Initial implementation: Zero-dependency task runner CLI

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Implements a Poetry-based task runner that executes commands defined in pyproject.toml [tool.tasks] via a task CLI.

Task Types Supported

• Shell commands: test = "pytest tests/"
• Task aliases: t = "test"
• Task chains: ci = ["test", "lint"] (stops on first failure)
• Python entry points: call = "module:function" (uses sys.argv for args)

Implementation

• config.py - TOML parser with upward directory search for pyproject.toml
• executor.py - Task execution with circular dependency detection, shell argument escaping via shlex.quote()
• cli.py - Entry point with task <name> [args...] and task --list

Configuration Example

[tool.tasks]
test = "pytest tests/ -v"
lint = "ruff check ."
ci = ["lint", "test"]

[tool.tasks.version]
call = "myapp:print_version"

Technical Details

• Zero runtime dependencies (uses tomllib, subprocess, importlib from stdlib)
• Python 3.11+ required for tomllib
• 38 tests, 95% coverage
• Shell injection protection via shlex.quote()

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Initial Implementation</issue_title>
<issue_description>Create a Poetry-based Python project that exposes a task CLI command that executes a command-line task defined in the containing project's pyproject.toml [tool.tasks] section.

• Zero dependencies.
• Minimum Python version is 3.11 in order to use the standard library tomllib.
• Tasks can be defined as shell scripts, aliases for other tasks, chains of other tasks, or python module entry points.
• Add tests to achieve full code coverage.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Initial Implementation #1

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