Add support for custom `task` location or command

[etc/taskwarrior.git] / tasklib / backends.py

diff --git a/tasklib/backends.py b/tasklib/backends.py
index 9110e125bb3ae38c4f3a9a71f7e6ff6f355d4df9..a5dd280e5cb08e2802af48180a3f2ba22ca38641 100644 (file)
--- a/tasklib/backends.py
+++ b/tasklib/backends.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class TaskWarrior(Backend):
     VERSION_2_4_5 = six.u('2.4.5')
 
     def __init__(self, data_location=None, create=True,
-                 taskrc_location='~/.taskrc'):
+                 taskrc_location='~/.taskrc', task_command='task'):
         self.taskrc_location = os.path.expanduser(taskrc_location)
 
         # If taskrc does not exist, pass / to use defaults and avoid creating
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ class TaskWarrior(Backend):
         if not os.path.exists(self.taskrc_location):
             self.taskrc_location = '/'
 
+        self.task_command = task_command
+
         self._config = None
         self.version = self._get_version()
         self.overrides = {
@@ -127,8 +129,11 @@ class TaskWarrior(Backend):
 
         self.tasks = TaskQuerySet(self)
 
+    def _get_task_command(self):
+        return self.task_command.split()
+
     def _get_command_args(self, args, config_override=None):
-        command_args = ['task', 'rc:{0}'.format(self.taskrc_location)]
+        command_args = self._get_task_command() + ['rc:{0}'.format(self.taskrc_location)]
         overrides = self.overrides.copy()
         overrides.update(config_override or dict())
         for item in overrides.items():
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ class TaskWarrior(Backend):
 
     def _get_version(self):
         p = subprocess.Popen(
-            ['task', '--version'],
+            self._get_task_command() + ['--version'],
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, stderr = [x.decode('utf-8') for x in p.communicate()]
@@ -222,7 +227,7 @@ class TaskWarrior(Backend):
     def convert_datetime_string(self, value):
 
         if self.version >= self.VERSION_2_4_0:
-            # For strings, use 'task calc' to evaluate the string to datetime
+            # For strings, use 'calc' to evaluate the string to datetime
             # available since TW 2.4.0
             args = value.split()
             result = self.execute_command(['calc'] + args)