Add support for Task Description

[unDemian]

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[OverZealous]

I'd like to, but since Orchestrator doesn't have any support for adding task metadata, I can't do that yet. There's hope, though.

[unDemian]

I'm kinda new to node & gulp, isn't there a way to parse gulpfile.js for comments and create some sort of standard, I will gladly help you if I can.

[OverZealous]

I wouldn't parse the gulpfile (and can't do so practically, it's not JSON, it's actual code), but even so, I don't want to hack around just to add stuff.

If you need descriptions before they add the feature to gulp/orchestrator, you might be better off simply hard-coding a help task.

If they choose to not add task metadata, then I have a (horrible) idea how to hack it in. I'd very much rather not do that, though.

[unDemian]

I see, thanks I appreciated.

[blittle]

@OverZealous It looks as though that linked feature request for Orchestrator has just landed. Any chance that will help with this request?

[OverZealous]

@blittle Everything around gulp (including Orchestrator) is really up in the air. There's talk of completely changing the way tasks work, so I'm waiting before I worry about a solution for descriptions.

Edit: See gulpjs/gulp#355 and gulpjs/gulp#347 for examples of the major changes.

[chmontgomery]

(warning: shameless plug!) @unDemian @blittle in the meantime, while we're waiting for gulp 4.0 to land, you can use this package to define custom descriptions: https://github.com/chmontgomery/gulp-help

[OverZealous]

@chmontgomery That's pretty much the hack I had in mind, but you've done more with it.

I'm closing this and recommending using gulp-help if you want more advanced functionality.