Task arguments can't contain an equal symbol.
Currently, the = symbol is used to determine that an environment variable is being passed, and this applies to task arguments as well.
Jakefile:
task('test', function(x) {
console.log(x);
});
jake test[abc def=123] yields:
abc
jake test["abc def=123"] yields:
jake aborted.
Error: Unknown task "default"
at TaskBase.nextPrereq (/Users/jcarnes/Work/jake/lib/task/task.js:196:15)
at TaskBase.runPrereqs (/Users/jcarnes/Work/jake/lib/task/task.js:170:14)
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
From comment in #310.
Task arguments can't contain an equal symbol. Currently, the = symbol is used to determine that an environment variable is being passed, and this applies to task arguments as well.
Jakefile:
jake test[abc def=123]yields:jake test["abc def=123"]yields: