# task: Add task contexts \(\#8675\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

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Requested revision: 2201b9b1167a603116a31ea96368a3df45146eb6

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Commit: 2201b9b1167a603116a31ea96368a3df45146eb6

Tree: 438befa5528ee76a7fab0823f9f43e465e035b34

Author: Piotr Osiewicz

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
task: Add task contexts (#8675)

This PR supplements tasks with additional environment variables; ideally
we'll be able to write a task like:
`cargo test -p $ZED_CURRENT_PACKAGE -- $ZED_CURRENT_FUNCTION`
- [x] Flesh out multibuffer interactions
- [x] Add ZED_SYMBOL detection based on tree-sitter queries
- [ ] Add release note and demo
- [x] Figure out a solution for rerun dilemma - should `task: rerun`
reevaluate contexts for tasks?

This PR introduced the following variables:
- ZED_COLUMN - current line column
- ZED_ROW - current line row
and the following, which are available for buffers with associated
files:
- ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT - absolute path to the root of the current worktree.
- ZED_FILE - absolute path to the file
- ZED_SYMBOL - currently selected symbol; should match the last symbol
shown in a symbol breadcrumb (e.g. `mod tests > fn test_task_contexts`
should be equal to ZED_SYMBOL of `test_task_contexts`). Note that this
isn't necessarily a test function or a function at all.

Also, you can use them in `cwd` field of definitions (note though that
we're using https://docs.rs/subst/latest/subst/#features for that, so
don't expect a full shell functionality to work); the syntax should
match up with your typical Unix shell.


Release Notes:

- Added task contexts, which are additional environment variables set by
Zed for task execution; task content is dependent on the state of the
editor at the time the task is spawned.

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Co-authored-by: Anthony <anthonyeid7@protonmail.com>
```

## Parents

- [b2f18cfe7192a32ddfa87ef461555fd1bd9a9867](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/b2f18cfe7192a32ddfa87ef461555fd1bd9a9867?format=markdown)

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