info

The info command (the full command name is information) is a way to display all the task metadata in human-readable form. This includes UDAs.

$ task 1 info

Name          Value
------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
ID            241
Description   Need to map stored duration values to the supported subset on load
Status        Pending
Project       tw.240
Entered       2014-09-19 11:32:22 (2 weeks)
Last modified 2014-09-19 11:32:22 (2 weeks)
Tags          bug
Virtual tags  PENDING READY TAGGED UNBLOCKED
UUID          91bbb01f-4a43-42bd-a7a3-03ce3a2451ff
Urgency       4.882
                           project     1  *    1 =     1
                              tags   0.8  *    1 =   0.8
                               age 0.041  *    2 = 0.082
                           TAG bug     1  *    3 =     3

Date                Modification
------------------- ------------------
2014-09-27 11:01:02 Tags set to 'bug'.

Taskwarrior 2.4.0 will also show a detailed breakdown of the urgency calculation, as shown.

Taskwarrior 2.4.2 will also show a list of valid Virtual Tags.

The info command also accepts UUIDs to identify tasks, so you can inspect completed and deleted tasks also.

$ task 91bbb01f-4a43-42bd-a7a3-03ce3a2451ff
 info

Name          Value
------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------
ID            241
Description   Need to map stored duration values to the supported subset on load
Status        Pending
Project       tw.240
Entered       2014-09-19 11:32:22 (2 weeks)
Last modified 2014-09-19 11:32:22 (2 weeks)
Tags          bug
Virtual tags  PENDING READY TAGGED UNBLOCKED
UUID          91bbb01f-4a43-42bd-a7a3-03ce3a2451ff
Urgency       4.882
                           project     1  *    1 =     1
                              tags   0.8  *    1 =   0.8
                               age 0.041  *    2 = 0.082
                           TAG bug     1  *    3 =     3

Date                Modification
------------------- ------------------
2014-09-27 11:01:02 Tags set to 'bug'.

The info command also accepts filters, for example searching:

$ task /duration\ values/ info
...

Taskwarrior 2.4.0 will use the info command in cases when no command is specified, and the only arguments are IDs or UUIDs, for example:

$ task 242
...

Configuration

The date format can be overridden using dateformat.info.

Setting journal.info to ‘yes’ will show a change log for the task, as seen in the examples above.

See Also

Other ways of inspecting tasks include:

• edit command
• export command