Search
There are many ways to search tasks in deftask.
Basics
lorem
: Tasks containing the term lorem
"lorem ipsum"
: Tasks containing the phrase lorem ipsum
Open, Closed, Unread Tasks
is:open
: All open tasks
is:closed
: All closed tasks
is:unread
: All unread tasks
is:watching
: All watched tasks
Dates
created:"2018-01-01"
: Tasks created on 2018-01-01
created:>"2018-01-01"
: Tasks created after 2018-01-01
created:>="2018-01-01"
: Tasks created on or after 2018-01-01
updated:"2018-01-01"
: Tasks updated on 2018-01-01
closed:"2018-01-01"
: Tasks closed on 2018-01-01
created:today
: Tasks created today
created:>"two weeks ago"
: Tasks created between today and two weeks ago.
Labels
label:bug
: Tasks labeled bug
label:"multi word label"
: Tasks labeled with multi word label
All label searches are case insensitive.
Users
creator:john
: Tasks created by john
assignee:john
: Tasks assigned to john
commenter:john
: Tasks in which john
has commented
To disambiguate between users with the same first name, you can use the full name instead.
creator:"john doe"
: Tasks created by "john doe"
involves:john
: Tasks created by, updated by, commented on or assigned to john
.
All name searches are case insensitive.
Combining search terms
By default multiple search terms are combined using the AND
operator. However, you can also use OR
and NOT
.
lorem ipsum
: Tasks containing the terms lorem
and ipsum
lorem OR ipsum
: Tasks containing either lorem
or ipsum
NOT lorem
: Tasks not containing the term lorem
label:bug label:production
: Tasks labeled with bug
and production
label:bug OR label:production
: Tasks labeled with either bug
or production
lorem label:bug
: Tasks containing lorem
and also labeled bug
NOT label:bug
: Tasks that are not labeled bug
NOT (lorem OR ipsum)
: Tasks not containing either lorem
or ipsum
(label:bug AND label:production) OR created:2018-11-27
: Tasks having both the given labels or created on the givne date.