capistrano invoke task with params

Imagine the following code:

desc "callerz"
task :callerz do
  set :branch, "potato"
  called_with
end

desc "called with param"
task :called_with do
  br = variables[:branch]
  puts "called with branch #{br}"
end

In the above example, the task called_with can be passed a param form the command line:

cap called_with -s branch=master

And this allows us to send a parameter, from the commandline. The output will be:

called with branch master

If you need to call a parameterized task from another task, the above task, callerz illustrates one way of getting that result. You invoke it like this:

cap callerz

And inside, it sets the variable branch to a value. The output will be:

called with branch potato

The above code was tested in capistrano 2.15.8