This actually works and unlike the older version doesn't mess up the task aliases parameter

gistfile1.py

from functools import wraps
from fabric import tasks

def fix_boolean(f):

    true_values = ("yes", "true", "1")
    false_values = ("no", "false", "0")

    def fix_bool(value):
        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            if value.lower() in false_values:
                return False
            if value.lower() in true_values:
                return True
        return value

    @wraps(f)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        args_ = [fix_bool(arg) for arg in args]
        kwargs_ = {k: fix_bool(v) for k,v in kwargs.iteritems()}
        return f(*args_, **kwargs_)

    return wrapper


def task(*args, **kwargs):
    """
    The fabric.decorators.task decorator which automatically converts command line task arguments
    to a boolean representation if applicable.
    :param args:
    :param kwargs:
    :return: wrapped
    """
    invoked = bool(not args or kwargs)
    task_class = kwargs.pop("task_class", tasks.WrappedCallableTask)

    def wrapper(f):
        return task_class(fix_boolean(f), *args, **kwargs)

    return wrapper if invoked else wrapper(args[0])