Tasks in VScode - visual-studio-code

Question

Is it possible to run a task from a task in VSCode?
Example json:
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "Show In Chrome",
"windows": {
"command": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
},
"osx": {
"command": "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
},
"args": [
"${file}"
],
"type": "process",
},
{
"taskName": "Show Coverage",
// this is the task to call another task
}
]
}
What i would like to do is have the Show Coverage task look for a file in the coverage folder and then call Show In Chrome task to show it as the arguments of that file being passed. Is this possible?

Answer 1

It turns out the current config from the docs website isn't updated for tasks.
However if you want a task to call other tasks because it depends on them you can simply add this configuration
{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "Show In Chrome",
"identifier": "showInChrome",
"windows": {
"command": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
},
"osx": {
"command": "/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome"
},
"args": [
"${file}"
],
"type": "process",
},
{
"taskName": "Show Coverage",
"dependsOn": "showInChrome"
}
]
}
this will cause the task to run the previous task and then run whatever commands it has set as well.
Note: you can use multiple depends by using an array of identifiers.