Required arguments are only checked after running dependencies

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Simple repro.

[tasks.inner]
description = "Task with a required arg."
usage = """
  arg "<name>" help="A required argument."
"""
run = 'echo "inner got: ${usage_name}"'

[tasks.outer]
description = "Task that depends on inner, passing the arg through."
usage = """
  arg "<name>" help="A required argument."
"""
depends = "inner ${usage_name}"
run = 'echo "outer got: ${usage_name}"'

maximilian@Maximilians-MacBook-Pro | ~/Code/mise-repro
[16:27] ❯ mise run inner
Missing required arg: <name>

maximilian@Maximilians-MacBook-Pro | ~/Code/mise-repro (1)
[16:29] ❯ mise run inner hello
[inner] $ echo "inner got: ${usage_name}"
inner got: hello

maximilian@Maximilians-MacBook-Pro | ~/Code/mise-repro
[16:29] ❯ mise run outer
[inner] $ echo "inner got: ${usage_name}"
inner got: ${usage_name}
Missing required arg: <name>

maximilian@Maximilians-MacBook-Pro | ~/Code/mise-repro (1)
[16:30] ❯ mise run outer hello
[inner] $ echo "inner got: ${usage_name}"
inner got: ${usage_name}
[outer] $ echo "outer got: ${usage_name}"
outer got: hello
Finished in 10.0ms

---

The required arguments should be checked before running any dependencies.

mise doctor output

version: 2026.2.11 macos-arm64 (2026-02-12) activated: yes shims_on_path: no self_update_available: yes

build_info:
Target: aarch64-apple-darwin
Features: OPENSSL, RUSTLS_NATIVE_ROOTS, SELF_UPDATE
Built: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:58:42 +0000
Rust Version: rustc 1.93.0 (254b59607 2026-01-19)
Profile: release

shell:
/opt/homebrew/bin/bash
GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin24.4.0)
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

aqua:
baked in registry tools: 2213

dirs:
cache: ~/Library/Caches/mise
config: ~/.config/mise
data: ~/.local/share/mise
shims: ~/.local/share/mise/shims
state: ~/.local/state/mise

config_files:
~/.config/mise/config.toml
~/Code/mise-repro/mise.toml

ignored_config_files: (none)

backends:
aqua
asdf
cargo
conda
core
dotnet
forgejo
gem
github
gitlab
go
npm
pipx
spm
http
s3
ubi
vfox

plugins:

toolset:
aqua:jdx/usage@2.16.2
aqua:watchexec/watchexec@2.3.3

path:
~/.local/share/mise/installs/watchexec/2.3.3/watchexec-2.3.3-aarch64-apple-darwin
~/.local/share/mise/installs/usage/2.16.2
/opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin
/opt/homebrew/opt/postgresql@15/bin
/opt/homebrew/bin
/opt/homebrew/sbin
~/go/bin
~/.cargo/bin
~/bin
~/.local/bin
/usr/local/bin
/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin
/usr/bin
/bin
/usr/sbin
/sbin
/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin
/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin
/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin
/opt/pmk/env/global/bin
/Library/Apple/usr/bin
/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/utilities

env_vars:
MISE_SHELL=bash

settings:
experimental true ~/.config/mise/config.toml

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