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Timewarrior Data
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Timewarrior has a conceptual timeline, which is a continuum onto which the
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inclusions and exclusions are mapped.
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An inclusion is a block of time with associated tags, i.e. data captured or
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provided by the user representing ongoing work.
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An exclusion is also a block of time but represents untrackable time, and acts
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as a mask for the inclusions. Here is a visual example:
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Inclusion: |-----------------------------------| tag1
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Exclusion: |---| lunch
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Exclusion |---| dinner
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Timeline: >--o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o-->
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7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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am pm
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In the example, there is one incluѕion, a block of time from 8am - 5pm, tagged
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with 'tag1'. That was data captured from the command line, perhaps with this
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command:
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$ timew track 8am - 5pm tag1
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There are several ways to track time that result in the same inclusion, for
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example, if these commands were run at 8am and 5pm respectively:
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[at 8am] $ timew start tag1
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[at 5pm] $ timew stop
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It can be seen that some combination of all the incluѕions and exclusions will
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yield a complete record of tracked time.
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Exclusions
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Exclusions are stored as configuration, and there are several commands that
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allow easy manipulation of this. Whenever an exclusion changes, the set of all
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exclusions are written to the data file. This is because all subsequent
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inclusions are to be resolved against the active set of exlcusions.
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Inclusions
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Inclusions are captured from the command line in many different ways, but all
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results in an incluѕion record being written to the data file.
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If there is an open-ended inclusion at the time an exclusion is changed, then
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the open-ended inclusion is closed, the exclusions written, and a new open-ended
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inclusion is added.
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Data Files
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The data file is a text file, which grows in length. It begins with a set of
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exclusions, followed by a set of inclusion records that utilize the prior set of
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exclusions.
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An example file looks like this:
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exclusion holidays eng-USA
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exclusion work 2015-11-26
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exclusion workweek mon,tue,wed,thu,fri
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exclusion workday start 8:30am
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exclusion workday end 1730
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exclusion workday tue end 3pm
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inclusion 2016-02-28T08:00 - 2016-02-28T12:00 # Upgrade Planning
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inclusion 2016-02-28T13:00 # Upgrade Presentation "ABCD Inc"
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White space is ignored. Here we see a sect of exlcusions that define a work week
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and a two inclusions, the first of which represents a four hour block of time
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with two tags 'Upgrade' and 'Planning'. The second inclusion is open ended,
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having only a start time (1pm), but three tags 'Upgrade', 'Presentation' and
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'ABCD Inc'. The third tag is a quoted string because of the embedded space.
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An open-ended inclusion like this means that the tracking continues, but the
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exlcusions prevent an excess time buildup of the 63 hours that compries the
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weekend (Friday 5:30pm until Monday 8:30am).
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Data File Names
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---------------
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The data file names will have the year and month embedded, which acts as a
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heuristic for filtering, keeps the data files small and therefore quicker to
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manipulate, and eliminates the need for any sophisticated archiving.
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