pyinvoke/invoke

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Pythonic task management & command execution.

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Dominant language: Python
License: BSD-2-Clause
Last GitHub push: Apr 7, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 21, 2026
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352 open issues indexed

Core flags after a task name are silently consumed as positional values (same root cause as #982, beyond --help) Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1084 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Runner.respond uses join leading to slowness Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1079 · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Task.__call__ is typed to return the wrapped callable T, not its return value Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1073 · Opened Jun 8, 2026
Long tasks name make `invoke --list | grep a` crash with "invalid width" Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1071 · Opened May 27, 2026
Credentials input not working with contex.run from within a Devcontainer Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1069 · 1 comment · Opened May 18, 2026
can I declare tasks as async ? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1068 · 1 reaction · Opened May 8, 2026
Typing issues with `invoke.tasks.task` decorator Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1067 · Opened Apr 26, 2026
invoke imports fail when using implicit-reexport = false Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1066 · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Task pre attribute is wrongly types Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1065 · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Type hints of config do not accept other values than str Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1064 · Opened Apr 8, 2026
New typing for task decorator doesn't work correctly in v3 Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1061 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 7, 2026
Cannot invoke task with underscore in method name Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1055 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 2, 2025
`pty` option not working as expected in Python 3.14 Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1052 · 1 comment · 20 reactions · Opened Nov 5, 2025
sdist is missing `pytest.ini` Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1051 · Opened Oct 26, 2025
feature request: show a @task's default argument values in help message Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1048 · Opened Sep 20, 2025
Sponsor this project Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1047 · Opened Sep 18, 2025
Got errors when using sudo with ps Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1043 · Opened Jul 23, 2025
Fish autocomplete doesn't work with `inv` command Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1036 · Opened Jun 3, 2025
YAMLLoadWarning when adding a invoke.yml file to the repo Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1033 · 1 comment · Opened May 15, 2025
Variable arguments support Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1031 · Opened Apr 24, 2025
Improve Documentation about Collections /tasks directories Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1029 · Opened Apr 7, 2025
Is it possible to modify how run() is typed so the result isn't potentially None? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1027 · Opened Mar 21, 2025
Feature Request: Improve Error Message for Unrecognized Commands Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1021 · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 5, 2025
Documentation for users of invoke based projects Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1020 · Opened Feb 4, 2025
Feature request: select menu for task Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1019 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jan 17, 2025
Missing required command-line options are reported using post-transformation names Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1017 · Opened Jan 3, 2025
Compatibility with Python 3.12 or 3.13? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1015 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 22, 2024
context.run prints the codes of unicode chars from the output instead of printing the unicode characters themselves Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1014 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 18, 2024
"task" is not exported from module "invoke" Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1013 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 12, 2024
`auto_dash_names` setting not working when using `Collection` with modules in `__init__` Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1008 · Opened Sep 6, 2024
when running a command, stdin requires a keypress on Windows Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1007 · Opened Sep 4, 2024
Repeated post tasks aren't correctly ordered Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1006 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 28, 2024
Config examples would be appreciated Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1002 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 8, 2024
`ctx.run` inside `ctx.cd` fails when path contains spaces on Windows Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1001 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 29, 2024
Accept --no-echo to turn off run.echo Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#1000 · Opened Jul 15, 2024
Sudo showing password in clear Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#998 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 15, 2024
Printing Promise objects from asynchronous Runner.run() raises Attribute Error Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#996 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 3, 2024
Recommended way to forward arguments to commands Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#995 · 3 comments · Opened May 29, 2024
Importing Python modules from a scripts directory beside the tasks directory Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#994 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened May 13, 2024
Generate help infomation of task args from function docstring. Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#993 · Opened Apr 26, 2024
autoprint generators correctly Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#992 · Opened Apr 11, 2024
Is it possible to only mock one command and run the rest with MockContext? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#990 · Opened Mar 18, 2024
Config run should handle shell paths with spaces Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#988 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2024
EncodeWarning's when running on python >= 3.11 Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#985 · Opened Jan 29, 2024
Is there support for making invoke.yaml context settings cli flags? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#984 · Opened Jan 24, 2024
`--help` after the command treats `--help` as positional argument Open

Bug Core CLI behavior

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pyinvoke/invoke#982 · 3 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Jan 9, 2024
Running post tasks even if the main task fail Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#980 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 14, 2023
Collection mix-up when cross importing invoke tasks Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#979 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 8, 2023
Specify a config file per Collection... possible? Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#978 · Opened Dec 6, 2023
context.run(): Expose API to pass command and separate args instead of a single string Open

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pyinvoke/invoke#977 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 27, 2023

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