke and expect it to be interactive, similar to a shebang

[andreynering]

FYI: a PoC is currently open on #974.