+
+
+class TaskWarrior(object):
+    def __init__(self, data_location=None, create=True, taskrc_location='~/.taskrc'):
+        self.taskrc_location = os.path.expanduser(taskrc_location)
+
+        # If taskrc does not exist, pass / to use defaults and avoid creating
+        # dummy .taskrc file by TaskWarrior
+        if not os.path.exists(self.taskrc_location):
+            self.taskrc_location = '/'
+
+        self.version = self._get_version()
+        self.config = {
+            'confirmation': 'no',
+            'dependency.confirmation': 'no',  # See TW-1483 or taskrc man page
+            'recurrence.confirmation': 'no',  # Necessary for modifying R tasks
+
+            # Defaults to on since 2.4.5, we expect off during parsing
+            'json.array': 'off',
+
+            # 2.4.3 onwards supports 0 as infite bulk, otherwise set just
+            # arbitrary big number which is likely to be large enough
+            'bulk': 0 if self.version >= VERSION_2_4_3 else 100000,
+        }
+
+        # Set data.location override if passed via kwarg
+        if data_location is not None:
+            data_location = os.path.expanduser(data_location)
+            if create and not os.path.exists(data_location):
+                os.makedirs(data_location)
+            self.config['data.location'] = data_location
+
+        self.tasks = TaskQuerySet(self)
+
+    def _get_command_args(self, args, config_override=None):
+        command_args = ['task', 'rc:{0}'.format(self.taskrc_location)]
+        config = self.config.copy()
+        config.update(config_override or dict())
+        for item in config.items():
+            command_args.append('rc.{0}={1}'.format(*item))
+        command_args.extend(map(six.text_type, 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 get_config(self):
+        raw_output = self.execute_command(
+                ['show'],
+                config_override={'verbose': 'nothing'}
+            )
+
+        config = dict()
+        config_regex = re.compile(r'^(?P<key>[^\s]+)\s+(?P<value>[^\s].+$)')
+
+        for line in raw_output:
+            match = config_regex.match(line)
+            if match:
+                config[match.group('key')] = match.group('value').strip()
+
+        return config
+
+    def execute_command(self, args, config_override=None, allow_failure=True,
+                        return_all=False):
+        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 and allow_failure:
+            if stderr.strip():
+                error_msg = stderr.strip()
+            else:
+                error_msg = stdout.strip()
+            raise TaskWarriorException(error_msg)
+
+        # Return all whole triplet only if explicitly asked for
+        if not return_all:
+            return stdout.rstrip().split('\n')
+        else:
+            return (stdout.rstrip().split('\n'),
+                    stderr.rstrip().split('\n'),
+                    p.returncode)
+
+    def enforce_recurrence(self):
+        # Run arbitrary report command which will trigger generation
+        # of recurrent tasks.
+
+        # Only necessary for TW up to 2.4.1, fixed in 2.4.2.
+        if self.version < VERSION_2_4_2:
+            self.execute_command(['next'], allow_failure=False)
+
+    def filter_tasks(self, filter_obj):
+        self.enforce_recurrence()
+        args = ['export', '--'] + filter_obj.get_filter_params()
+        tasks = []
+        for line in self.execute_command(args):
+            if line:
+                data = line.strip(',')
+                try:
+                    filtered_task = Task(self)
+                    filtered_task._load_data(json.loads(data))
+                    tasks.append(filtered_task)
+                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'])