1.12.0 - Regular Expression searches

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

Dependencies have been updated. Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• Support for Regular Expressions in description, heading and path searches (thanks, @elight)
  • description regex matches /waiting|waits|wartet/i
  • description regex matches /#tag\/subtag[0-9]\/subsubtag[0-9]/i
  • heading regex matches /^Exactly Matched Heading$/
  • path regex does not match /w.bble/
  • Note that regular expressions are case-sensitive by default.
  • Please do read the docs if using this powerful feature:
  • Docs
  • Follow #1040 if you would like regular expression support in tag/tags searches.
• Contributors: Please read Reformatting and rearranging Tasks source code - Tuesday 6th September 2022 · #1052

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Add regular expression support to text filters by @elight in #790

💪 Fixes

• fix: Typo fix from Obsidian Forum post by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #1036
• fix: Trim trailing white-space from headings by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #1004

📖 Documentation

• docs: fix notifications, update auto-suggest by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #1005
• docs, test: Document and test regular expression searches by @claremacrae in #1015
• docs: Finish docs and tests for regex searches by @claremacrae in #1051
• docs: Fix a couple of typos in regex docs by @claremacrae in #1053

🛠️ Dependencies

• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.32.0 to 5.33.0 by @dependabot in #1000
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.32.0 to 5.33.0 by @dependabot in #1002
• build(deps-dev): bump @codemirror/view from 6.1.2 to 6.2.0 by @dependabot in #983
• build(deps-dev): bump esbuild from 0.14.51 to 0.14.54 by @dependabot in #1001
• build(deps-dev): bump ts-jest from 28.0.7 to 28.0.8 by @dependabot in #1026
• build(deps-dev): bump @types/jest from 28.1.6 to 28.1.7 by @dependabot in #1025
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.33.0 to 5.33.1 by @dependabot in #1028
• build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.5.0 to 0.5.1 by @dependabot in #1029
• build(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.21.0 to 8.22.0 by @dependabot in #1030
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.33.0 to 5.33.1 by @dependabot in #1031
• build(deps-dev): bump svelte-check from 2.8.0 to 2.8.1 by @dependabot in #1049

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: Reinstate 'Possible solution' section in bug template by @claremacrae in #1042
• refactor: simplify Cache.indexFile() by @claremacrae in #1017
• refactor: Remove regexes from Commands files to Task where they can be tested by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #1006
• refactor: Move TextField.maybeNegate() to end and make static by @claremacrae in #1044
• test: Move custom Jest matchers to separate file by @claremacrae in #1019
• test: Rename custom matcher and add motivating docs by @claremacrae in #1020
• test: Test heading with regex, add 2 custom matchers by @claremacrae in #1045

New Contributors

• @elight made their first contribution in #790

Full Changelog: 1.11.1...1.12.0

1.11.1

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

Dependencies have been updated. Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• 🦾 Fix: 'Add & edit Task' no longer breaks sub-tags of the global filter (thanks, @esm7)
• 🦾 Fix: The plugin now finds task lines in blockquotes and Obsidian callouts (thanks, @AnnaKornfeldSimpson)
  • Note: One small caveat: in Live Preview, if you toggle the checkbox of a task in callout, a popup will explain the one limitation with this facility.
• 🛠️ There is now a convenient form for reporting bugs.

Full List

🦾 Fixes

• fix(README, docs): broken links, markdownlint errors by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #939
• fix: Stop 'Add & edit Task' breaking sub-tags of global filter by @esm7 in #869
• fix: Fix unreleased global filter code on unusual characters by @claremacrae in #976
• fix: find tasks in blockquotes and Obsidian callouts by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #953

📖 Documentation

• docs: Add recurring examples showing last of the month by @claremacrae in #944
• docs: Refine explanation of callouts in Live Preview by @claremacrae in #998
• docs: 1.11.1 reads tasks in callouts & blockquotes by @claremacrae in #999
• vault: Add explanatory text in Boolean Combinations.md by @claremacrae in #977
• vault: Add Callouts and Block Quotes.md sample file by @claremacrae in #996

🛠️ Dependencies

• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.30.7 to 5.31.0 by @dependabot in #932
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.30.7 to 5.31.0 by @dependabot in #934
• build(deps-dev): bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0 by @dependabot in #938
• build(deps): bump rrule from 2.7.0 to 2.7.1 by @dependabot in #883
• build(deps-dev): bump @codemirror/view from 6.0.3 to 6.1.2 by @dependabot in #937
• build(deps-dev): bump esbuild from 0.14.49 to 0.14.51 by @dependabot in #942
• build(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.20.0 to 8.21.0 by @dependabot in #960
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.31.0 to 5.32.0 by @dependabot in #961
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.31.0 to 5.32.0 by @dependabot in #962

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore,fix: upgraded Gemfile and Gemfile.lock by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #951
• chore: add logging library for more consistent logging output by @sytone in #969
• chore: update author name in package.json to match manifest.json by @claremacrae in #981
• chore: Provide form for easier bug-reports by @claremacrae in #985
• chore: Add new discussions buttons & delete old template by @claremacrae in #987
• chore: Fix typo in 'Suggest a new feature' url by @claremacrae in #988
• chore: Disallow blank issues by @claremacrae in #989
• chore: Convert pull request template to a form by @claremacrae in #991
• chore: Remove the new Pull Request form by @claremacrae in #992
• chore: Improve usability and content of PR template by @claremacrae in #993
• chore: Make it easier to search for existing ideas and questions by @claremacrae in #994
• chore: Remove markdown from issue descriptions by @claremacrae in #995
• chore: Use prefix 'vault' for changes to sample vault by @claremacrae in #997
• test: Add a unit test for task untoggling by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #940

Full Changelog: 1.11.0...1.11.1

1.11.0 - More 'group by' options

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

• Multiple new grouping options:
  • group by recurrence
  • group by recurring
  • group by priority
  • group by happens
  • group by root
  • Docs

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Add 'group by recurrence' & 'group by recurring' by @claremacrae in #917
• feat: Add 'group by priority' by @claremacrae in #919
• feat: Add 'group by happens' by @claremacrae in #923
• feat: Add 'group by root' by @claremacrae in #926

Full Changelog: 1.10.0...1.11.0

1.10.0 'group by tags'

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

Dependencies have been updated. Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• Add group by tags (thanks, @MohamedBassem)
  • Tasks with multiple tags will be displayed once in each tag's group.
  • The total task count will still reflect the number of unique tasks.
  • Docs

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Add support for grouping by tags by @MohamedBassem in #893

📖 Documentation

• docs: Add 'group by tags' to Quick Ref docs by @claremacrae in #915

🤖 Dependencies

• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.30.6 to 5.30.7 by @dependabot in #903
• build(deps-dev): bump ts-jest from 28.0.5 to 28.0.7 by @dependabot in #904
• build(deps-dev): bump eslint from 8.19.0 to 8.20.0 by @dependabot in #905
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.30.6 to 5.30.7 by @dependabot in #906

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• refactor: Moved the logic of removing the global filter in Task and covered it with tests by @esm7 in #912

New Contributors

• @MohamedBassem made their first contribution in #893

Full Changelog: 1.9.0...1.10.0

1.9.0

What's Changed

🙏 Many thanks to @esm7 and @AnnaKornfeldSimpson for invaluable help throughout this release cycle!

🌟 Most Notable

Dependencies have been updated. Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• Support for Boolean expressions to combine queries together (AND, OR, NOT) (thanks, @esm7)
  • (has start date) AND ((description includes secret) OR (has due date))
  • Docs
• New Intelligent dynamic Auto-Suggest for entering tasks (thanks, @esm7)
  
  • Docs
• Allow task components (due, priority etc) and tags in almost any order (thanks, @esm7)
  • Docs
• Speed up editing significantly whilst Tasks blocks are displaying many results
  • Coming soon: documentation on how to get the best performance out of Tasks
• Faster startup, if any Tasks blocks were displaying results when Obsidian was previously closed
• More informative console logging, for if performance problems need investigating

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Intelligent dynamic auto-complete for entering tasks by @esm7 in #822
• feat: Allow task components (due, priority etc) and tags in almost any order by @esm7 in #850
• feat: Add support for Boolean expression queries by @esm7 in #852

💪 Fixes

• fix: Allow multiple spaces after date emojis, when reading task lines by @claremacrae in #900
• fix: Urgency DST fix from @sytone by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #845

⚡ Performance

• perf: Stop many non-task edits triggering a redraw of all active tasks blocks by @claremacrae in #894
• perf: Speed up plugin launch in some circumstances by @claremacrae in #901

📖 Documentation

• docs: Add user docs for boolean combinations by @claremacrae in #879
• docs: Note that Boolean combinations were introduced in Tasks 1.9.0 by @claremacrae in #880
• docs: Fixes to Combining Filters docs (code review) by @claremacrae in #902
• docs: Document auto-suggest & improve wording of its settings by @claremacrae in #897
• docs: Add developer docs to use GitHub builds and run smoke tests by @claremacrae in #858

🤖 Dependencies

• build(deps-dev): bump eslint-config-prettier from 8.3.0 to 8.5.0 by @dependabot in #860
• build(deps-dev): bump moment from 2.29.3 to 2.29.4 by @dependabot in #862
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin from 5.30.5 to 5.30.6 by @dependabot in #882
• build(deps-dev): bump @typescript-eslint/parser from 5.30.5 to 5.30.6 by @dependabot in #884
• build(deps-dev): bump jest and @types/jest by @dependabot in #889
• build(deps-dev): bump jest-environment-jsdom from 28.1.2 to 28.1.3 by @dependabot in #888
• build: Add boon-js to yarn.lock by @claremacrae in #865
• chore: deps: bump moment and partially bump obsidian api by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #854
• chore: deps-dev upgrades, see full list in Description by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #872

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: internal: Fix imports only used for types by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #867
• fix: Boolean searches with spaces around sub-queries now work by @esm7 in #868
• refactor: Preparation for only redrawing tasks blocks if edits change any tasks by @claremacrae in #887
• test: Simplify some tests in Task.test.ts by @claremacrae in #853
• test: move a parsing test to correct section by @claremacrae in #857
• test: Add BooleanField.test.ts with lower-level tests of BooleanField by @claremacrae in #864

New Contributors

• @esm7 made their first contribution in #822

Full Changelog: 1.8.2...1.9.0

1.8.2

What's Changed

🙈 Bug Fixes

• fix: Fix backlinks to tasks in headings with 2 or more tags by @claremacrae in #844
  • This fixes #842, and improves the fix for #654 which was in the 1.8.1 release.

📖 Documentation

• docs: Add "How to style backlinks" guide to "How Tos" section by @claremacrae in #840

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: Update Tasks plugin in Tasks-Demo vault to 1.8.1 by @claremacrae in #843

Full Changelog: 1.8.1...1.8.2

1.8.1

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

• Bug fix: Unable to find section, when title has tag inside (issue #654): fixed by @luirsea in #802

Full List

🙈 Bug Fixes

• fix: Unable to find section, when title has tag inside (issue #654) by @luirsea in #802

📖 Documentation

• docs: Overhaul the Filters documentation by @claremacrae in #828
• docs: Improve readability of columns in Quick Reference by @claremacrae in #830

🛠️ Dependencies

• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3 by @dependabot in #813
• build(deps): bump actions/setup-node from 1 to 3 by @dependabot in #814

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: Use v2 of codeql-action by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #811
• chore: Use dependabot to update github-actions by @AnnaKornfeldSimpson in #812
• chore: Make git happy with the resources/sample_vaults/Tasks-Demo/ sample vault by @claremacrae in #815
• refactor: Move Settings.ts and SettingsTab.ts to src/config/ by @claremacrae in #801
• refactor: The date fields do their own presence/absence searches by @claremacrae in #803
• refactor: Add StatusField class, for handling done/not done filters by @claremacrae in #804
• refactor: Add RecurringField class, for handling recurring/not recurring filters by @claremacrae in #806
• refactor: Extract variable in addBacklinks() to simplify code slightly by @claremacrae in #808
• refactor: Simplify implementations of RecurringField and StatusField by @claremacrae in #816
• refactor: Add ExcludeSubItemsField, for handling 'exclude sub-items' filter by @claremacrae in #817
• refactor: Extract FilterInstructionsBasedField class to reduce more repetition by @claremacrae in #818
• test: Add test helper testFilter() that takes a TaskBuilder by @claremacrae in #791
• test: Fill in the gaps of testing parsing of all instructions by @claremacrae in #800
• test: Add a manual test for issue #654 by @claremacrae in #807

New Contributors

• @luirsea made their first contribution in #802
• @AnnaKornfeldSimpson made their first contribution in #811

Full Changelog: 1.8.0...1.8.1

1.8.0

What's Changed

🌟 Most Notable

Dependencies have been updated. Please restart Obsidian after updating the plugin. Thank you.

• New date abbreviations available in 'Create or edit Task' modal (thanks, @focccus)
  • Docs
• New documentation page:
  • Create or edit Task
• Screenshots in documentation are now more readable
  • Docs
• Sample vault added to repo, to aid creation of screenshots
  • Sample vault

New abbreviations in the 'Create or edit Task' modal, which is now documented

Full List

🌟 Features

• feat: Add date abbreviations to 'Create or edit Task' modal by @focccus in #579
• feat: Update 'Create or edit Task' to show new abbreviations by @claremacrae in #755
• feat: Allow capital letters in abbreviations for dates in Create or edit Task modal by @claremacrae in #772

📖 Documentation

• docs: Add a Quick Reference page to the docs by @claremacrae in #744
• docs: Use newer link for discussion on non-indenting of sub-tasks by @claremacrae in #771
• docs: Add sample vault, for use in screenshots for the documentation by @claremacrae in #773
• docs: Use a white background and larger text for Tasks screenshots by @claremacrae in #774
• docs: Add documentation for the 'Create or edit Task' modal by @claremacrae in #776
• docs: Fix occasional incorrect images in user docs & plugin store. by @claremacrae in #779

🛠️ Dependencies

• Bump rrule from 2.6.8 to 2.7.0 by @dependabot in #759
• Bump svelte from 3.44.0 to 3.48.0 by @dependabot in #760
• Bump svelte-check from 1.6.0 to 2.7.2 by @dependabot in #757
• Bump esbuild from 0.13.12 to 0.14.43 by @dependabot in #758
• chore: Update commonmarker to 0.23.4 by @claremacrae in #762
• fix: 'Apply' in 'Create or edit Task' started failing earlier today by @claremacrae in #765

🛠️ Behind the scenes

• chore: Clarify Issue template - it's for issues only, not features. by @claremacrae in #748
• chore: Shorten 'about' to fix the issue template by @claremacrae in #749
• chore: Add dependabot.yml to automate updates by @claremacrae in #756
• chore: Add Clare Macrae to author list in manifest.json to match community store by @claremacrae in #777

New Contributors

• @focccus made their first contribution in #579

Full Changelog: 1.7.0...1.8.0

1.7.0

What's Changed

Most Notable

• New filters: has done date, no done date
  • Docs
• New filters: has happens date, no happens date
  • Docs
• New groups options: group by <start|scheduled|due|done>
  • Docs
• Documentation now shows which version new features were released in.
• New locations for:
  • The GitHub repository: https://github.com/obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks
  • The documentation: https://obsidian-tasks-group.github.io/obsidian-tasks/
• New maintainer: @claremacrae
  • More information

Full List

Features

• feat: Add group by <start|scheduled|due|done> by @claremacrae in #733
• feat: Add has done date, has happens date, no done date, no happens date by @claremacrae in #739

Bug fixes

• fix: Fix typo in error message for priority instruction. by @claremacrae in #707

Documentation

• docs: Add styling for blockquotes, for 'Introduced in' comments by @claremacrae in #735
• docs: Fix 'How does Tasks handle status changes?' formatting by @claremacrae in #720
• docs: Indicate when 1.6.0 features were released by @claremacrae in #731

New project location

• Move to organization by @schemar in #708
• Add warning that documentation moved by @schemar in #709
• Docs now redirect correctly by @schemar in #713

Behind the scenes

• build: add markdown linting to the lint command by @sytone in #660
• chore: Add script, update package.json and update esbuild process to minify the production version by @sytone in #683
• chore: Strengthen the definition of refactoring in PR template by @claremacrae in #701
• chore: fix PR template location and add refactor by @sytone in #700
• refactor: Create date filter classes by @claremacrae in #690
• refactor: Create priority filter class by @claremacrae in #706
• refactor: Create tag/tags filter class by @claremacrae in #714
• refactor: Create text filter classes by @claremacrae in #705
• refactor: create IQuery interface for query engine and add new folder for future query engine by @sytone in #699
• test: Add TaskBuilder class for writing small tests by @claremacrae in #696
• test: Add tests for urgency score by @claremacrae in #710

Full Changelog: 1.6.0...1.7.0

1.6.0

What's Changed

Most Notable

• New filter: has <start|scheduled|due> date
• New filter: tags (include|do not include) <tag> and the equivalent tag (includes|does not include) <tag>
  • Docs
• New sort option: sort by tag and sort by tag [tag number]
  • Docs
• New instruction: group by (path|folder|filename|backlink|heading)
  • Docs
• New style class: tasks-group-heading
  • Docs
• More documentation for contributors:
  • Maintaining the tests
  • How to test the documentation locally

Full List

• Add has <start|scheduled|due> date filters by @mauleb in #629
• Add tags as property of task by @sytone in #631
• Simplify tag filter tests by @claremacrae in #633
• Simplify more tests of Query by @claremacrae in #634
• Fix 3 warnings in Query.ts by @claremacrae in #635
• Move applyQueryToTasks() from QueryRenderChild to Query by @claremacrae in #643
• Enable viewing of docs in Docker container by @claremacrae in #645
• Docker: Move docker setup into docs by @schemar in #647
• Fix docker image name. by @claremacrae in #648
• Implementation changes for tag filtering by @sytone in #636
• chore: add a pull request template by @sytone in #663
• Bump nokogiri from 1.13.4 to 1.13.6 in /docs by @dependabot in #669
• Add 'group by' option, for various file properties and status by @claremacrae in #644
• build: add action to upload verified build to artifacts by @sytone in #679
• chore: make *.ts and *.js files LF for all operating systems by @sytone in #682
• Fix typo in getting-started by @AndreyAkinshin in #686

New Contributors

• @AndreyAkinshin made their first contribution in #686

Full Changelog: 1.5.1...1.6.0