CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.13.0] - 2020-05-25

Added

• Allow for adding line numbers to next actions using the --line-number command line argument. Closes #712.

[1.12.0] - 2019-11-17

Added

• Allow for opening URLs in next actions using the --open-urls command line argument. Closes #577.

[1.11.2] - 2019-05-18

Changed

• Updated dependencies.

[1.11.1] - 2018-11-15

Fixed

• Allow for using the groupby option without argument to override a configured groupby option. Fixes #335.

[1.11.0] - 2018-11-14

Added

• Allow for hiding tasks with h:1. Closes #332.

[1.10.0] - 2018-11-14

Added

• Allow for grouping tasks by context, project, due date, priority or source file. Closes #324.

Removed

• Removed time travel feature as it's not very useful.

[1.9.0] - 2018-10-20

Added

• Show 😴 emoji when there's nothing to do. Closes #256.

[1.8.1] - 2018-09-07

Fixed

• Prevent @ from being escaped when using tab completion. Fixes #249.
• Don't consider brackets being part of context or project names. Fixes #245.

[1.8.0] - 2018-09-06

Added

• Tab completion for the Next-action command line interface in Bash. Closes #228.

Fixed

• Allow for projects and contexts at the start of a line. Fixes #242.

[1.7.2] - 2018-08-26

Fixed

• Add option -V as short alternative for --version. Fixes #225.

[1.7.1] - 2018-08-26

Changed

• Several performance improvements.

[1.7.0] - 2018-08-23

Added

• Allow for time travel using the --time-travel option. Closes #206.

Changed

• Several performance improvements.

[1.6.1] - 2018-08-10

Fixed

• Allow for putting the --blocked option in the configuration file. Fixes #204.

[1.6.0] - 2018-08-07

Added

• Show tasks blocked by the next action using the --blocked option. Closes #166.

Fixed

• Give proper error message when the --number argument is smaller than one. Fixes #164.

[1.5.3] - 2018-07-14

Fixed

• Allow for using --config when generating a configuration file with --write-config-file so it is possible to ignore the existing configuration file when generating a new one. Fixes #161.

[1.5.2] - 2018-07-07

Fixed

• Add support for Python 3.7.

[1.5.1] - 2018-07-01

Fixed

• When generating a configuration file with --write-config-file also include context and project filters passed on the command-line. Fixes #141.
• When generating a configuration file with --write-config-file also include the minimum priority if passed on the command-line. Fixes #142.
• Accept other arguments after excluded contexts and projects. Fixes #143.

[1.5.0] - 2018-06-30

Added

• When generating a configuration file with --write-config-file add any other options on the command-line to the generated configuration file. Closes #78.

[1.4.0] - 2018-06-25

Added

• Tasks are considered to have a priority that's the maximum of their own priority and the priorities of the task(s) they block, recursively. Closes #114.
• Tasks are considered to have a due date that's the minimum of their own due date and the due dates of the task(s) they block, recursively. Closes #115.

[1.3.0] - 2018-06-19

Added

• Next to p:parent_task it's also possible to use before:parent_task to specifiy task dependencies.
• In addition to before:other_task, it's also possible to use after:other_task to specify task dependencies.

[1.2.0] - 2018-06-16

Added

• Warn user if there are no next actions because they are using contexts or projects not present in the todo.txt file.

[1.1.0] - 2018-06-11

Added

• Take task dependencies into account. Closes #101.

[1.0.0] - 2018-06-09

Added

• Default context and/or project filters can be configured in the configuration file. Closes #109.

[0.17.0] - 2018-06-07

Added

• Support threshold dates (t:<date>) in todo.txt files.

[0.16.3] - 2018-06-05

Fixed

• Capitalise the help information. Fixes #105.

[0.16.2] - 2018-06-05

Fixed

• Mention how to deal with options with optional arguments followed by positional arguments in the help information and README. Closes #100.
• Short options immediately followed by a value weren't parsed correctly. Fixes #84.

[0.16.1] - 2018-06-04

Fixed

• Include reference parameter into standard configuration file. Fixes #98.

[0.16.0] - 2018-06-03

Added

• Optionally reference the todo.txt filename from which the next actions were read. Closes #38.

Changed

• Reorganized the help information.

[0.15.0] - 2018-06-02

Added

• The due date argument to --due is now optional. Closes #92.

[0.14.1] - 2018-06-01

Fixed

• Fix packaging.

[0.14.0] - 2018-06-01

Added

• Option to limit the next action to tasks that have a given due date. Closes #53.

[0.13.0] - 2018-05-30

Added

• Using the --style option without arguments ignores the style specified in the configuration file, if any. Closes #83.

Changed

• The --no-config-file option was removed. To not read any configuration file, use the --config-file option without specifying a configuration filename. Closes #82.

[0.12.0] - 2018-05-28

Added

• Option to limit the next action to tasks with a minimum priority. Closes #80.

Fixed

• Properly wrap the usage line of the help information. Fixes #81.

[0.11.0] - 2018-05-27

Changed

• Better error messages when the configuration file is invalid.

[0.10.1] - 2018-05-27

Fixed

• Setup.py and requirements.txt were inconsistent.

[0.10.0] - 2018-05-27

Added

• Coloring of output using Pygments. Closes #11.

[0.9.0] - 2018-05-25

Added

• Option to limit the next action to tasks that are over due. Closes #75.

[0.8.0] - 2018-05-24

Added

• Option to not read a configuration file. Closes #71.
• Option to write a default configuration file. Closes #68.

[0.7.0] - 2018-05-23

Added

• The number of next actions to show can be configured in the configuration file. Closes #65.

Changed

• Use a third-party package to validate the configuration file YAML instead of custom code. Closes #66.

[0.6.0] - 2018-05-21

Added

• Next-action can read a configuration file in which the todo.txt file(s) to read can be specified. Closes #40.

[0.5.2] - 2018-05-19

Fixed

• Make the demo animated gif visible on the Python Package Index. Fixes #61.

[0.5.1] - 2018-05-19

Added

• Add the README file to the package description on the Python Package Index. Closes #59.

[0.5.0] - 2018-05-19

Added

• Other properties being equal, task with more projects get precedence over tasks with fewer projects when selecting the next action. Closes #57.

[0.4.0] - 2018-05-19

Changed

• If no file is specified, Next-action tries to read the todo.txt in the user's home folder. Closes #4.

[0.3.0] - 2018-05-19

Added

• The --file argument accepts - to read input from standard input. Closes #42.

Fixed

• Give consistent error message when files can't be opened. Fixes #54.

[0.2.1] - 2018-05-16

Changed

• Simpler help message. Fixes #45.

[0.2.0] - 2018-05-14

Added

• Allow for excluding contexts from which the next action is selected: next-action -@office. Closes #20.
• Allow for excluding projects from which the next action is selected: next-action -+DogHouse. Closes #32.

[0.1.0] - 2018-05-13

Added

• Take due date into account when determining the next action. Tasks due earlier take precedence. Closes #33.

[0.0.9] - 2018-05-13

Added

• Next-action can now read multiple todo.txt files to select the next action from. For example: next-action --file todo.txt --file big-project-todo.txt. Closes #35.

Changed

• Ignore tasks that have a start date in the future. Closes #34.
• Take creation date into account when determining the next action. Tasks created earlier take precedence. Closes #26.

[0.0.8] - 2018-05-13

Added

• Specify the number of next actions to show: next-action --number 3. Closes #7.
• Show all next actions: next-action --all. Closes #29.

[0.0.7] - 2018-05-12

Added

• Allow for limiting the next action to one from multiple projects: next-action +DogHouse +PaintHouse. Closes #27.
• Allow for limiting the next action to multiple contexts: next-action @work @staffmeeting. Closes #23.

[0.0.6] - 2018-05-11

Added

• Allow for limiting the next action to a specific project. Closes #6.

[0.0.5] - 2018-05-11

Changed

• Renamed Next-action's binary from next_action to next-action for consistency with the application and project name.

[0.0.4] - 2018-05-10

Added

• Allow for limiting the next action to a specific context. Closes #5.
• Version number command line argument (--version) to display Next-action's version number.

Fixed

• Runing tests with "python setup.py test" would result in test failures. Fixes #15.
• Move development dependencies to requirements-dev.txt so they don't get installed when a user installs Next-action. Fixes #14.
• Make Travis generate a wheel distribution in addition to the source distribution. Fixes #14.

[0.0.3] - 2018-05-10

Fixed

• Show default filename in the help message. Fixes #3.
• Show friendly error message when file cannot be found. Fixes #2.

[0.0.2] - 2018-05-09

Changed

• Release to the Python Package Index from Travis.

[0.0.1] - 2018-05-06

Added

• next_action script that reads a todo.txt file and prints the next action the user should work on, based on the priorities of the tasks.