X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/taskwarrior.git/blobdiff_plain/a0df8b516ffc77612d4ef8193f2bd5dd696916fa..0e820d870832daaf4fd4cb7c2ecfabcdd3c02420:/tasklib/task.py?ds=inline

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index 0b18a14..8ee77fd 100644
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ class SerializingObject(object):
     """
     Common ancestor for TaskResource & TaskFilter, since they both
     need to serialize arguments.
+
+    Serializing method should hold the following contract:
+      - any empty value (meaning removal of the attribute)
+        is deserialized into a empty string
+      - None denotes a empty value for any attribute
+
+    Deserializing method should hold the following contract:
+      - None denotes a empty value for any attribute (however,
+        this is here as a safeguard, TaskWarrior currently does
+        not export empty-valued attributes) if the attribute
+        is not iterable (e.g. list or set), in which case
+        a empty iterable should be used.
     """
 
     def _deserialize(self, key, value):
@@ -43,7 +55,7 @@ class SerializingObject(object):
 
     def timestamp_serializer(self, date):
         if not date:
-            return None
+            return ''
         return date.strftime(DATE_FORMAT)
 
     def timestamp_deserializer(self, date_str):
@@ -280,7 +292,15 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
     def _modified_fields(self):
         writable_fields = set(self._data.keys()) - set(self.read_only_fields)
         for key in writable_fields:
-            if self._data.get(key) != self._original_data.get(key):
+            new_value = self._data.get(key)
+            old_value = self._original_data.get(key)
+
+            # Make sure not to mark data removal as modified field if the
+            # field originally had some empty value
+            if key in self._data and not new_value and not old_value:
+                continue
+
+            if new_value != old_value:
                 yield key
 
     @property
@@ -426,13 +446,21 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         def add_field(field):
             # Add the output of format_field method to args list (defaults to
             # field:value)
-            serialized_value = self._serialize(field, self._data[field]) or ''
-            format_default = lambda: "{0}:{1}".format(
-                field,
-                "'{0}'".format(serialized_value) if serialized_value else ''
-            )
+            serialized_value = self._serialize(field, self._data[field])
+
+            # Empty values should not be enclosed in quotation marks, see
+            # TW-1510
+            if serialized_value is '':
+                escaped_serialized_value = ''
+            else:
+                escaped_serialized_value = "'{0}'".format(serialized_value)
+
+            format_default = lambda: "{0}:{1}".format(field,
+                                                      escaped_serialized_value)
+
             format_func = getattr(self, 'format_{0}'.format(field),
                                   format_default)
+
             args.append(format_func())
 
         # If we're modifying saved task, simply pass on all modified fields