diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
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--- a/tasks.py
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-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-from shutil import which
-
-from invoke import task
-
-PKG_NAME = "pelican"
-PKG_PATH = Path(PKG_NAME)
-DOCS_PORT = os.environ.get("DOCS_PORT", 8000)
-BIN_DIR = "bin" if os.name != "nt" else "Scripts"
-ACTIVE_VENV = os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV", None)
-VENV_HOME = Path(os.environ.get("WORKON_HOME", "~/virtualenvs"))
-VENV_PATH = Path(ACTIVE_VENV) if ACTIVE_VENV else (VENV_HOME / PKG_NAME)
-VENV = str(VENV_PATH.expanduser())
-VENV_BIN = Path(VENV) / Path(BIN_DIR)
-
-TOOLS = ["poetry", "pre-commit", "psutil"]
-POETRY = which("poetry") if which("poetry") else (VENV_BIN / "poetry")
-PRECOMMIT = (
-    which("pre-commit") if which("pre-commit") else (VENV_BIN / "pre-commit")
-)
-
-
-@task
-def docbuild(c):
-    """Build documentation"""
-    c.run(f"{VENV_BIN}/sphinx-build -W docs docs/_build")
-
-
-@task(docbuild)
-def docserve(c):
-    """Serve docs at http://localhost:$DOCS_PORT/ (default port is 8000)"""
-    from livereload import Server
-
-    server = Server()
-    server.watch("docs/conf.py", lambda: docbuild(c))
-    server.watch("CONTRIBUTING.rst", lambda: docbuild(c))
-    server.watch("docs/*.rst", lambda: docbuild(c))
-    server.serve(port=DOCS_PORT, root="docs/_build")
-
-
-@task
-def tests(c):
-    """Run the test suite"""
-    PTY = True if os.name != "nt" else False
-    c.run(f"{VENV_BIN}/pytest", pty=PTY)
-
-
-@task
-def black(c, check=False, diff=False):
-    """Run Black auto-formatter, optionally with --check or --diff"""
-    check_flag, diff_flag = "", ""
-    if check:
-        check_flag = "--check"
-    if diff:
-        diff_flag = "--diff"
-    c.run(f"{VENV_BIN}/black {check_flag} {diff_flag} {PKG_PATH} tasks.py")
-
-
-@task
-def isort(c, check=False, diff=False):
-    check_flag, diff_flag = "", ""
-    if check:
-        check_flag = "-c"
-    if diff:
-        diff_flag = "--diff"
-    c.run(
-        f"{VENV_BIN}/isort {check_flag} {diff_flag} ."
-    )
-
-
-@task
-def flake8(c):
-    c.run(f"git diff HEAD | {VENV_BIN}/flake8 --diff --max-line-length=88")
-
-
-@task
-def lint(c):
-    flake8(c)
-
-
-@task
-def tools(c):
-    """Install tools in the virtual environment if not already on PATH"""
-    for tool in TOOLS:
-        if not which(tool):
-            c.run(f"{VENV_BIN}/python -m pip install {tool}")
-
-
-@task
-def precommit(c):
-    """Install pre-commit hooks to .git/hooks/pre-commit"""
-    c.run(f"{PRECOMMIT} install")
-
-
-@task
-def setup(c):
-    c.run(f"{VENV_BIN}/python -m pip install -U pip")
-    tools(c)
-    c.run(f"{POETRY} install")
-    precommit(c)
-
-
-@task
-def update_functional_tests(c):
-    """Update the generated functional test output"""
-    c.run(
-        f"bash -c 'LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 pelican -o {PKG_PATH}/tests/output/custom/ -s samples/pelican.conf.py samples/content/'"
-    )
-    c.run(
-        f"bash -c 'LC_ALL=fr_FR.utf8 pelican -o {PKG_PATH}/tests/output/custom_locale/ -s samples/pelican.conf_FR.py samples/content/'"
-    )
-    c.run(
-        f"bash -c 'LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 pelican -o {PKG_PATH}/tests/output/basic/ samples/content/'"
-    )