diff --git a/bake/bakefile.py b/bake/bakefile.py
index 73bda1c..bbd37e1 100644
--- a/bake/bakefile.py
+++ b/bake/bakefile.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import stat
 import sys
+from hashlib import sha256
 from random import randint
 from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
 from tempfile import mkstemp
@@ -94,9 +95,40 @@ class TaskFilter(BaseAction):
                 question = str(click.style("?", fg="green", bold=True))
                 click.confirm(f" {question} Do you want to continue?", abort=True)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def execute_skip_if(*, key, cache=None, **kwargs):
+        if cache is None:
+            cache = f".git/bake-hash-{sha256(key.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()}"
+
+        key_path = os.path.abspath(key)
+        cache_path = os.path.abspath(cache)
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(cache_path), exist_ok=True)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(key_path):
+            return ("skip", False)
+
+        if os.path.exists(cache_path):
+            with open(cache_path, "r") as f:
+                old_hash = f.read().strip()
+        else:
+            old_hash = "NOPE"
+
+        with open(key_path, "r") as f:
+            current_hash = sha256(f.read().encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
+
+        with open(cache_path, "w") as f:
+            f.write(current_hash)
+
+        if old_hash == current_hash:
+            return ("skip", True)
+
+        return ("skip", False)
+
     def execute(self, yes=False, **kwargs):
         if self.name == "confirm":
-            self.execute_confirm(yes=yes, **self.arguments)
+            return self.execute_confirm(yes=yes, **self.arguments)
+        elif self.name == "skip":
+            return self.execute_skip_if(yes=yes, **self.arguments)
 
 
 class TaskScript(BaseAction):
@@ -117,7 +149,7 @@ class TaskScript(BaseAction):
     def declaration_line(self):
         return self.chunk[0]
 
-    def depends_on(self, *, reverse=False, recursive=False):
+    def depends_on(self, *, recursive=False):
         def gen_actions():
             task_strings = self.declaration_line.split(":", 1)[1].split()
 
@@ -138,9 +170,9 @@ class TaskScript(BaseAction):
 
         if recursive:
             for i, task in enumerate(actions[:]):
-                for t in reversed(task.depends_on()):
+                for t in task.depends_on():
                     if t.name not in [task.name for task in actions]:
-                        actions.insert(i + 1, t)
+                        actions.insert(i - 1, t)
 
         return actions
 
@@ -196,6 +228,7 @@ class TaskScript(BaseAction):
             script_tf = self.prepare_init(sources=[self.source], insert_source=init_tf)
 
         args = " ".join([shlex_quote(a) for a in self.bashfile.args])
+
         script = f"source {shlex_quote(init_tf)}; {shlex_quote(script_tf)} {args} 2>&1 | bake:indent"
         cmd = f"bash -c {shlex_quote(script)}"
 
diff --git a/bake/cli.py b/bake/cli.py
index 0350818..be8ac13 100644
--- a/bake/cli.py
+++ b/bake/cli.py
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ import pygments
 import pygments.lexers
 import pygments.formatters
 
-
+SKIP_NEXT = False
 SAFE_ENVIRONS = [
     "HOME",
     "PATH",
     "LANG",
     "LOCALE",
+    "LANGUAGE",
     "TERM",
     "VIRTUAL_ENV",
     "BAKEFILE_PATH",
@@ -305,8 +306,6 @@ def entrypoint(
                         str(line).zfill(3), bg="black", fg="cyan", bold=True
                     )
                     colored_task = click.style(str(_task), fg="yellow", bold=True)
-                    print(locals())
-                    print(_task.source)
                     actual_line = _task.source_lines[line - 1]
 
                     click.echo(f"In {colored_task} line {line}:", err=True)
@@ -326,6 +325,7 @@ def entrypoint(
 
         sys.exit(max(__shellcheck_statuses))
     if task:
+
         try:
             task = bakefile[task]
         except KeyError:
@@ -333,19 +333,36 @@ def entrypoint(
             sys.exit(1)
 
         def execute_task(task, *, silent=False):
-            if not silent:
+            global SKIP_NEXT
+
+            if not SKIP_NEXT:
+                if not silent:
+                    click.echo(
+                        click.style(" + ", fg="white")
+                        + click.style(f"Executing {task}", fg="yellow")
+                        + click.style(":", fg="white"),
+                        err=True,
+                    )
+                return_code = task.execute(yes=yes, debug=debug, silent=silent)
+
+                if not _continue:
+                    if (not return_code == 0) and (not isinstance(return_code, tuple)):
+                        click.echo(
+                            click.style(f"Task {task} failed!", fg="red"), err=True
+                        )
+                        sys.exit(return_code)
+                    if isinstance(return_code, tuple):
+                        key, value = return_code
+                        if key == "skip" and value:
+                            SKIP_NEXT = True
+            else:
+                SKIP_NEXT = False
                 click.echo(
-                    click.style(" + ", fg="white")
-                    + click.style(f"Executing {task}", fg="yellow")
-                    + click.style(":", fg="white"),
+                    click.style(" + ", fg="green")
+                    + click.style(f"Skipping {task}", fg="white")
+                    + click.style(".", fg="white"),
                     err=True,
                 )
-            return_code = task.execute(yes=yes, debug=debug, silent=silent)
-
-            if not _continue:
-                if (not return_code == 0) and (return_code is not None):
-                    click.echo(click.style(f"Task {task} failed!", fg="red"), err=True)
-                    sys.exit(return_code)
 
         if not no_deps:
             tasks = task.depends_on(recursive=True) + [task]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f453d4e..a427ea0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.6.0"
 VERSION = "0.2.0"
 
 # What packages are required for this module to be executed?
-REQUIRED = ["click", "delegator.py", "pygments"]
+REQUIRED = ["click", "delegator.py", "pygments", "appdirs"]
 
 # What packages are optional?
 EXTRAS = {