From 74a324ad4b2b31894f5c4e488111dfba4ad5f85d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:02:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] wip

---
 taskfile/ast/taskfile.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go b/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
index 8085e41b63..241c4ea649 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ func (t1 *Taskfile) Merge(t2 *Taskfile, include *Include) error {
 	}
 	t1.Vars.Merge(t2.Vars, include)
 	t1.Env.Merge(t2.Env, include)
+	if t2.Run != "" {
+		for _, v := range t2.Tasks.All(nil) {
+			v.Run = t2.Run
+		}
+	}
 	return t1.Tasks.Merge(t2.Tasks, include, t1.Vars)
 }
 

From 7742c0e0ea88a419fce760aacf95ade37ee09d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:15:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply imported taskfile.Run to imported tasks.

---
 taskfile/ast/taskfile.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go b/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
index 241c4ea649..4311767841 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/taskfile.go
@@ -62,8 +62,13 @@ func (t1 *Taskfile) Merge(t2 *Taskfile, include *Include) error {
 	t1.Vars.Merge(t2.Vars, include)
 	t1.Env.Merge(t2.Env, include)
 	if t2.Run != "" {
+		// Apply t2.Run to all t2.Tasks (if not explicitly set). This
+		// ensures the global `Run` of the imported/merged taskfile is
+		// retained for those tasks.
 		for _, v := range t2.Tasks.All(nil) {
-			v.Run = t2.Run
+			if v.Run == "" {
+				v.Run = t2.Run
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return t1.Tasks.Merge(t2.Tasks, include, t1.Vars)