From c875652725a033af20a00588f938219e83e23e6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:12:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Add Default Task To List All Tasks as a Taskfile TIL

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 README.md                                     |  3 +-
 .../add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md     | 52 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 taskfile/add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fab56fc..1909562 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ working across different projects via [VisualMode](https://www.visualmode.dev/).
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://visualmode.kit.com/newsletter).
 
-_1764 TILs and counting..._
+_1765 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Taskfile
 
+- [Add Default Task To List All Tasks](taskfile/add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md)
 - [Create Interactive Picker For Set Of Subtasks](taskfile/create-interactive-picker-for-set-of-subtasks.md)
 - [Run A Task If It Meets Criteria](taskfile/run-a-task-if-it-meets-criteria.md)
 
diff --git a/taskfile/add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md b/taskfile/add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14120d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskfile/add-default-task-to-list-all-tasks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Add Default Task To List All Tasks
+
+One thing I like about [`just`](https://github.com/casey/just) is that if you
+run `just` by itself, the default behavior is to list out all the commands it
+can run.
+
+[Taskfile](https://github.com/go-task/task) technically does this as well, but
+with a warning at the end:
+
+```
+❯ task
+task: Available tasks for this project:
+* notes:              Interactive picker for notes tasks
+* notes:diff:         Show uncommitted changes in notes
+* notes:edit:         All-in-one edit, commit, and push notes
+* notes:log:          Show recent commit history for notes
+* notes:open:         Opens NOTES.md (syncs latest changes first) in default editor
+* notes:push:         Commit and push changes to notes submodule
+* notes:status:       Check status of notes submodule
+* notes:sync:         Sync latest changes from the notes submodule
+task: Task "default" does not exist
+```
+
+I prefer to tidy this up a little by adding `task --list` as the _default_ in my
+`Taskfile.yml`.
+
+```yml
+  default:
+    desc: Show available commands
+    cmds:
+      - task --list
+```
+
+Now when I run `task` with no arguments, I get this minutely nicer version:
+
+```
+❯ task
+Alias tip: t
+task: [default] task --list
+task: Available tasks for this project:
+* default:            Show available commands
+* notes:              Interactive picker for notes tasks
+* notes:diff:         Show uncommitted changes in notes
+* notes:edit:         All-in-one edit, commit, and push notes
+* notes:log:          Show recent commit history for notes
+* notes:open:         Opens NOTES.md (syncs latest changes first) in default editor
+* notes:push:         Commit and push changes to notes submodule
+* notes:status:       Check status of notes submodule
+* notes:sync:         Sync latest changes from the notes submodule
+```
+
+Notice there is no `task: Task "default" does not exist` warning at the end.