feat: add support for colon-separated glob patterns in sources

executor_test.go

@@ -987,3 +987,12 @@ func TestIncludeChecksum(t *testing.T) {
 		WithFixtureTemplating(),
 	)
 }
+
+func TestColonSeparatedSources(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	NewExecutorTest(t,
+		WithExecutorOptions(
+			task.WithDir("testdata/colon_sources"),
+		),
+	)
+}

internal/templater/templater.go

@@ -105,11 +105,26 @@ func ReplaceGlobs(globs []*ast.Glob, cache *Cache) []*ast.Glob {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	new := make([]*ast.Glob, len(globs))
-	for i, g := range globs {
-		new[i] = &ast.Glob{
-			Glob:   Replace(g.Glob, cache),
-			Negate: g.Negate,
+	var new []*ast.Glob
+	for _, g := range globs {
+		replacedGlob := Replace(g.Glob, cache)
+
+		if strings.Contains(replacedGlob, ":") {
+			paths := strings.Split(replacedGlob, ":")
+			for _, path := range paths {
+				path = strings.TrimSpace(path)
+				if path != "" {
+					new = append(new, &ast.Glob{
+						Glob:   path,
+						Negate: g.Negate,
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			new = append(new, &ast.Glob{
+				Glob:   replacedGlob,
+				Negate: g.Negate,
+			})
 		}
 	}
 	return new

testdata/colon_sources/Taskfile.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3'
+
+vars:
+  MULTI_SOURCES: "*.txt:subdir/*.md"
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    desc: Test colon-separated sources
+    sources:
+      - "{{.MULTI_SOURCES}}"
+    generates:
+      - output.txt
+    cmds:
+      - echo "Processing colon-separated sources" > output.txt

testdata/colon_sources/output.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Processing colon-separated sources

testdata/colon_sources/subdir/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Test

testdata/colon_sources/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test content

testdata/colon_sources/testdata/TestColonSeparatedSources.golden

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+task: Task "default" is up to date

website/src/docs/reference/schema.md

@@ -537,14 +537,16 @@ tasks:
 #### `sources`
 
 - **Type**: `[]string` or `[]Glob`
-- **Description**: Source files to monitor for changes
+- **Description**: Source files to monitor for changes. Multiple glob patterns can be specified in a single string separated by colons.
 
 ```yaml
 tasks:
   build:
     sources:
       - '**/*.go'
       - go.mod
+      # Multiple patterns in one line (colon-separated)
+      - '*.js:*.ts:assets/**/*'
       # With exclusions
       - exclude: '**/*_test.go'
     cmds:

website/src/public/schema.json

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
           }
         },
         "sources": {
-          "description": "A list of sources to check before running this task. Relevant for `checksum` and `timestamp` methods. Can be file paths or star globs.",
+          "description": "A list of sources to check before running this task. Relevant for `checksum` and `timestamp` methods. Can be file paths or star globs. Multiple glob patterns can be specified in a single string separated by colons.",
           "type": "array",
           "items": {
             "$ref": "#/definitions/glob"