Task: Make sure empty values are not passed to TW via hooks

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

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index 4dab52804502ca076961f15f8ec1d37dd38c70c8..0b18a14a5d1bcdbe1f77cc58344a1695e1fa79a8 100644 (file)
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         pass
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_input(cls, modify=False):
+    def from_input(cls, input_file=sys.stdin, modify=None):
         """
         Creates a Task object, directly from the stdin, by reading one line.
         If modify=True, two lines are used, first line interpreted as the
@@ -218,18 +218,25 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         Object created by this method should not be saved, deleted
         or refreshed, as t could create a infinite loop. For this
         reason, TaskWarrior instance is set to None.
+
+        Input_file argument can be used to specify the input file,
+        but defaults to sys.stdin.
         """
 
         # TaskWarrior instance is set to None
         task = cls(None)
 
+        # Detect the hook type if not given directly
+        name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+        modify = name.startswith('on-modify') if modify is None else modify
+
         # Load the data from the input
-        task._load_data(json.loads(sys.stdin.readline().strip()))
+        task._load_data(json.loads(input_file.readline().strip()))
 
         # If this is a on-modify event, we are provided with additional
         # line of input, which provides updated data
         if modify:
-            task._update_data(json.loads(sys.stdin.readline().strip()))
+            task._update_data(json.loads(input_file.readline().strip()))
 
         return task
 
@@ -277,7 +284,7 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
                 yield key
 
     @property
-    def _is_modified(self):
+    def modified(self):
         return bool(list(self._modified_fields))
 
     @property
@@ -370,7 +377,7 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
 
     def save(self):
-        if self.saved and not self._is_modified:
+        if self.saved and not self.modified:
             return
 
         args = [self['uuid'], 'modify'] if self.saved else ['add']
@@ -390,6 +397,9 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
             # Circumvent the ID storage, since ID is considered read-only
             self._data['id'] = int(id_lines[0].split(' ')[2].rstrip('.'))
 
+        # Refreshing is very important here, as not only modification time
+        # is updated, but arbitrary attribute may have changed due hooks
+        # altering the data before saving
         self.refresh()
 
     def add_annotation(self, annotation):
@@ -461,7 +471,14 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         """
 
         # We need to remove spaces for TW-1504, use custom separators
-        return json.dumps(self._data, separators=(',',':'))
+        data_tuples = ((key, self._serialize(key, value))
+                       for key, value in six.iteritems(self._data))
+
+        # Empty string denotes empty serialized value, we do not want
+        # to pass that to TaskWarrior.
+        data_tuples = filter(lambda t: t[1] is not '', data_tuples)
+        data = dict(data_tuples)
+        return json.dumps(data, separators=(',',':'))
 
 class TaskFilter(SerializingObject):
     """