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NAME
taskrc - Configuration details for the task(1) command
SYNOPSIS
$HOME/.taskrc
task rc:<directory-path>/.taskrc ...
TASKRC=<directory-path>/.taskrc task ...
DESCRIPTION
Taskwarrior obtains its configuration data from a file called .taskrc . This file is normally located in
the user's home directory:
$HOME/.taskrc
The default location can be overridden using the rc: attribute when running task:
$ task rc:<directory-path>/.taskrc ...
or using the TASKRC environment variable:
$ TASKRC=/tmp/.taskrc task ...
Individual options can be overridden by using the rc.<name>: attribute when running task:
$ task rc.<name>:<value> ...
or
$ task rc.<name>=<value> ...
If Taskwarrior is run without an existing configuration file it will ask if it should create a default,
sample .taskrc file in the user's home directory.
The .taskrc file follows a very simply syntax defining name/value pairs:
<name> = <value>
There may be whitespace around <name>, '=' and <value>, and it is ignored. Whitespace within the <value>
is left intact. Whitespace is not permitted in comma-separated lists. The entry must be on a single
line, no continuations. Values support UTF8 as well as JSON encoding, such as \uNNNN.
Note that Taskwarrior is flexible about the values used to represent Boolean items. You can use "on",
"yes", "y", "1" and "true". Anything else means "off".
include <file>
There may be whitespace around 'include' and <file>. The file may be an absolute or relative path, and
the special character '~' is expanded to mean $HOME. The entry must be on a single line, no
continuations.
# <comment>
A comment consists of the character '#', and extends from the '#' to the end of the line. There is no way
to comment a multi-line block. There may be blank lines.
Almost every value has a default setting, and an empty .taskrc file is one that makes use of every
default. The contents of the .taskrc file therefore represent overrides of the default values. To remove
a default value completely there must be an entry like this:
<name> =
This entry overrides the default value with a blank value.
EDITING
You can edit your .taskrc file by hand if you wish, or you can use the 'config' command. To permanently
set a value in your .taskrc file, use this command:
$ task config nag "You have more urgent tasks."
To delete an entry, use this command:
$ task config nag
Taskwarrior will then use the default value. To explicitly set a value to blank, and therefore avoid
using the default value, use this command:
$ task config nag ""
Taskwarrior will also display all your settings with this command:
$ task show
and in addition, will also perform a check of all the values in the file, warning you of anything it
finds amiss.
NESTING CONFIGURATION FILES
The .taskrc can include other files containing configuration settings by using the include statement:
include <path/to/the/configuration/file/to/be/included>
By using include files you can divide your main configuration file into several ones containing just the
relevant configuration data like colors, etc.
There are two excellent uses of includes in your .taskrc, shown here:
include /usr/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.en-US.rc
include /usr/share/doc/task/rc/dark-16.theme
This includes two standard files that are distributed with Taskwarrior, which define a set of US
holidays, and set up a 16-color theme to use, to color the reports and calendar.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
These environment variables override defaults and command line arguments.
TASKDATA=~/.task
This overrides the default path for the Taskwarrior data files.
TASKRC=~/.taskrc
This overrides the default RC file.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
Valid variable names and their default values are:
FILES
data.location=$HOME/.task
This is a path to the directory containing all the Taskwarrior files. By default, it is set up to
be ~/.task, for example: /home/paul/.task
Note that you can use the ~ shell meta character, which will be properly expanded.
Note that the TASKDATA environment variable overrides this setting.
locking=on
Determines whether to use file locking when accessing the pending.data and completed.data files.
Defaults to "on". Solaris users who store the data files on an NFS mount may need to set locking
to "off". Note that there is danger in setting this value to "off" - another program (or another
instance of task) may write to the task.pending file at the same time.
gc=on Can be used to temporarily suspend garbage collection (gc), so that task IDs don't change. Note
that this should be used in the form of a command line override (task rc.gc=off ...), and not
permanently used in the .taskrc file, as this significantly affects performance in the long term.
hooks=on
This master control switch enables hook script processing. The default value is 'on', but certain
extensions and environments may need to disable hooks.
exit.on.missing.db=no
When set to 'yes' causes the program to exit if the database (~/.task or rc.data.location or
TASKDATA override) is missing. Default value is 'no'.
TERMINAL
detection=on
Determines whether to use ioctl to establish the size of the window you are using, for text
wrapping.
defaultwidth=80
The width of output used when auto-detection support is not available. Defaults to 80. If set to
0, it is interpreted as infinite width, therefore with no word-wrapping; this is useful when
redirecting report output to a file for subsequent handling.
defaultheight=24
The height of output used when auto-detection support is not available. Defaults to 24. If set to
0, it is interpreted as infinite height. This is useful when redirecting charts to a file for
subsequent handling.
avoidlastcolumn=no
Causes the width of the terminal minus one to be used as the full width. This avoids placing color
codes in the last column which can cause problems for Cygwin users. Default value is 'no'.
hyphenate=on
Hyphenates lines when wrapping breaks occur mid-word. Default value is 'on'.
editor=editor
Specifies which text editor you wish to use for when the task edit <ID> command is used.
Taskwarrior will first look for this configuration variable. If found, it is used. Otherwise it
will look for the $VISUAL or $EDITOR environment variables, before it defaults to using "editor".
reserved.lines=1
This is the number of lines reserved at the bottom of the screen for the shell prompt. This is
only referenced when 'limit:page' is used.
MISCELLANEOUS
verbose=on|off|nothing|list...
When set to "on" (the default), helpful explanatory comments are added to all output from
Taskwarrior. Setting this to "off" means that you would see regular output.
The special value "nothing" can be used to eliminate all optional output, which results in only
the formatted data being shown, with nothing else. This output is most readily parsed and used by
shell scripts.
Alternatively, you can specify a comma-separated list of verbosity tokens that control specific
occasions when output is generated. This list may contain:
blank Inserts extra blank lines in output, for clarity
header Messages that appear before report output
footnote Messages that appear after report output
label Column labels on tabular reports
new-id Provides feedback of any new task IDs
new-uuid Provides feedback of any new task UUIDs. Deprecated, to be
merged with new-id.
affected Reports 'N tasks affected' and similar
edit Used the verbose template for the 'edit' command
special Feedback when applying special tags
project Feedback about project status changes
sync Feedback about sync
filter Shows the filter used in the command
unwait Notification when a task leaves the 'waiting' state
recur Notification when a new recurring task instance is created
"affected", "new-id", "new-uuid" "project" and "unwait" imply "footnote".
Note that the "on" setting is equivalent to all the tokens being specified, and the "nothing"
setting is equivalent to none of the tokens being specified.
Here are the shortcut equivalents:
verbose=on
verbose=blank,header,footnote,label,new-id,affected,edit,special,project,sync,filter,unwait
verbose=off
verbose=blank,label,new-id,edit
verbose=nothing
verbose=
Those additional comments are sent to the standard error for header, footnote and project. The
others are sent to standard output.
confirmation=yes
May be "yes" or "no", and determines whether Taskwarrior will ask for confirmation before deleting
a task or performing the undo command. The default value is "yes". Consider leaving this setting
as "yes", for safety.
allow.empty.filter=yes
An empty filter combined with a write command is potentially a way to modify all tasks by mistake,
and when this is detected, confirmation is required. Setting this to 'no' means that it is an
error to use a write command with no filter.
indent.annotation=2
Controls the number of spaces to indent annotations when shown beneath the description field. The
default value is "2".
indent.report=0
Controls the indentation of the entire report output. Default is "0".
row.padding=0
Controls left and right padding around each row of the report output. Default is "0".
column.padding=0
Controls padding between columns of the report output. Default is "1".
bulk=3 Is a number, defaulting to 3. When this number or greater of tasks are modified in a single
command, confirmation will be required, regardless of the value of confirmation variable. The
special value bulk=0 is treated as an infinity.
This is useful for preventing large-scale unintended changes.
nag=You have more urgent tasks.
This may be a string of text, or blank. It is used as a prompt when a task is started of
completed, when there are other tasks with a higher urgency. Default value is: 'You have more
urgent tasks'. It is a gentle reminder that you are contradicting your own urgency settings.
list.all.projects=no
May be yes or no, and determines whether the 'projects' command lists all the project names you
have used, or just the ones used in active tasks. The default value is "no".
summary.all.projects=no
If set to yes, shows all projects in the summary report, even if there are no pending tasks. The
default value is "no".
complete.all.tags=yes
May be yes or no, and determines whether the tab completion scripts consider all the tag names you
have used, or just the ones used in active tasks. The default value is "no".
list.all.tags=yes
May be yes or no, and determines whether the 'tags' command lists all the tag names you have used,
or just the ones used in active tasks. The default value is "no".
print.empty.columns=no
May be yes or no, and determines whether columns with no data for any task are printed. Defaults
to no.
search.case.sensitive=yes
May be yes or no, and determines whether keyword lookup and substitutions on the description and
annotations are done in a case sensitive way. Defaults to yes on most platforms. Defaults to no on
Cygwin due to older regex library problems with case-insensitivity.
regex=on
Controls whether regular expression support is enabled. The default value is on.
xterm.title=no
Sets the xterm window title when reports are run. Defaults to off.
expressions=infix|postfix
Sets a preference for infix expressions (1 + 2) or postfix expressions (1 2 +). Defaults to
infix.
dom=on Enables or disables access to Taskwarrior internals and task metadata on the command line.
Defaults to on.
json.array=on
Determines whether the export command encloses the JSON output in '[...]' and adds ',' after each
exported task object to create a properly-formed JSON array. With json.array=off, export writes
raw JSON objects to STDOUT, one per line. Defaults to on.
json.depends.array=on
Determines whether the export command encodes dependencies as an array of string UUIDs, or one
comma-separated string. Defaults to on.
_forcecolor=no
Taskwarrior shuts off color automatically when the output is not sent directly to a TTY. For
example, this command:
$ task list > file
will not use any color. To override this, use:
$ task rc._forcecolor=yes list > file
active.indicator=*
The character or string to show in the start.active column. Defaults to *.
tag.indicator=+
The character or string to show in the tag.indicator column. Defaults to +.
dependency.indicator=D
The character or string to show in the depends.indicator column. Defaults to +.
uda.<name>.indicator=U
The character or string to show in the <uda>.indicator column. Defaults to U.
recurrence=yes
Controls whether recurrence is enabled, and whether recurring tasks continue to generate new task
instances. Defaults to 'yes'.
recurrence.confirmation=prompt
Controls whether changes to recurring tasks propagates to other child tasks with or without
confirmation. A value of 'yes' means propagate changes without confirmation. A value of 'no' means
do not propagate changes and don't ask for confirmation. A value of 'prompt' prompts you every
time. Defaults to 'prompt'.
recurrence.indicator=R
The character or string to show in the recurrence_indicator column. Defaults to R.
recurrence.limit=1
The number of future recurring tasks to show. Defaults to 1. For example, if a weekly recurring
task is added with a due date of tomorrow, and recurrence.limit is set to 2, then a report will
list 2 pending recurring tasks, one for tomorrow, and one for a week from tomorrow.
undo.style=side
When the 'undo' command is run, Taskwarrior presents a before and after comparison of the data.
This can be in either the 'side' style, which compares values side-by-side in a table, or 'diff'
style, which uses a format similar to the 'diff' command.
burndown.bias=0.666
The burndown bias is a number that lies within the range 0 <= bias <= 1. The bias is the fraction
of the find/fix rates derived from the short-term data (last 25% of the report) versus the longer
term data (last 50% of the report). A value of 0.666 (the default) means that the short-term rate
has twice the weight of the longer-term rate. The calculation is as follows:
rate = (long-term-rate * (1 - bias)) + (short-term-rate * bias)
abbreviation.minimum=2
Minimum length of any abbreviated command/value. This means that "ve", "ver", "vers", "versi",
"versio" will all equate to "version", but "v" will not. Default is 2.
debug=off
Taskwarrior has a debug mode that causes diagnostic output to be displayed. Typically this is not
something anyone would want, but when reporting a bug, debug output can be useful. It can also
help explain how the command line is being parsed, but the information is displayed in a
developer-friendly, not a user-friendly way.
Turning debug on automatically sets debug.hooks=1, debug.parser=1 and debug.tls=2 if they do not
already have assigned values.
debug.hooks=0
Controls the hook system diagnostic level. Level 0 means no diagnostics. Level 1 shows hook
calls. Level 2 also shows exit status and I/O.
debug.parser=0
Controls the parser diagnostic level. Level 0 shows no diagnostics. Level 1 shows the final parse
tree. Level 2 shows the parse tree from all phases of the parse. Level 3 shows expression
evaluation details.
debug.tls=0
Controls the GnuTLS diagnostic level. For 'sync' debugging. Level 0 means no diagnostics. Level 9
is the highest. Level 2 is a good setting for debugging.
obfuscate=1
When set to '1', will replace all report text with 'xxx'. This is useful for sharing report
output in bug reports. Default value is '0'.
alias.rm=delete
Taskwarrior supports command aliases. This alias provides an alternate name (rm) for the delete
command. You can use aliases to provide alternate names for any of the commands. Several commands
you may use are actually aliases - the 'history' report, for example, or 'export'.
DATES
dateformat=Y-M-D
dateformat.report=
dateformat.holiday=YMD
dateformat.edit=Y-M-D H:N:S
dateformat.info=Y-M-D H:N:S
dateformat.annotation=
report.X.dateformat=Y-M-D
This is a string of characters that defines how Taskwarrior formats date values. The precedence
order for the configuration variable is report.X.dateformat then dateformat.report then dateformat
for formating the due dates in reports. If both report.X.dateformat and dateformat.report are not
set then dateformat will be applied to the date. Entered dates as well as all other displayed
dates in reports are formatted according to dateformat.
The default value is the ISO-8601 standard: Y-M-D. The string can contain the characters:
m minimal-digit month, for example 1 or 12
d minimal-digit day, for example 1 or 30
y two-digit year, for example 09 or 12
D two-digit day, for example 01 or 30
M two-digit month, for example 01 or 12
Y four-digit year, for example 2009 or 2015
a short name of weekday, for example Mon or Wed
A long name of weekday, for example Monday or Wednesday
b short name of month, for example Jan or Aug
B long name of month, for example January or August
v minimal-digit week, for example 3 or 37
V two-digit week, for example 03 or 37
h minimal-digit hour, for example 3 or 21
n minimal-digit minutes, for example 5 or 42
s minimal-digit seconds, for example 7 or 47
H two-digit hour, for example 03 or 21
N two-digit minutes, for example 05 or 42
S two-digit seconds, for example 07 or 47
J three-digit Julian day, for example 023 or 365
j Julian day, for example 23 or 365
The characters 'v', 'V', 'a' and 'A' can only be used for formatting printed dates (not to parse
them).
The string may also contain other characters to act as spacers, or formatting. Examples for other
values of dateformat:
d/m/Y would use for input and output 24/7/2009
yMD would use for input and output 090724
M-D-Y would use for input and output 07-24-2009
Examples for other values of dateformat.report:
a D b Y (V) would emit "Fri 24 Jul 2009 (30)"
A, B D, Y would emit "Friday, July 24, 2009"
wV a Y-M-D would emit "w30 Fri 2009-07-24"
yMD.HN would emit "110124.2342"
m/d/Y H:N would emit "1/24/2011 10:42"
a D b Y H:N:S would emit "Mon 24 Jan 2011 11:19:42"
Undefined fields are put to their minimal valid values (1 for month and day and 0 for hour,
minutes and seconds) when there is at least one more global date field that is set. Otherwise,
they are set to the corresponding values of "now". For example:
8/1/2013 with m/d/Y implies August 1, 2013 at midnight (inferred)
8/1 20:40 with m/d H:N implies August 1, 2013 (inferred) at 20:40
date.iso=yes
Enables ISO-8601 date support. The default value is "yes".
weekstart=Sunday
Determines the day a week starts. Valid values are Sunday or Monday only. The default value is
"Sunday".
displayweeknumber=yes
Determines if week numbers are displayed when using the "task calendar" command. The week number
is dependent on the day a week starts. The default value is "yes".
due=7 This is the number of days into the future that define when a task is considered due, and is
colored accordingly. The default value is 7.
calendar.details=sparse
If set to full running "task calendar" will display the details of tasks with due dates that fall
into the calendar period. The corresponding days will be color-coded in the calendar. If set to
sparse only the corresponding days will be color coded and no details will be displayed. The
displaying of due dates with details is turned off by setting the variable to none. The default
value is "sparse".
calendar.details.report=list
The report to run when displaying the details of tasks with due dates when running the "task
calendar" command. The default value is "list".
calendar.offset=off
If "on" the first month in the calendar report is effectively changed by the offset value
specified in calendar.offset.value. It defaults to "off".
calendar.offset.value=-1
The offset value to apply to the first month in the calendar report. The default value is "-1".
calendar.holidays=full
If set to full running "task calendar" will display holidays in the calendar by color-coding the
corresponding days. A detailed list with the dates and names of the holidays is also shown. If set
to sparse only the days are color-coded and no details on the holidays will be displayed. The
displaying of holidays is turned off by setting the variable to none. The default value is "none".
calendar.legend=yes
Determines whether the calendar legend is displayed. The default value is "yes".
JOURNAL ENTRIES
journal.time=no
May be yes or no, and determines whether the 'start' and 'stop' commands should record an
annotation when being executed. The default value is "no". The text of the corresponding
annotations is controlled by:
journal.time.start.annotation=Started task
The text of the annotation that is recorded when executing the start command and having set
journal.time.
journal.time.stop.annotation=Stopped task
The text of the annotation that is recorded when executing the stop command and having set
journal.time.
journal.info=on
When enabled, this setting causes a change log of each task to be displayed by the 'info' command.
Default value is "on".
HOLIDAYS
Holidays are entered either directly in the .taskrc file or via an include file that is specified in
.taskrc. For each holiday the name and the date is required to be given:
holiday.towel.name=Day of the towel
holiday.towel.date=20100525
holiday.sysadmin.name=System Administrator Appreciation Day
holiday.sysadmin.date=20100730
Dates are to be entered according to the setting in the dateformat.holiday variable.
The following holidays are computed automatically: Good Friday (goodfriday), Easter (easter),
Easter monday (eastermonday), Ascension (ascension), Pentecost (pentecost). The date for these
holidays is the given keyword:
holiday.eastersunday.name=Easter
holiday.eastersunday.date=easter
Note that the Taskwarrior distribution contains example holiday files that can be included like this:
include /usr/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.en-US.rc
monthsperline=3
Determines how many months the "task calendar" command renders across the screen. Defaults to
however many will fit. If more months than will fit are specified, Taskwarrior will only show as
many that will fit.
DEPENDENCIES
dependency.reminder=on
Determines whether dependency chain violations generate reminders.
dependency.confirmation=yes
Determines whether dependency chain repair requires confirmation.
COLOR CONTROLS
color=on
May be "on" or "off". Determines whether Taskwarrior uses color. When "off", will use dashes
(-----) to underline column headings.
fontunderline=on
Determines if font underlines or ASCII dashes should be used to underline headers, even when color
is enabled.
Taskwarrior has a number of coloration rules. They correspond to a particular attribute of a task, such
as it being due, or being active, and specifies the automatic coloring of that task. A list of valid
colors, depending on your terminal, can be obtained by running the command:
task color
Note that no default values are listed here - the defaults now correspond to the dark-256.theme
(Linux) and dark-16.theme (other) theme values. The coloration rules are as follows:
color.due.today Task is due today
color.active Task is started, therefore active.
color.scheduled Task is scheduled, therefore ready for work.
color.until Task has an expiration date.
color.blocking Task is blocking another in a dependency.
color.blocked Task is blocked by a dependency.
color.overdue Task is overdue (due some time prior to now).
color.due Task is coming due.
color.project.none Task does not have an assigned project.
color.tag.none Task has no tags.
color.tagged Task has at least one tag.
color.recurring Task is recurring.
color.completed Task is completed.
color.deleted Task is deleted.
To disable a coloration rule for which there is a default, set the value to nothing, for example:
color.tagged=
By default, colors produced by rules blend. This has the advantage of conveying additional
information, by producing combinations that are not used by any particular rule directly.
However, color blending can produce highlighting combinations which are not desired. In such
cases, use the following option to disable this behaviour:
rule.color.merge=yes
Can be "yes" or "no". When "no", disables merging of colors produced by different color rules. Use
if your color scheme produces unpleasing foreground and background combinations.
See the task-color(5) man pages for color details.
Certain attributes like tags, projects and keywords can have their own coloration rules.
color.tag.X=yellow
Colors any task that has the tag X.
color.project.X=on green
Colors any task assigned to project X.
color.keyword.X=on blue
Colors any task where the description or any annotation contains X.
color.uda.X=on green
Colors any task that has the user defined attribute X.
color.uda.X.VALUE=on green
Colors any task that has the user defined attribute X set to VALUE.
color.uda.X.none=on green
Colors any task that does not have the user defined attribute X.
color.error=green
Colors any of the error messages.
color.header=green
Colors any of the messages printed prior to the report output.
color.footnote=green
Colors any of the messages printed last.
color.summary.bar=on green
Colors the summary progress bar. Should consist of a background color.
color.summary.background=on black
Colors the summary progress bar. Should consist of a background color.
color.calendar.today=black on cyan
Color of today in calendar.
color.calendar.due=black on green
Color of days with due tasks in calendar.
color.calendar.due.today=black on magenta
Color of today with due tasks in calendar.
color.calendar.overdue=black on red
Color of days with overdue tasks in calendar.
color.calendar.weekend=bright white on black
Color of weekend days in calendar.
color.calendar.holiday=black on bright yellow
Color of holidays in calendar.
color.calendar.weeknumber=black on white
Color of weeknumbers in calendar.
color.label=
Colors the report labels. Defaults to not use color.
color.label.sort=
Colors the report labels for sort columns. Defaults to color.label.
color.alternate=on rgb253
Color of alternate tasks. This is to apply a specific color to every other task in a report,
which can make it easier to visually separate tasks. This is especially useful when tasks are
displayed over multiple lines due to long descriptions or annotations.
color.history.add=on red
color.history.done=on green
color.history.delete=on yellow
Colors the bars on the ghistory report graphs. Defaults to red, green and yellow bars.
color.burndown.pending=on red
color.burndown.started=on yellow
color.burndown.done=on green
Colors the bars on the burndown reports graphs. Defaults to red, green and yellow bars.
color.undo.before=red
color.undo.after=green
Colors used by the undo command, to indicate the values both before and after a change that is to
be reverted.
color.sync.added=green
color.sync.changed=yellow
color.sync.rejected=red
Colors the output of the sync command.
rule.precedence.color=due.today,active,blocking,blocked,overdue,
due,scheduled,keyword.,project.,tag.,uda.,
recurring,pri.,tagged,completed,deleted
This setting specifies the precedence of the color rules, from highest to lowest. Note that the
prefix 'color.' is omitted (for brevity), and that any wildcard value (color.tag.XXX) is shortened
to 'tag.', which places all specific tag rules at the same precedence, again for brevity.
color.debug=green
Colors all debug output, if enabled.
URGENCY
The urgency calculation uses a polynomial with several terms, each of which has a configurable
coefficient. Those coefficients are:
urgency.blocking.coefficient=8.0
Urgency coefficient for blocking tasks
urgency.blocked.coefficient=-5.0
Urgency coefficient for blocked tasks
urgency.due.coefficient=12.0
Urgency coefficient for due dates
urgency.waiting.coefficient=-3.0
Urgency coefficient for waiting status
urgency.active.coefficient=4.0
Urgency coefficient for active tasks
urgency.scheduled.coefficient=5.0
Urgency coefficient for scheduled tasks
urgency.project.coefficient=1.0
Urgency coefficient for projects
urgency.tags.coefficient=1.0
Urgency coefficient for tags
urgency.annotations.coefficient=1.0
Urgency coefficient for annotations
urgency.age.coefficient=2.0
Urgency coefficient for the age of tasks
urgency.age.max=365
Maximum age in days. After this number of days has elapsed, the urgency of a task won't increase
any more because of aging.
urgency.user.tag.<tag>.coefficient=...
Specific tag coefficient.
urgency.user.tag.next.coefficient=15.0
Urgency coefficient for tag 'next'.
urgency.user.project.<project>.coefficient=...
Specific project coefficient.
urgency.user.keyword.<keyword>.coefficient=...
Specific description keyword coefficient.
urgency.uda.<name>.coefficient=...
Presence/absence of UDA data.
urgency.uda.<name>.<value>.coefficient=...
Specific value of UDA data.
The coefficients reflect the relative importance of the various terms in the urgency calculation. These
are default values, and may be modified to suit your preferences, but it is important that you carefully
consider any modifications.
urgency.inherit=off
Not actually a coefficient. When enabled, blocking tasks inherit the highest urgency value found
in the tasks they block. This is done recursively. It is recommended to set
urgency.blocking.coefficient and urgency.blocked.coefficient to 0.0 in order for this setting to
be the most useful.
DEFAULTS
default.project=foo
Provides a default project name for the task add command, if you don't specify one. The default is
blank.
default.due=...
Provides a default due date for the task add command, if you don't specify one. You can use a
date, or a duration value which is assumed to be relative to 'now'. The default is blank.
uda.<name>.default=...
Provides default values for UDA fields when using the task add command, if you don't specify
values. The default is blank.
default.command=next
Provides a default command that is run every time Taskwarrior is invoked with no arguments. For
example, if set to:
default.command=project:foo list
then Taskwarrior will run the "project:foo list" command if no command is specified. This means
that by merely typing
$ task
[task project:foo list]
ID Project Pri Description
1 foo H Design foo
2 foo Build foo
REPORTS
The reports can be customized by using the following configuration variables. The output columns, their
labels and the sort order can be set using the corresponding variables for each report. Each report name
is used as a "command" name. For example
task overdue
report.X.description
The description for report X when running the "task help" command.
report.X.columns
This is a comma-separated list of columns and formatting specifiers. See the command 'task
columns' for a full list of options and examples.
report.X.labels
The labels for each column that will be used when generating report X. The labels are a comma
separated list.
report.X.sort
The sort order of the tasks in the generated report X. The sort order is specified by using the
column ids post-fixed by a "+" for ascending sort order or a "-" for descending sort order. The
sort IDs are separated by commas. For example:
report.list.sort=due+,priority-,start.active-,project+
Additionally, after the "+" or "-", there can be a solidus "/" which indicates that there are
breaks after the column values change. For example:
report.minimal.sort=project+/,description+
This sort order now specifies that there is a listing break between each project. A listing break
is simply a blank line, which provides a visual grouping.
A special sort value of "none" indicates that no sorting is required, and tasks will be presented
in the order (if any) in which they are selected.
report.X.filter
This adds a filter to the report X so that only tasks matching the filter criteria are displayed
in the generated report.
report.X.dateformat
This adds a dateformat to the report X that will be used by the "due date" column. If it is not
set then dateformat.report and dateformat will be used in this order. See the DATES section for
details on the sequence placeholders.
report.X.annotations
This adds the possibility to control the output of annotations for a task in a report. Deprecated.
Use the description column with a format (e.g., description.count) instead.
Taskwarrior comes with a number of predefined reports, which are:
next Lists the most important tasks.
long Lists all pending tasks and all data, matching the specified criteria.
list Lists all tasks matching the specified criteria.
ls Short listing of all tasks matching the specified criteria.
minimal
Minimal listing of all tasks matching the specified criteria.
newest Shows the newest tasks.
oldest Shows the oldest tasks.
overdue
Lists overdue tasks matching the specified criteria.
active Lists active tasks matching the specified criteria.
completed
Lists completed tasks matching the specified criteria.
recurring
Lists recurring tasks matching the specified criteria.
waiting
Lists all waiting tasks matching the specified criteria.
all Lists all tasks matching the specified criteria.
blocked
Lists all tasks that have dependencies.
USER DEFINED ATTRIBUTES
User defined attributes (UDAs) are an extension mechanism that allows you to define new attributes for
Taskwarrior to store and display. One such example is an 'estimate' attribute that could be used to store
time estimates associated with a task. This 'estimate' attribute is not built in to Taskwarrior, but with
a few simple configuration settings you can instruct Taskwarrior to store this item, and provide access
to it for custom reports and filters.
This allows you to augment Taskwarrior to accommodate your workflow, or bend the rules and use
Taskwarrior to store and synch data that is not necessarily task-related.
One important restriction is that because this is an open system that allows the definition of any new
attribute, Taskwarrior cannot understand the meaning of that attribute. So while Taskwarrior will
faithfully store, modify, report, sort and filter your UDA, it does not understand anything about it. For
example if you define a UDA named 'estimate', Taskwarrior will not know that this value is weeks, hours,
minutes, money, or some other resource count.
uda.<name>.type=string|numeric|date|duration
Defines a UDA called '<name>', of the specified type.
uda.<name>.label=<column heading>
Provides a default report label for the UDA called '<name>'.
uda.<name>.values=A,B,C
For type 'string' UDAs only, this provides a comma-separated list of acceptable values. In this
example, the '<name>' UDA may only contain values 'A', 'B', or 'C', but may also contain no value.
Note that the order of the value is important, and denotes the sort order from highest ('A') to
lowest ('C').
Note that a blank value is permitted.
uda.<name>.default=...
Provides a default value for the UDA called '<name>'.
Example 'estimate' UDA
This example shows an 'estimate' UDA that stores specific values for the size of a task. Note the
blank value after 'trivial'.
uda.estimate.type=string
uda.estimate.label=Size Estimate
uda.estimate.values=huge,large,medium,small,trivial,
Note that the value are sorted
huge > large > medium > small > trivial > ''
CONTEXT
Context setting is a mechanism which allows the user to set a permanent filter, thus avoiding the need to
specify one filter repeatedly. More details on usage can be found in the task(1) man page.
The current context is stored in the .taskrc file, along with definitions for all user provided contexts.
context=<name>
Stores the value of the currently active context.
context.<name>=<filter>
Stores the definition of the context with the name <name>.
SYNC
These configuration settings are used to connect and sync tasks with the task server.
taskd.server=<host>:<port>
Specifies the hostname and port of the Taskserver. Hostname may be an IPv4 or IPv6 address, or
domain. Port is an integer.
taskd.credentials=<organization>/<user>/<key>
User identification for the Taskserver, which includes a private key.
taskd.certificate=<path>
Specifies the path to the client certificate used for identification with the Taskserver.
taskd.key=<path>
Specifies the path to the client key used for encrypted communication with the Taskserver.
taskd.ca=<path>
Specifies the path to the CA certificate in the event that your Taskserver is using a self-signed
certificate. Optional.
taskd.trust=strict|ignore hostname|allow all
This settings allows you to override the trust level when server certificates are validated. With
"allow all", the server certificate is trusted automatically. With "ignore hostname", the server
certificate is verified but the hostname is ignored. With "strict", the server certificate is
verified. Default is "strict", which requires full validation.
taskd.ciphers=NORMAL
Override of the cipher selection. The set of ciphers used by TLS may be controlled by both server
and client. There must be some overlap between client and server supported ciphers, or
communication cannot occur. Default is "NORMAL". See GnuTLS documentation for full details.
CREDITS & COPYRIGHTS
Copyright (C) 2006 - 2015 P. Beckingham, F. Hernandez.
This man page was originally written by Federico Hernandez.
Taskwarrior is distributed under the MIT license. See http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
for more information.
SEE ALSO
task(1), task-color(5), task-sync(5) For more information regarding Taskwarrior, see the following: The official site at <http://taskwarrior.org> The official code repository at <https://git.tasktools.org/scm/tm/task.git> You can contact the project by emailing <support@taskwarrior.org>
REPORTING BUGS
Bugs in Taskwarrior may be reported to the issue-tracker at
<http://taskwarrior.org>