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docs/tasks/file-tasks.md says nothing about Windows. What it does say is:

Ensure that the file is executable, otherwise mise will not be able to detect it.

chmod +x mise-tasks/build

On Windows that instruction cannot work — there is no permission bit for mise to read, and mise's
own error message stopped suggesting chmod there in #11923. The page never says what to do
instead.

What the page now covers

How a file becomes a task on Windows. Its extension is in
windows_executable_extensions, or
it starts with a shebang. The two answer different questions and it is worth saying so: the extension
means Windows itself can run the file, the shebang means mise can work out an interpreter.

Windows implements neither chmod nor shebangs — mise reads the #! line and starts the interpreter
itself — so the consequence readers actually hit is that a script with neither is invisible on
Windows while working fine on Linux and macOS. Adding #!/usr/bin/env bash is usually the whole fix
and costs nothing elsewhere.

Writing one task for both platforms, which had no coverage anywhere. File tasks have no
equivalent of a TOML task's run_windows — the script is the command — so the mechanism is a pair:

mise-tasks/
  build          # #!/usr/bin/env bash
  build.ps1      # the Windows version

Windows prefers the native script (build.ps1 answers to build, the extensionless file is
dropped); unix never sees the .ps1 because it is not executable. mise run build does the right
thing on each. The page also notes the two edges: marking the .ps1 executable on unix is harmless —
it becomes a separate task named build.ps1, because the rename only happens on Windows — and two
Windows candidates (.ps1 and .cmd) are ambiguous, so mise keeps all three files rather than
picking.

None of that is discoverable from what is currently written down — the preference rule is not
documented at all, so a reader pairing build.sh with build.ps1 has no way to learn that the
extensionless spelling is the one that works.

Verification

Every claim measured against 2026.8.2 windows-x64, not reasoned from the source:

> mise tasks
amb
amb.cmd
amb.ps1
build    windows        # `build` + `build.ps1` -> one task, the .ps1's description

> mise run build
FROM-WINDOWS             # and the .ps1 is what runs

• build + build.ps1 → one task, and it is the Windows one
• a file with no shebang and no extension → not listed at all
• amb + amb.ps1 + amb.cmd → all three kept, which is the ambiguity case

The unix half was measured too, in a container on 2026.8.3 linux-x64, with both files marked
executable — the case a Windows box cannot answer:

$ mise tasks
build
build.ps1

$ mise run build
[build] $ /tmp/p/mise-tasks/build
FROM-POSIX

Two tasks with distinct names, and build is unambiguous. I first wrote this up as a second task
named build; both review bots caught it and the container confirmed them.

prettier --check and markdownlint-cli2 both pass. The two links added
(settings.html#windows_executable_extensions, task-configuration.html#run-windows) were checked
against their targets — the second is a real ### \run_windows`heading; the anchor#windows-support` I first reached for does not exist.

Scope

Docs only. Nothing here describes behaviour that is not already released.

.sh deliberately does not appear as the POSIX half of a pair: on current mise a build.sh +
build.ps1 pair produces two tasks with one name and runs both, which is what #11992 fixes. Once
that lands this page can say .sh works too; until then the extensionless spelling is the one worth
recommending, and it stays correct either way.

Found while checking whether file tasks can branch on platform. The other half of that — an unknown
header key taking the whole project's tasks down — is #12007.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added Windows-specific guidance for detecting file-based tasks.
  • Clarified how executable extensions and shebangs affect task recognition.
  • Documented recommendations for platform-specific scripts and resolving ambiguous candidates.

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The file-task documentation now explains Windows detection rules, shebang requirements, script visibility, and platform-specific task-file resolution.

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Windows file-task guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Windows detection and platform-specific task files docs/tasks/file-tasks.md	Documents detection by executable extension or shebang. Explains extensionless and shebang-less script visibility. Describes native-extension preference, same-stem resolution, and ambiguous candidate handling.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a2299

This documentation-only change clarifies Windows file-task detection and cross-platform task naming without changing product behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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The PR adds Windows-specific documentation for detecting and organizing file tasks.

• Explains detection through executable extensions or shebangs.
• Documents a cross-platform build/build.ps1 layout.
• Clarifies native-script preference and ambiguous-candidate behavior.

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In `@docs/tasks/file-tasks.md`:
- Around line 170-174: Update the Unix-like behavior description in the task
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