fix(parse): skip forge refs in right-to-left metadata scan (#142)

Problem: `parse.body()` scans tokens right-to-left and breaks on the
first non-metadata token. Forge refs like `gl:a/b#12` halted the scan,
preventing metadata tokens to their left (e.g. `due:tomorrow`) from
being parsed. Additionally, `diff.parse_buffer()` ignored
`metadata.priority` from `+!!` tokens and only used checkbox-derived
priority, and priority updates between two non-zero values were silently
skipped.

Solution: Recognize forge ref tokens via `forge.parse_ref()` during the
right-to-left scan and skip past them, re-appending them to the
description so `forge.find_refs()` still works. Prefer
`metadata.priority` over checkbox priority in `parse_buffer()`, and
simplify the priority update condition to catch all value changes.
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Barrett Ruth 2026-03-11 13:02:55 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -110,6 +110,34 @@ describe('parse', function()
assert.is_nil(meta.due)
assert.truthy(desc:find('due:garbage', 1, true))
end)
it('parses metadata before a forge ref', function()
local desc, meta = parse.body('Fix bug due:2026-03-15 gh:user/repo#42')
assert.are.equal('2026-03-15', meta.due)
assert.truthy(desc:find('gh:user/repo#42', 1, true))
assert.truthy(desc:find('Fix bug', 1, true))
end)
it('parses metadata after a forge ref', function()
local desc, meta = parse.body('Fix bug gh:user/repo#42 due:2026-03-15')
assert.are.equal('2026-03-15', meta.due)
assert.truthy(desc:find('gh:user/repo#42', 1, true))
assert.truthy(desc:find('Fix bug', 1, true))
end)
it('parses all metadata around forge ref', function()
local desc, meta = parse.body('Fix bug due:tomorrow gh:user/repo#42 cat:Work')
assert.are.equal(os.date('%Y-%m-%d', os.time() + 86400), meta.due)
assert.are.equal('Work', meta.category)
assert.truthy(desc:find('gh:user/repo#42', 1, true))
end)
it('parses forge ref between metadata tokens', function()
local desc, meta = parse.body('Fix bug cat:Work gl:a/b#12 due:2026-03-15')
assert.are.equal('2026-03-15', meta.due)
assert.are.equal('Work', meta.category)
assert.truthy(desc:find('gl:a/b#12', 1, true))
end)
end)
describe('parse.resolve_date', function()