As a User, I would like the ability to archive DONE/COMPLETED/(Insert_Keyword_Here) to another physical file.

[ghost]

Hey, I found out about imdone-atom, and I'm absolutely loving the package!

Would it be possible to introduce an archiving option that would allow me to move specific keyword tasks (like DONE) to another file via keyboard shortcut?

~todo.txt:
#TODO: Task 1
#TODO: Task 2
#DONE: Task 3
#DONE: Task 4
#DONE: Task 5

to:

~/todo.txt:
--
#TODO: Task 1
#TODO: Task 2

~/todo-archive.txt:
--
#DONE: Task 3
#DONE: Task 4
#DONE: Task 5

[piascikj]

So glad you like it! I've been getting requests for this and honestly I need it myself. I may even add dates to the tasks as they get archived including the date they were added using git blame.

[ghost]

Ha, glad I'm not the only one! Have you gotten anything about time tracking tasks as well? That would also be super useful, but probably brand new functionality ;P

[piascikj]

No I haven't, but I've thought it might be useful. Would you mind opening another issue for it and leaving some detail?

[ghost]

Sure thing! I didn't want to flood your queue if it was outside scope. Thanks for reaching out!

[piascikj]

@codo-sapien I've come up with an approach for archiving tasks that's working for me in dev. Instead of moving them to a different file, I've added an ignore property to config.lists so imdone ignores the tasks, but the list still displays on the board (with no cards). When you move a card into this list, it disappears from the board, but the list name is changed in the file.

If you add the ignore: true property to a list in .imdone/config.json like this...

"lists": [
  {
    "name": "ARCHIVE",
    "hidden": false,
    "ignore": true
  }
]

The list will look like this...

What do you think? I'm planning to release it this afternoon.