desc 'Have dots .. in the description'
task :odd do
puts "doing soething useful..."
end
When I run rake -Tin the same directory I get this:
rake -T
rake odd # Have dots .
Notice that the description is cut off after the first dot, even though the description i not particularly long.
However, if there's no space after the two dots (desc 'Have dots ..in the description'), then the complete description is printed:
#rake -T
rake odd # Have dots ..in the description
Notes:
When using a non-breaking space (ALT-spacebar on OS X) directly after the dots, the complete description is printed as well. This can be used as a workaround.
It doesn't matter whether or not the dots appear consecutively in the description. Even with desc 'Have dots . in . the description'the text it cut off.
I consider this cutting off of text from the description a bug, since it even happens in relatively short descriptions and other non-dot descriptions of the same length are not cut off either.
Let's assume the following Rakefile:
When I run
rake -T
in the same directory I get this:Notice that the description is cut off after the first dot, even though the description i not particularly long.
However, if there's no space after the two dots (
desc 'Have dots ..in the description'
), then the complete description is printed:Notes:
desc 'Have dots . in . the description'
the text it cut off.I consider this cutting off of text from the description a bug, since it even happens in relatively short descriptions and other non-dot descriptions of the same length are not cut off either.
Context: