Verbosity

Taskwarrior provides feedback when commands are run, the amount of which can be controlled. There is a configuration variable named verbose that can be set to different values to control verbosity. By default, the value is:

verbose=yes

This value causes Taskwarrior to show all feedback. Conversely, it can be set to:

verbose=no

This restricts the amount of feedback, but still retains useful information. To remove all feedback, use the setting:

verbose=nothing

Fine Control

Individual verbosity settings can be specified, in this form:

verbose=footnote,label

The value in this case consists of two tokens which cause footnotes to be shown after the tasks in a report, and table column labels.

Verbosity Tokens

  • blank - Inserts blank lines in the output to separate the task lists from other feedback.
  • header - Shows information before the task list, regarding aliases or the default command.
  • footnote - Shows information after the task list, such as configuration overrides.
  • label - Shows column labels for tabular output.
  • new-id - Provides feedback on any new task with IDs (and UUIDs for new deleted or completed tasks).
  • new-uuid - Provides feedback on any new task with UUIDs. Overrides new-id. Useful for automation. 2.6.0
  • affected - Shows how many tasks were affected by a bulk modification.
  • edit - Shows a preamble and additional text in the template when using the edit command.
  • special - Shows feedback when special tags are used.
  • project - Shows feedback on project status changes.
  • sync - Shows feedback during sync.
  • filter - Shows the complete filter used. 2.4.0
  • override - Shows in the header if TASKDATA or TASKRC are overridden. 2.6.0
  • unwait - Notification whe a task leaves the waiting state. Displayed in the footnote. 2.5.0
  • context - Show the current context. Displayed in footnote. 2.5.0