ruby / ruby/rake

Rake runs everything that is named like a file/folder

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Description

rake foo
Don't know how to build task foo

rake Gemfile
... no output ... and does not fail

especially annoying with things like rake test doing nothing -> CI being green and nobody noticing ...

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the two examples with the Rake command-line tool: rake foo should report a missing task, while rake Gemfile currently exits without output. Trace task resolution for names matching files or folders, then add or update coverage for these cases. Done means missing task names no longer silently succeed, including file-like names such as test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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