Taskfile.yaml

version: '3'
silent: true
output: prefixed
vars:
  BUILD_DIR: "./build" # where the pdflatex compiler sends aux files
  PDFLATEX_ARGS: "-output-directory={{.BUILD_DIR}} -shell-escape"
  MAIN: "resume.tex"
  PDF_FILE: "resume.pdf"
  PDFLATEX: "pdflatex {{.PDFLATEX_ARGS}} {{.MAIN}}"
tasks:
  dev:
    prefix: dev
    desc: |
      run this task with -w flag -- task dev -w -- and the task
      will watch for file changes and rebuild the pdf.
    cmds:
      - task: build
    sources:
      - ./resume.tex
      - ./mystyle.sty

  build:
    prefix: build
    desc: build the pdf
    cmds:
      - "{{.PDFLATEX}}"
      - "{{.PDFLATEX}}"
      - "{{.PDFLATEX}}"
      - task: clean
    deps:
      - task: create:buildir

  clean:
    prefix: clean
    desc: remove the aux directory, which includes build files
    cmds:
      - find {{.BUILD_DIR}} ! -name '{{.PDF_FILE}}' -type f -exec rm -f {} +

  create:buildir:
    prefix: create > builddir
    desc: creates the build directory
    cmds:
      - mkdir build
    status: # only run if build_dir does not exist
      - "test -d {{.BUILD_DIR}}"