`rule` does not accept prereqs with Symbol names
jasonkarns opened this issue · comments
It is common for non-file-based tasks to be given names as symbols. It is also common to use symbols as the names of prereq tasks. However, when attempting to define a rule which has non-file-based prereqs, rule will not accept Symbols as prereqs.
task :nonfile
rule ".json" => ['%d', :nonfile] do
end
The output is:
rake aborted!
Don't know how to handle rule dependent: :nonfile
The cause of the error is traced to TaskManager where Symbol is not a valid case match.
Line 303 in 4fe73ff