X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/taskwarrior.git/blobdiff_plain/d409220d5abb52c0bb0022bf8b24728636a96a5b..238c0ba7d462d67f8b847bee06233a7fd20893c4:/tasklib/task.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index d9b2678..6ebee4c 100644
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -1,37 +1,84 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import copy
-import datetime
+import importlib
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 import six
-import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from .serializing import SerializingObject
 
 DATE_FORMAT = '%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ'
 REPR_OUTPUT_SIZE = 10
 PENDING = 'pending'
 COMPLETED = 'completed'
 
-VERSION_2_1_0 = six.u('2.1.0')
-VERSION_2_2_0 = six.u('2.2.0')
-VERSION_2_3_0 = six.u('2.3.0')
-VERSION_2_4_0 = six.u('2.4.0')
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class TaskWarriorException(Exception):
-    pass
+class ReadOnlyDictView(object):
+    """
+    Provides simplified read-only view upon dict object.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, viewed_dict):
+        self.viewed_dict = viewed_dict
 
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return copy.deepcopy(self.viewed_dict.__getitem__(key))
+
+    def __contains__(self, k):
+        return self.viewed_dict.__contains__(k)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        for value in self.viewed_dict:
+            yield copy.deepcopy(value)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.viewed_dict)
 
-class TaskResource(object):
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return six.u('ReadOnlyDictView: {0}'.format(repr(self.viewed_dict)))
+
+    __repr__ = __unicode__
+
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        return copy.deepcopy(self.viewed_dict.get(key, default))
+
+    def items(self):
+        return [copy.deepcopy(v) for v in self.viewed_dict.items()]
+
+    def values(self):
+        return [copy.deepcopy(v) for v in self.viewed_dict.values()]
+
+
+class TaskResource(SerializingObject):
     read_only_fields = []
 
     def _load_data(self, data):
-        self._data = data
+        self._data = dict((key, self._deserialize(key, value))
+                          for key, value in data.items())
         # We need to use a copy for original data, so that changes
-        # are not propagated
-        self._original_data = data.copy()
+        # are not propagated.
+        self._original_data = copy.deepcopy(self._data)
+
+    def _update_data(self, data, update_original=False, remove_missing=False):
+        """
+        Low level update of the internal _data dict. Data which are coming as
+        updates should already be serialized. If update_original is True, the
+        original_data dict is updated as well.
+        """
+        self._data.update(dict((key, self._deserialize(key, value))
+                               for key, value in data.items()))
+
+        # In certain situations, we want to treat missing keys as removals
+        if remove_missing:
+            for key in set(self._data.keys()) - set(data.keys()):
+                self._data[key] = None
+
+        if update_original:
+            self._original_data = copy.deepcopy(self._data)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         # This is a workaround to make TaskResource non-iterable
@@ -42,22 +89,18 @@ class TaskResource(object):
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
-        return self._deserialize(key, self._data.get(key))
+        if key not in self._data:
+            self._data[key] = self._deserialize(key, None)
+
+        return self._data.get(key)
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         if key in self.read_only_fields:
             raise RuntimeError('Field \'%s\' is read-only' % key)
-        self._data[key] = self._serialize(key, value)
-
-    def _deserialize(self, key, value):
-        hydrate_func = getattr(self, 'deserialize_{0}'.format(key),
-                               lambda x: x)
-        return hydrate_func(value)
 
-    def _serialize(self, key, value):
-        dehydrate_func = getattr(self, 'serialize_{0}'.format(key),
-                                 lambda x: x)
-        return dehydrate_func(value)
+        # Normalize the user input before saving it
+        value = self._normalize(key, value)
+        self._data[key] = value
 
     def __str__(self):
         s = six.text_type(self.__unicode__())
@@ -68,19 +111,48 @@ class TaskResource(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return str(self)
 
+    def export_data(self):
+        """
+        Exports current data contained in the Task as JSON
+        """
+
+        # We need to remove spaces for TW-1504, use custom 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=(',', ':'))
+
+    @property
+    def _modified_fields(self):
+        writable_fields = set(self._data.keys()) - set(self.read_only_fields)
+        for key in writable_fields:
+            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
+    def modified(self):
+        return bool(list(self._modified_fields))
+
 
 class TaskAnnotation(TaskResource):
     read_only_fields = ['entry', 'description']
 
-    def __init__(self, task, data={}):
+    def __init__(self, task, data=None):
         self.task = task
-        self._load_data(data)
-
-    def deserialize_entry(self, data):
-        return datetime.datetime.strptime(data, DATE_FORMAT) if data else None
-
-    def serialize_entry(self, date):
-        return date.strftime(DATE_FORMAT) if date else ''
+        self._load_data(data or dict())
+        super(TaskAnnotation, self).__init__(task.backend)
 
     def remove(self):
         self.task.remove_annotation(self)
@@ -88,9 +160,105 @@ class TaskAnnotation(TaskResource):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self['description']
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        # consider 2 annotations equal if they belong to the same task, and
+        # their data dics are the same
+        return self.task == other.task and self._data == other._data
+
     __repr__ = __unicode__
 
 
+class LazyUUIDTask(object):
+    """
+    A lazy wrapper around Task object, referenced by UUID.
+
+    - Supports comparison with LazyUUIDTask or Task objects (equality by UUIDs)
+    - If any attribute other than 'uuid' requested, a lookup in the
+      backend will be performed and this object will be replaced by a proper
+      Task object.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, tw, uuid):
+        self._tw = tw
+        self._uuid = uuid
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        # LazyUUIDTask does not provide anything else other than 'uuid'
+        if key is 'uuid':
+            return self._uuid
+        else:
+            self.replace()
+            return self[key]
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # Getattr is called only if the attribute could not be found using
+        # normal means
+        self.replace()
+        return self.name
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if other['uuid']:
+            # For saved Tasks, just define equality by equality of uuids
+            return self['uuid'] == other['uuid']
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return self['uuid'].__hash__()
+
+    def replace(self):
+        """
+        Performs conversion to the regular Task object, referenced by the
+        stored UUID.
+        """
+
+        replacement = self._tw.tasks.get(uuid=self._uuid)
+        self.__class__ = replacement.__class__
+        self.__dict__ = replacement.__dict__
+
+
+class LazyUUIDTaskSet(object):
+    """
+    A lazy wrapper around TaskQuerySet object, for tasks referenced by UUID.
+
+    - Supports 'in' operator with LazyUUIDTask or Task objects
+    - If iteration over the objects in the LazyUUIDTaskSet is requested, the
+      LazyUUIDTaskSet will be converted to QuerySet and evaluated
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, tw, uuids):
+        self._tw = tw
+        self._uuids = set(uuids)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        # Getattr is called only if the attribute could not be found using
+        # normal means
+        self.replace()
+        return self.name
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return set(t['uuid'] for t in other) == self._uuids
+
+    def __contains__(self, task):
+        return task['uuid'] in self._uuids
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self._uuids)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self.replace()
+        for task in self:
+            yield task
+
+    def replace(self):
+        """
+        Performs conversion to the regular TaskQuerySet object, referenced by
+        the stored UUIDs.
+        """
+
+        replacement = self._tw.tasks.filter(' '.join(self._uuids))
+        self.__class__ = replacement.__class__
+        self.__dict__ = replacement.__dict__
+
+
 class Task(TaskResource):
     read_only_fields = ['id', 'entry', 'urgency', 'uuid', 'modified']
 
@@ -109,6 +277,18 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         """
         pass
 
+    class ActiveTask(Exception):
+        """
+        Raised when the operation cannot be performed on the active task.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    class InactiveTask(Exception):
+        """
+        Raised when the operation cannot be performed on an inactive task.
+        """
+        pass
+
     class NotSaved(Exception):
         """
         Raised when the operation cannot be performed on the task, because
@@ -116,21 +296,66 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         """
         pass
 
-    def __init__(self, warrior, data={}, **kwargs):
-        self.warrior = warrior
+    @classmethod
+    def from_input(cls, input_file=sys.stdin, modify=None, backend=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
+        original state of the Task object, and second line as its new,
+        modified value. This is consistent with the TaskWarrior's hook
+        system.
+
+        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.
+        """
+
+        # 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
+
+        # Create the TaskWarrior instance if none passed
+        if backend is None:
+            backends = importlib.import_module('tasklib.backends')
+            hook_parent_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
+            backend = backends.TaskWarrior(data_location=hook_parent_dir)
+
+        # TaskWarrior instance is set to None
+        task = cls(backend)
+
+        # Load the data from the input
+        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(input_file.readline().strip()),
+                              remove_missing=True)
+
+        return task
+
+    def __init__(self, backend, **kwargs):
+        super(Task, self).__init__(backend)
+
+        # Check that user is not able to set read-only value in __init__
+        for key in kwargs.keys():
+            if key in self.read_only_fields:
+                raise RuntimeError('Field \'%s\' is read-only' % key)
 
         # We serialize the data in kwargs so that users of the library
         # do not have to pass different data formats via __setitem__ and
         # __init__ methods, that would be confusing
 
         # Rather unfortunate syntax due to python2.6 comaptiblity
-        self._load_data(dict((key, self._serialize(key, value))
-                        for (key, value) in six.iteritems(kwargs)))
+        self._data = dict((key, self._normalize(key, value))
+                          for (key, value) in six.iteritems(kwargs))
+        self._original_data = copy.deepcopy(self._data)
 
-        # We keep data for backwards compatibility
-        # TODO: Should we keep this using unserialized access to _data dict?
-        self._data.update(data)
-        self._original_data.update(data)
+        # Provide read only access to the original data
+        self.original = ReadOnlyDictView(self._original_data)
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self['description']
@@ -143,7 +368,6 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
             # If the tasks are not saved, compare the actual instances
             return id(self) == id(other)
 
-
     def __hash__(self):
         if self['uuid']:
             # For saved Tasks, just define equality by equality of uuids
@@ -152,13 +376,6 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
             # If the tasks are not saved, return hash of instance id
             return id(self).__hash__()
 
-    @property
-    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):
-                yield key
-
     @property
     def completed(self):
         return self['status'] == six.text_type('completed')
@@ -175,83 +392,71 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
     def pending(self):
         return self['status'] == six.text_type('pending')
 
+    @property
+    def active(self):
+        return self['start'] is not None
+
     @property
     def saved(self):
         return self['uuid'] is not None or self['id'] is not None
 
-    def serialize_due(self, date):
-        if not date:
-            return None
-        return date.strftime(DATE_FORMAT)
-
-    def deserialize_due(self, date_str):
-        if not date_str:
-            return None
-        return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, DATE_FORMAT)
-
     def serialize_depends(self, cur_dependencies):
         # Check that all the tasks are saved
-        for task in cur_dependencies:
+        for task in (cur_dependencies or set()):
             if not task.saved:
                 raise Task.NotSaved('Task \'%s\' needs to be saved before '
                                     'it can be set as dependency.' % task)
 
-        # Return the list of uuids
-        return ','.join(task['uuid'] for task in cur_dependencies)
+        return super(Task, self).serialize_depends(cur_dependencies)
+
+    def delete(self):
+        if not self.saved:
+            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved before it can be deleted")
 
-    def deserialize_depends(self, raw_uuids):
-        raw_uuids = raw_uuids or ''  # Convert None to empty string
-        uuids = raw_uuids.split(',')
-        return set(self.warrior.tasks.get(uuid=uuid) for uuid in uuids if uuid)
+        # Refresh the status, and raise exception if the task is deleted
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
 
-    def format_depends(self):
-        # We need to generate added and removed dependencies list,
-        # since Taskwarrior does not accept redefining dependencies.
+        if self.deleted:
+            raise Task.DeletedTask("Task was already deleted")
 
-        # This cannot be part of serialize_depends, since we need
-        # to keep a list of all depedencies in the _data dictionary,
-        # not just currently added/removed ones
+        self.backend.delete_task(self)
 
-        old_dependencies_raw = self._original_data.get('depends','')
-        old_dependencies = self.deserialize_depends(old_dependencies_raw)
+        # Refresh the status again, so that we have updated info stored
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status', 'start', 'end'])
 
-        added = self['depends'] - old_dependencies
-        removed = old_dependencies - self['depends']
+    def start(self):
+        if not self.saved:
+            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved before it can be started")
 
-        # Removed dependencies need to be prefixed with '-'
-        return ','.join(
-                [t['uuid'] for t in added] +
-                ['-' + t['uuid'] for t in removed]
-            )
+        # Refresh, and raise exception if task is already completed/deleted
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
 
-    def deserialize_annotations(self, data):
-        return [TaskAnnotation(self, d) for d in data] if data else []
+        if self.completed:
+            raise Task.CompletedTask("Cannot start a completed task")
+        elif self.deleted:
+            raise Task.DeletedTask("Deleted task cannot be started")
+        elif self.active:
+            raise Task.ActiveTask("Task is already active")
 
-    def deserialize_tags(self, tags):
-        if isinstance(tags, basestring):
-            return tags.split(',') if tags else []
-        return tags
+        self.backend.start_task(self)
 
-    def serialize_tags(self, tags):
-        return ','.join(tags) if tags else ''
+        # Refresh the status again, so that we have updated info stored
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status', 'start'])
 
-    def delete(self):
+    def stop(self):
         if not self.saved:
-            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved before it can be deleted")
+            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved before it can be stopped")
 
-        # Refresh the status, and raise exception if the task is deleted
+        # Refresh, and raise exception if task is already completed/deleted
         self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
 
-        if self.deleted:
-            raise Task.DeletedTask("Task was already deleted")
+        if not self.active:
+            raise Task.InactiveTask("Cannot stop an inactive task")
 
-        self.warrior.execute_command([self['uuid'], 'delete'], config_override={
-            'confirmation': 'no',
-        })
+        self.backend.stop_task(self)
 
         # Refresh the status again, so that we have updated info stored
-        self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
-
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status', 'start'])
 
     def done(self):
         if not self.saved:
@@ -265,131 +470,48 @@ class Task(TaskResource):
         elif self.deleted:
             raise Task.DeletedTask("Deleted task cannot be completed")
 
-        self.warrior.execute_command([self['uuid'], 'done'])
+        self.backend.complete_task(self)
 
         # Refresh the status again, so that we have updated info stored
-        self.refresh(only_fields=['status'])
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['status', 'start', 'end'])
 
     def save(self):
-        args = [self['uuid'], 'modify'] if self.saved else ['add']
-        args.extend(self._get_modified_fields_as_args())
-        output = self.warrior.execute_command(args)
-
-        # Parse out the new ID, if the task is being added for the first time
-        if not self.saved:
-            id_lines = [l for l in output if l.startswith('Created task ')]
-
-            # Complain loudly if it seems that more tasks were created
-            # Should not happen
-            if len(id_lines) != 1 or len(id_lines[0].split(' ')) != 3:
-                raise TaskWarriorException("Unexpected output when creating "
-                                           "task: %s" % '\n'.join(id_lines))
+        if self.saved and not self.modified:
+            return
 
-            # Circumvent the ID storage, since ID is considered read-only
-            self._data['id'] = int(id_lines[0].split(' ')[2].rstrip('.'))
-
-        self.refresh()
+        # All the actual work is done by the backend
+        self.backend.save_task(self)
 
     def add_annotation(self, annotation):
         if not self.saved:
             raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved to add annotation")
 
-        args = [self['uuid'], 'annotate', annotation]
-        self.warrior.execute_command(args)
+        self.backend.annotate_task(self, annotation)
         self.refresh(only_fields=['annotations'])
 
     def remove_annotation(self, annotation):
         if not self.saved:
-            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved to add annotation")
+            raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved to remove annotation")
 
         if isinstance(annotation, TaskAnnotation):
             annotation = annotation['description']
-        args = [self['uuid'], 'denotate', annotation]
-        self.warrior.execute_command(args)
-        self.refresh(only_fields=['annotations'])
 
-    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])
-            elif field == 'depends':
-                args.append('{0}:{1}'.format(field, self.format_depends()))
-            else:
-                # Use empty string to substitute for None value
-                args.append('{0}:{1}'.format(field, self._data[field] or ''))
-
-        # If we're modifying saved task, simply pass on all modified fields
-        if self.saved:
-            for field in self._modified_fields:
-                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
-                add_field(field)
-
-        return args
+        self.backend.denotate_task(self, annotation)
+        self.refresh(only_fields=['annotations'])
 
-    def refresh(self, only_fields=[]):
+    def refresh(self, only_fields=None, after_save=False):
         # Raise error when trying to refresh a task that has not been saved
         if not self.saved:
             raise Task.NotSaved("Task needs to be saved to be refreshed")
 
-        # We need to use ID as backup for uuid here for the refreshes
-        # of newly saved tasks. Any other place in the code is fine
-        # with using UUID only.
-        args = [self['uuid'] or self['id'], 'export']
-        new_data = json.loads(self.warrior.execute_command(args)[0])
+        new_data = self.backend.refresh_task(self, after_save=after_save)
+
         if only_fields:
             to_update = dict(
                 [(k, new_data.get(k)) for k in only_fields])
-            self._data.update(to_update)
-            self._original_data.update(to_update)
-        else:
-            self._data = new_data
-            # We need to create a clone for original_data though
-            # Shallow copy is alright, since data dict uses only
-            # primitive data types
-            self._original_data = new_data.copy()
-
-
-class TaskFilter(object):
-    """
-    A set of parameters to filter the task list with.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, filter_params=[]):
-        self.filter_params = filter_params
-
-    def add_filter(self, filter_str):
-        self.filter_params.append(filter_str)
-
-    def add_filter_param(self, key, value):
-        key = key.replace('__', '.')
-
-        # Replace the value with empty string, since that is the
-        # convention in TW for empty values
-        value = value if value is not None else ''
-
-        # 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)
+            self._update_data(to_update, update_original=True)
         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]
-
-    def clone(self):
-        c = self.__class__()
-        c.filter_params = list(self.filter_params)
-        return c
+            self._load_data(new_data)
 
 
 class TaskQuerySet(object):
@@ -397,16 +519,16 @@ class TaskQuerySet(object):
     Represents a lazy lookup for a task objects.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, warrior=None, filter_obj=None):
-        self.warrior = warrior
+    def __init__(self, backend, filter_obj=None):
+        self.backend = backend
         self._result_cache = None
-        self.filter_obj = filter_obj or TaskFilter()
+        self.filter_obj = filter_obj or self.backend.filter_class(backend)
 
     def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
         """
         Deep copy of a QuerySet doesn't populate the cache
         """
-        obj = self.__class__()
+        obj = self.__class__(backend=self.backend)
         for k, v in self.__dict__.items():
             if k in ('_iter', '_result_cache'):
                 obj.__dict__[k] = None
@@ -451,7 +573,7 @@ class TaskQuerySet(object):
         if klass is None:
             klass = self.__class__
         filter_obj = self.filter_obj.clone()
-        c = klass(warrior=self.warrior, filter_obj=filter_obj)
+        c = klass(backend=self.backend, filter_obj=filter_obj)
         c.__dict__.update(kwargs)
         return c
 
@@ -459,7 +581,7 @@ class TaskQuerySet(object):
         """
         Fetch the tasks which match the current filters.
         """
-        return self.warrior.filter_tasks(self.filter_obj)
+        return self.backend.filter_tasks(self.filter_obj)
 
     def all(self):
         """
@@ -500,70 +622,3 @@ class TaskQuerySet(object):
         raise ValueError(
             'get() returned more than one Task -- it returned {0}! '
             'Lookup parameters were {1}'.format(num, kwargs))
-
-
-class TaskWarrior(object):
-    def __init__(self, data_location='~/.task', create=True):
-        data_location = os.path.expanduser(data_location)
-        if create and not os.path.exists(data_location):
-            os.makedirs(data_location)
-        self.config = {
-            'data.location': os.path.expanduser(data_location),
-        }
-        self.tasks = TaskQuerySet(self)
-        self.version = self._get_version()
-
-    def _get_command_args(self, args, config_override={}):
-        command_args = ['task', 'rc:/']
-        config = self.config.copy()
-        config.update(config_override)
-        for item in config.items():
-            command_args.append('rc.{0}={1}'.format(*item))
-        command_args.extend(map(str, args))
-        return command_args
-
-    def _get_version(self):
-        p = subprocess.Popen(
-                ['task', '--version'],
-                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        stdout, stderr = [x.decode('utf-8') for x in p.communicate()]
-        return stdout.strip('\n')
-
-    def execute_command(self, args, config_override={}):
-        command_args = self._get_command_args(
-            args, config_override=config_override)
-        logger.debug(' '.join(command_args))
-        p = subprocess.Popen(command_args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-        stdout, stderr = [x.decode('utf-8') for x in p.communicate()]
-        if p.returncode:
-            if stderr.strip():
-                error_msg = stderr.strip().splitlines()[-1]
-            else:
-                error_msg = stdout.strip()
-            raise TaskWarriorException(error_msg)
-        return stdout.strip().split('\n')
-
-    def filter_tasks(self, filter_obj):
-        args = ['export', '--'] + filter_obj.get_filter_params()
-        tasks = []
-        for line in self.execute_command(args):
-            if line:
-                data = line.strip(',')
-                try:
-                    tasks.append(Task(self, json.loads(data)))
-                except ValueError:
-                    raise TaskWarriorException('Invalid JSON: %s' % data)
-        return tasks
-
-    def merge_with(self, path, push=False):
-        path = path.rstrip('/') + '/'
-        self.execute_command(['merge', path], config_override={
-            'merge.autopush': 'yes' if push else 'no',
-        })
-
-    def undo(self):
-        self.execute_command(['undo'], config_override={
-            'confirmation': 'no',
-        })