From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-08-21T05:44:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Rake question: How to call a task from a different namespace.

On Aug 20, 2007, at 12:48, Wayne E. Seguin wrote:

> How does one call from inside a namespace, a task from another  
> namespace?
>
> namespace :foo do
>   task :a do
>     puts "Hello from task a!"
>   end
> end
>
> namespace :bar do
>   task :b do
> 	Rake::Task[:foo][:a] # How to call foo:a ???
>   end
> end

Rake::Task['foo:a'].invoke

#invoke will only run a task once.  If you want to force it to run  
(minus any prerequisites) call #execute.

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