From d980514bfffdcdba1ef057aadc1f9ff13c3e5449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:33:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Create Interactive Picker For Set Of Subtasks as a
 Taskfile TIL

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 README.md                                     |  3 +-
 ...-interactive-picker-for-set-of-subtasks.md | 74 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 taskfile/create-interactive-picker-for-set-of-subtasks.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8f116b..eaff228 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://visualmode.kit.com/newsletter).
 
-_1714 TILs and counting..._
+_1715 TILs and counting..._
 
 See some of the other learning resources I work on:
 
@@ -1534,6 +1534,7 @@ If you've learned something here, support my efforts writing daily TILs by
 
 ### Taskfile
 
+- [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)
 
 ### tmux
diff --git a/taskfile/create-interactive-picker-for-set-of-subtasks.md b/taskfile/create-interactive-picker-for-set-of-subtasks.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2996a31
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@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Create Interactive Picker For Set Of Subtasks
+
+For [my TIL repo](https://github.com/jbranchaud/til), I have a `Taskfile.yml`
+that defines a set of `notes:*` tasks for interacting with a `NOTES.md` file
+that lives in a private Git submodule.
+
+I wanted to make it easier on myself to not have to remember all the different
+`notes` subtasks, so I created a helper task to make it easy to see the options
+and run one.
+
+A summary of the Taskfile is shown below including the entirety of the `notes`
+task. That task will parse a listing of the available tasks (via `task --list`
+and some `sed` commands) and pass those to `fzf` to provide an interactive
+picker of the available subtasks.
+
+```yaml
+tasks:
+  notes:
+    desc: Interactive picker for notes tasks
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        TASK=$(task --list | grep "^\* notes:" | sed 's/^\* notes://' | sed 's/\s\+/ - /' | fzf --prompt="Select notes task: " --height=40% --reverse) || true
+        if [ -n "$TASK" ]; then
+          TASK_NAME=$(echo "$TASK" | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/:$//')
+          task notes:$TASK_NAME
+        fi
+    interactive: true
+    silent: true
+
+  notes:edit:
+    ...
+
+  notes:sync:
+    ...
+
+  notes:open:
+    ...
+
+  notes:push:
+    ...
+
+  notes:status:
+    ...
+
+  notes:pull:
+    ...
+
+  notes:diff:
+    ...
+
+  notes:log:
+    ...
+```
+
+Now I can run the `notes` task to get a summary and interactive picker that
+looks like the following:
+
+```sh
+❯ task notes
+Select notes task: 
+  9/9
+> │                    Interactive picker for notes tasks
+  diff:                Show uncommitted changes in notes
+  edit:                All-in-one edit, commit, and push notes
+  log:                 Show recent commit history for notes
+  open:                Opens NOTES.md (syncs latest changes first) in default editor
+  pull:                Pull latest changes (alias for sync)
+  push:                Commit and push changes to notes submodule
+  status:              Check status of notes submodule
+  sync:                Sync latest changes from the notes submodule
+```
+
+It pulls in the subtask name and description. I can then use `fzf`'s navigation
+and filtering to narrow down and select the task I want to run.