Configuration

- New 'recurrence' configuration setting can disable recurring task generation.

src/Config.cpp

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "#                                              # Comma-separated list.  May contain any subset of:\n"
   "#verbose=blank,header,footnote,label,new-id,new-uuid,affected,edit,special,project,sync,filter\n"
   "confirmation=yes                               # Confirmation on delete, big changes\n"
+  "recurrence=yes                                 # Enable recurrence\n"
   "recurrence.confirmation=prompt                 # Confirmation for propagating changes among recurring tasks (yes/no/prompt)\n"
   "allow.empty.filter=yes                         # An empty filter gets a warning and requires confirmation\n"
   "indent.annotation=2                            # Indent spaces for annotations\n"

src/commands/CmdShow.cpp

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " monthsperline"
     " nag"
     " print.empty.columns"
+    " recurrence"
     " recurrence.confirmation"
     " recurrence.indicator"
     " recurrence.limit"

src/recur.cpp

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ extern Context context;
 // child tasks need to be generated to fill gaps.
 void handleRecurrence ()
 {
+  // Recurrence can be disabled.
+  // Note: This is currently a workaround for TD-44, TW-1520.
+  if (! context.config.getBoolean ("recurrence"))
+    return;
+
   std::vector <Task> tasks = context.tdb2.pending.get_tasks ();
   Date now;