Default task for namespace in Rake

Question

Given something like:

namespace :my_tasks do
  task :foo do
    do_something
  end

  task :bar do
    do_something_else
  end

  task :all => [:foo, :bar]
end

How do I make :all be the default task, so that running rake my_tasks will call it (instead of having to call rake my_tasks:all)?

Answer 1

Place it outside the namespace like this:

namespace :my_tasks do
  task :foo do
    do_something
  end

  task :bar do
    do_something_else
  end

end

task :all => ["my_tasks:foo", "my_tasks:bar"]