Modify built in tasks

If there is a task that doesn't work how you need it to you can modify it in your recipe.cake file. Once you have identified the task you wish to modify find the property it is assigned to in the BuildTasks class in the tasks.cake file. This reference will be needed to modify the task.

You may wish to remove any existing actions before proceeding to give the task a new action. This can be done with the following code To clear existing actions from the task call Tasks.Actions.Clear() on the reference to the task.

// Clear the InspectCode tasks actions
((CakeTask)BuildParameters.Tasks.InspectCodeTask.Task).Actions.Clear();

New actions, dependencies, criteria, etc. can be added at any time to Cake tasks. You can even have multiple calls to the .Does(...) method and each action will be executed.

BuildParameters.Tasks.InspectCodeTask
    .IsDependentOn("AnotherTask")
    .Does(() => {
        Information("Do something...");
        ...
    })
    .Does(() => {
        Information("Do something else...");
    });

This should allow you to modify any of the tasks to suit your needs.