# [[Taskfile]]
#build | _Created: 2025-06-13_
## Links
- Docs: https://taskfile.dev/
- Github: https://github.com/go-task/task
## Notes
### Using sources as a variable
Unlike GNU Make's `
lt;`/`$^` , Taskfile doesn't have a magic variable for all sources. This annoyingly means that if you want to use the `sources/generates` keys in a task to only build when sources have changed, like Make, you will have to specify the list of sources twice - once in `sources` and one in the actual task.
There is [an open ticket](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/948) for it, and [a recent PR](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/2047) for a new Task variable.
The current workaround for this is using YAML aliases.
```yaml
tasks:
buildcss:
desc: Bundle CSS files into a single file
sources: &sources
- ".obsidian/snippets/*.css"
- "publish-minimal-catpuccin.css"
generates:
- publish.css
vars:
SOURCES: *sources
...
```