Method normalizeStringValues

src/utils/TaskManager.ts:563–579

(value: unknown, includeScalar: boolean)

	}

	private normalizeStringValues(value: unknown, includeScalar: boolean): string[] {
		const values = Array.isArray(value) ? value : includeScalar && value ? [value] : [];
		const normalized = new Set<string>();

		for (const item of values) {
			if (typeof item !== "string") {
				continue;
			}

			const trimmed = item.trim();
			if (trimmed) {
				normalized.add(trimmed);
			}
		}

		return Array.from(normalized).sort();
	}

	private addFilterIndexEntry(entry: TaskFilterIndexEntry): void {
		this.taskFilterEntries.set(entry.path, entry);