Merge pull request #9 from tbabej/fix_tw1452

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

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index 9eff14cedea2651dadae67cbea572306302aab0b..bb3fa537438250a7153f3aa214138bbba65819dc 100644 (file)
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -228,16 +228,24 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
     def _get_modified_fields_as_args(self):
         args = []
 
+        def add_field(field):
+            # Task version older than 2.4.0 ignores first word of the
+            # task description if description: prefix is used
+            if self.warrior.version < VERSION_2_4_0 and field == 'description':
+                args.append(self._data[field])
+            else:
+                args.append('{0}:{1}'.format(field, self._data[field]))
+
         # If we're modifying saved task, simply pass on all modified fields
         if self.saved:
             for field in self._modified_fields:
-                args.append('{0}:{1}'.format(field, self._data[field]))
+                add_field(field)
         # For new tasks, pass all fields that make sense
         else:
             for field in self._data.keys():
                 if field in self.read_only_fields:
                     continue
-                args.append('{0}:{1}'.format(field, self._data[field]))
+                add_field(field)
 
         return args
 
@@ -276,7 +284,13 @@ class TaskFilter(object):
         # Replace the value with empty string, since that is the
         # convention in TW for empty values
         value = value if value is not None else ''
-        self.filter_params.append('{0}:{1}'.format(key, value))
+
+        # If we are filtering by uuid:, do not use uuid keyword
+        # due to TW-1452 bug
+        if key == 'uuid':
+            self.filter_params.insert(0, value)
+        else:
+            self.filter_params.append('{0}:{1}'.format(key, value))
 
     def get_filter_params(self):
         return [f for f in self.filter_params if f]