What is the difference with action: and without in a task?

Serge_van_Ginderacht (Serge van Ginderachter) May 15, 2013, 2:23pm 1

None. Leaving out "action:" is a shortcut notation.

(Which you cannot do e.g. when doing a local_action:)

Serge

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