Rake task: How to make task from another namespace prerequesite?

Question

rake tasks allow to define a list of other tasks that need to run before as a prerequesite, i.e.

namespace :import do 
 task :products => [:environment, :tax_categories] do
   ... # create products from import and reference tax categories
 end
end

However, how could i reference the tax_categories task if it was defined in another namespace, like

namespace :init do
 task :tax_categories => :environment do
   ... # create tax categories
 end
end

Thanks for the help.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '11 at 12:01

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You could probably do this, but dont know if this is the recommended way:

namespace :import do 
 task :products => [:environment, "init:tax_categories"] do
   ... # create products from import and reference tax categories
 end
end

answered Jul 08 '11 at 12:01

rubyprince

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Confirmed, it works. I'm happy. Thanks, now time to rake it away ;-) – fgro Jul 11 '11 at 07:09
then accept the answer by clicking on the tick icon near my answer, buddy ;) – rubyprince Jul 11 '11 at 07:25

Rake task: How to make task from another namespace prerequesite?

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