[Python] How to pass arguments to python fabric task

For fabric 2+ (specifically latest=3.2.2), how am I supposed to pass an argument to my task from the command line?

(venv) ubuntu@ip-x-x-x-x:~/workspace/repo/tasks$ fab set-debug -v true
No idea what 'true' is!
(venv) ubuntu@ip-x-x-x-x:~/workspace/repo/tasks$ fab set-debug --help
Usage: fab [--core-opts] set-debug [--options] [other tasks here ...]

Docstring:
none

Options:
-v, --value


This happens for all defined tasks, args, kwargs and when using other fab core opts (e.g. -H, -f), but as an example:

in fabfile/tasks.py

@task
def set_debug(c, value=False):
SCRIPTS_DIR = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, "bin")
script = os.path.join(SCRIPTS_DIR, "set_debug.sh")
c.sudo(f"{script} {str(value).capitalize()}")


in fabfile/__init__.py

from invoke import Collection

from . import tasks

ns = Collection(tasks)


I have read through all of invoke and fabric documentation trying to find the correct way to do this. The task runs fine when using the default / no arguments.

Relevant discussions that didn't work for me:

• https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/1854
• Error message: No idea what 'doit(cf_key)' is! (fab, fabfile)

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