Method parseTask

src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp:305–603

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void CmdEdit::parseTask(Task& task, const std::string& after, const std::string& dateformat) {
  // project
  auto value = findValue(after, "\n  Project:");
  if (task.get("project") != value) {
    if (value != "") {
      Context::getContext().footnote("Project modified.");
      task.set("project", value);
    } else {
      Context::getContext().footnote("Project deleted.");
      task.remove("project");
    }
  }

  // tags
  value = findValue(after, "\n  Tags:");
  task.setTags(split(value, ' '));

  // description.
  value = findMultilineValue(after, "\n  Description:", "\n  Created:");
  if (task.get("description") != value) {
    if (value != "") {
      Context::getContext().footnote("Description modified.");
      task.set("description", value);
    } else
      throw std::string("Cannot remove description.");
  }

  // entry
  value = findValue(after, "\n  Created:");
  if (value != "") {
    if (value != formatDate(task, "entry", dateformat)) {
      Context::getContext().footnote("Creation date modified.");
      task.set("entry", Datetime(value, dateformat).toEpochString());
    }
  } else
    throw std::string("Cannot remove creation date.");

  // start
  value = findValue(after, "\n  Started:");
  if (value != "") {
    if (task.get("start") != "") {
      if (value != formatDate(task, "start", dateformat)) {
        Context::getContext().footnote(STRING_EDIT_START_MOD);
        task.set("start", Datetime(value, dateformat).toEpochString());
      }
    } else {
      Context::getContext().footnote(STRING_EDIT_START_MOD);
      task.set("start", Datetime(value, dateformat).toEpochString());
    }
  } else {
    if (task.get("start") != "") {
      Context::getContext().footnote("Start date removed.");
      task.remove("start");
    }
  }

  // end
  value = findValue(after, "\n  Ended:");