ColDepends: Allow specifying short(er) UUIDs

src/Context.cpp

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <shared.h>
 #include <format.h>
 #include <main.h>
+#include <regex>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COMMIT
 #include <commit.h>
@@ -667,9 +668,13 @@ int Context::initialize (int argc, const char** argv)
     rc = 4;
   }
 
+  catch (const std::regex_error& e)
+  {
+    std::cout << "regex_error caught: " << e.what() << '\n';
+  }
   catch (...)
   {
-    error ("Unknown error. Please report.");
+    error ("knknown error. Please report.");
     rc = 3;
   }
 

src/columns/ColDepends.cpp

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <main.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <regex>
 
 #define STRING_COLUMN_LABEL_DEP "Depends"
 
@@ -164,10 +165,25 @@ void ColumnDepends::modify (Task& task, const std::string& value)
     {
       auto hyphen = dep.find ('-');
       long lower, upper;  // For ID ranges
+      std::regex valid_uuid ("[a-f0-9]{8}([a-f0-9-]{4,28})?"); // TODO: Make more precise
 
       // UUID
-      if (dep.length () == 36)
-        task.addDependency (dep);
+      if (dep.length () >= 8 && std::regex_match (dep, valid_uuid))
+      {
+         // Full UUID, can be added directly
+         if (dep.length () == 36)
+           task.addDependency (dep);
+
+         // Short UUID, need to look up full form
+         else
+         {
+           Task loaded_task;
+           if (Context::getContext ().tdb2.get (dep, loaded_task))
+             task.addDependency (loaded_task.get ("uuid"));
+           else
+             throw format ("Dependency could not be set - task with UUID '{1}' does not exist.", dep);
+         }
+      }
       // ID range
       else if (dep.find ('-') != std::string::npos &&
                extractLongInteger (dep.substr (0, hyphen), lower) &&

src/main.cpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <new>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <Context.h>
+#include <regex>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, const char** argv)
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ int main (int argc, const char** argv)
       status = -3;
     }
 
+    catch (const std::regex_error& e)
+    {
+      std::cout << "regex_error caught: " << e.what() << '\n';
+    }
+
     catch (...)
     {
       std::cerr << "Unknown error. Please report.\n";