To invoke a rake task within another, one can do the following:
Rake::Task['namespace:task_name'].invoke
However, if you need to run a task multiple times, the following will not work.
n.times do
Rake::Task['namespace:task_name'].invoke
end
It only executes the task once. This behaviour is useful when you are loading dependent tasks. For example, if there are two tasks that depend upon
:environment task, this behaviour ensures :environment is loaded only once. However, the above code is written with a different intension. To make it work correctly, the rake task has to be re-enabled. The way to do it is as follows:n.times do
task = Rake::Task['namespace:task_name'].invoke task.reenable task.invoke
end
