What's the point of order-only dependencies in `rake`?
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Description
The ones added by #269. If you're adding that, then you probably want file tasks to ignore order-only dependencies?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with lib/rake/file_task.rb lines 32-41 and the order-only dependencies introduced by issue #269. Determine the intended behavior for file tasks and whether they should ignore those dependencies; done means the project has an agreed, documented behavior and corresponding implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100