From d9bea3fa81b697f6921747a9e500141fa18e3678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SillyZir <269283839+SillyZir@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:58:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fall back to the include dir when no taskfile is
 specified

Refs #2878
---
 taskfile/reader.go | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taskfile/reader.go b/taskfile/reader.go
index fc5d6d30af..af922a56c4 100644
--- a/taskfile/reader.go
+++ b/taskfile/reader.go
@@ -339,7 +339,12 @@ func (r *Reader) include(ctx context.Context, node Node) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			entrypoint, err := node.ResolveEntrypoint(include.Taskfile)
+			// If no taskfile is specified, look for one in the include's dir
+			taskfile := include.Taskfile
+			if taskfile == "" {
+				taskfile = include.Dir
+			}
+			entrypoint, err := node.ResolveEntrypoint(taskfile)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}