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Docs: present the TaskInputs page as motivation and for deeper understanding

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Task Inputs/Dependencies
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Tasks/Settings: Motivation
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Tasks with dependencies are now introduced in the
:doc:`getting started guide </Getting-Started/More-About-Settings>`,
which you may wish to read first. This older page may have some additional detail.
This page motivates the task and settings system.
You should already know how to use tasks and settings, which are
described in the :doc:`getting started guide </Getting-Started/More-About-Settings>`
and on the :doc:`Tasks` page.
*Wiki Maintenance Note:* This page should have its overlap with the
getting started guide cleaned up, and just have any advanced or
additional notes. It should maybe also be consolidated with :doc:`Tasks`.
An important aspect of the task system introduced in sbt 0.10 is to
combine two common, related steps in a build:
An important aspect of the task system is to combine two common, related steps in a build:
1. Ensure some other task is performed.
2. Use some result from that task.
Previous versions of sbt configured these steps separately using
Earlier versions of sbt configured these steps separately using
1. Dependency declarations
2. Some form of shared state