Visual Studio Code Task Argument - go

Question

I'm trying to create some tasks in Visual Studio Code to run all the tests in my go project.
I usually execute the tests on the command line using:
go test ./...
In Visual Studio Code my tasks.json looks like this:
{
"version": "0.1.0",
"command": "go",
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "build",
"isBuildCommand": true
},
{
"taskName": "test",
"isTestCommand": true,
"args": ["./..."]
}
]
}
So Build works fine (CTRL + SHIFT + B)
But when I try to run the tests (CTRL + SHIFT + T) the following error occurs:
go: unknown subcommand "./..."
It seems to be omitting the "test" param, but when I comment out the args it runs go test fine.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

THIS MAY BE A BUG
VSCode Reverse Args and Task as of v0.8.0
This may be a bug that still persists in the newer versions. As of v0.9.1 I have not had a chance to test. Prior to 0.9.1 at least one hack worked by reversing the task and it's arg as in the following example:
{
"version": "0.1.0",
"command": "go",
"tasks": [
{
"taskName": "build",
"isBuildCommand": true
},
{
"taskName": "./...",
"isTestCommand": true,
"args": ["test"]
}
]
}
It's hard to believe that this has still persisted until v0.8.0 so there may be a preferred solution that I have not discovered.
Here is a link to a prior post that deals with a similar issue:
Define multiple tasks in VSCode
Scroll down to my answer for more explanation.