From d02cb75d6bc908d675a56ed3e69f1acd58079e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 16:23:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix generates problems.

---
 internal/fingerprint/glob.go              |  2 ++
 internal/fingerprint/sources_timestamp.go | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
index bf12afdd12..86fa01c2e5 100644
--- a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package fingerprint
 import (
 	"os"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/execext"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/filepathext"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func Globs(dir string, globs []*ast.Glob) ([]string, error) {
 
 func glob(dir string, g string) ([]string, error) {
 	g = filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, g)
+	g = strings.Replace(g, " ", `\ `, -1)
 
 	fs, err := execext.ExpandFields(g)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/sources_timestamp.go b/internal/fingerprint/sources_timestamp.go
index b1a6f299d5..2127aba00c 100644
--- a/internal/fingerprint/sources_timestamp.go
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/sources_timestamp.go
@@ -32,8 +32,21 @@ func (checker *TimestampChecker) IsUpToDate(t *ast.Task) (bool, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil
 	}
-	generates, err := Globs(t.Dir, t.Generates)
-	if err != nil {
+	generates := []string{}
+	for _, g := range t.Generates {
+		if g.Negate {
+			continue // 'excludes' not considered for generates.
+		}
+		files, err := glob(t.Dir, g.Glob)
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) || len(files) == 0 {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		generates = append(generates, files...)
+	}
+	if len(generates) == 0 {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 

From e5b31c18451ed62d9d2a62981a69b0a9670e3327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 16:49:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update glob.go for linter suggestion.

---
 internal/fingerprint/glob.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
index 86fa01c2e5..525a12e05f 100644
--- a/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/glob.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func Globs(dir string, globs []*ast.Glob) ([]string, error) {
 
 func glob(dir string, g string) ([]string, error) {
 	g = filepathext.SmartJoin(dir, g)
-	g = strings.Replace(g, " ", `\ `, -1)
+	g = strings.ReplaceAll(g, " ", `\ `)
 
 	fs, err := execext.ExpandFields(g)
 	if err != nil {