Previously, only numeric forms (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y) and plural word forms
(days, weeks, months, years) were supported for recurrence patterns.
The common adverbial forms (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) would fail
with 'invalid recurrence pattern' error.
Now users can use natural language recurrence patterns:
- recur:daily -> 1 day interval
- recur:weekly -> 7 day interval
- recur:monthly -> 30 day interval
- recur:yearly -> 365 day interval
Added test coverage for all four new patterns.
Previously, 'opal -h', 'opal --help', and 'opal help' would show the
list command help instead of the root command help. This was because
the argument preprocessing logic would rewrite these as 'opal list -h'
before Cobra could handle them.
Now we detect help flags/command before preprocessing and let Cobra
handle them naturally. This ensures:
- 'opal -h' and 'opal --help' show root help
- 'opal help' shows root help
- 'opal help <command>' shows command-specific help
- 'opal <command> -h' still shows command-specific help
- All existing flexible syntax continues to work
- Mark all features as implemented ✅
- Add comprehensive examples for all date formats
- Document configuration options
- Add examples for time of day, period boundaries, and relative expressions
- Include chaining examples and use cases
- Add parseRelativeExpression() to detect pattern: attr+/-duration
- Add resolveDateValue() to resolve absolute or relative dates
- Add applyDateAttribute() helper for date attributes with relative support
- Track attribute order in Modifier struct (AttributeOrder field)
- Refactor Apply() and ApplyToNew() to process attrs in order
- Support chaining: due:mon scheduled:due-3d wait:scheduled-1d
- Support addition and subtraction: due+1y, wait-2d
- Add comprehensive test suite for relative expressions
- Error if referencing undefined date attribute
- All 38+ tests passing
- Add month name parsing (jan, january, feb, etc.) with year logic
- Add day+month parsing (21jan, Jan21, 21January, etc.) in all case variations
- Add period boundaries (sod, eod, sow, eow, som, eom, soy, eoy)
- Add special keywords (later, someday -> 2150-01-01)
- Add duration-as-date offset (2d, 3w, etc. means X from now)
- Add named duration aliases (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
- Enhance ParseRecurrencePattern to support min, sec, hrs and word forms
- Implement time-of-day parsing (mon:15:35, tomorrow:0800, 15:35)
- Add comprehensive test suite (50+ tests total)
- All tests passing
- Add WeekStartDay and DefaultDueTime fields to Config struct
- Set defaults: week_start_day=monday, default_due_time=empty
- Add GetWeekStart() and GetDefaultDueTime() helper methods
- Update ParseDate() to use configured week start day
- All tests passing
- Create DateParser struct with configurable base time and week start
- Add placeholder methods for new parsing features
- Implement time-of-day parsing foundation (splitDateTime, parseTimeOfDay)
- Maintain backward compatibility with existing ParseDate() function
- Update tests to use new DateParser API
- All 33 existing tests passing
Issue 1: Fix recurrence calculation for overdue tasks
- Use completion date (End) as base for next instance, not original due date
- If task due Monday completed Wednesday, next is Wednesday+7d not Monday+7d
- Fallback to Due date if End is not set
- Update test to verify new behavior
Issue 2: Fix description parsing to work without quotes
- Add parseAddArgs() to extract description from non-modifier words
- Description = all words that don't start with +, -, or contain :
- Enables: opal add buy groceries +shop carrots → 'buy groceries carrots'
- Validate description is required (error if only modifiers)
- Validate recurring tasks require due date
Issue 3: Implement flexible command syntax
- Add preprocessArgs() to parse arguments before Cobra routing
- Detect command position and split filters (left) from modifiers (right)
- Rewrite os.Args so Cobra routes correctly
- Enable both 'opal 2 done' and 'opal done 2' syntax
- Commands without modifiers accept filters on either side
- Commands with modifiers enforce [filters] command [modifiers]
- Add confirmation for modify without filters (modifies all tasks)
All commands updated to use preprocessed ParsedArgs from context.
All tests passing (33 tests).
Phase 6: Display and Basic Commands
- Add display.go with colored formatting for tasks, projects, tags
- Implement cmd/root.go with Cobra command structure
- Implement cmd/list.go for listing and filtering tasks
- Implement cmd/add.go with support for regular and recurring tasks
- Implement cmd/done.go with bulk completion and confirmation
Phase 7: Advanced Commands
- Implement cmd/modify.go for updating task attributes
- Implement cmd/delete.go with soft delete confirmation
- Implement cmd/start.go and cmd/stop.go for task timing
- Implement cmd/count.go for counting filtered tasks
- Implement cmd/projects.go and cmd/tags.go for aggregation
Phase 8: Integration and Polish
- Update main.go to use CLI commands
- Add colored output with fatih/color
- Format task lists with proper alignment
- Highlight overdue tasks in red, upcoming in yellow
- Test end-to-end workflow: add, list, done, recurring tasks
- Verify recurrence spawning works correctly
All CLI commands functional and tested!
- Complete SpawnNextInstance() for creating recurring task instances
- Implement automatic next instance spawning on task completion
- Add support for 'until' date to expire recurrences
- Copy tags from template to new instances
- Add comprehensive recurrence tests (6 tests, all passing)
- Test pattern parsing, formatting, next due calculation
- Test end-to-end recurring task workflow
- Test expiration with until dates
- Implement BuildWorkingSet() to create ephemeral display ID mappings
- Implement LoadWorkingSet() to restore from database
- Add GetTaskByDisplayID() for ID resolution
- Add GetTasks() and Size() helper methods
- Persist working set to SQLite working_set table
- Add comprehensive tests (5 tests, all passing)
- Support filtered working sets
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