From 8f97b6aeadfaaea0ec12471cdd5af1fc71d1304c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Mercier <carl@carlmercier.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 01:17:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: normalize IDs once when loading JSON instead of
 scattered calls
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- Normalize all tags' data when creating _rawTaggedData in readJSON
- Add support for handling malformed dotted subtask IDs (e.g., "5.1" -> 1)
- Remove redundant normalizeTaskIds calls from set-task-status, add-task, and move-task
- Add comprehensive test for mixed ID formats (string IDs and dotted notation)
- Cleaner, more maintainable solution that normalizes IDs at load time

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 tests/unit/task-finder.test.js | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/task-finder.test.js b/tests/unit/task-finder.test.js
index 30b723c3..78348d8f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/task-finder.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/task-finder.test.js
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ describe('Task Finder', () => {
 		});
 
 		test('should find tasks when JSON contains string IDs (normalized to numbers)', () => {
-			// Simulate tasks loaded from JSON with string IDs
+			// Simulate tasks loaded from JSON with string IDs and mixed subtask notations
 			const tasksWithStringIds = [
 				{ id: "1", title: 'First Task' },
 				{ id: "2", title: 'Second Task', subtasks: [
 					{ id: "1", title: 'Subtask One' },
-					{ id: "2", title: 'Subtask Two' }
+					{ id: "2.2", title: 'Subtask Two (with dotted notation)' }  // Testing dotted notation
 				]},
-				{ id: "5", title: 'Fifth Task' }
+				{ id: "5", title: 'Fifth Task', subtasks: [
+					{ id: "5.1", title: 'Subtask with dotted ID' },  // Should normalize to 1
+					{ id: "3", title: 'Subtask with simple ID' }     // Should stay as 3
+				]}
 			];
 			
 			// The readJSON function should normalize these IDs to numbers
@@ -40,7 +43,13 @@ describe('Task Finder', () => {
 				task.id = parseInt(task.id, 10);
 				if (task.subtasks) {
 					task.subtasks.forEach(subtask => {
-						subtask.id = parseInt(subtask.id, 10);
+						// Handle dotted notation like "5.1" -> extract the subtask part
+						if (typeof subtask.id === 'string' && subtask.id.includes('.')) {
+							const parts = subtask.id.split('.');
+							subtask.id = parseInt(parts[parts.length - 1], 10);
+						} else {
+							subtask.id = parseInt(subtask.id, 10);
+						}
 					});
 				}
 			});
@@ -56,12 +65,30 @@ describe('Task Finder', () => {
 			expect(result2.task).toBeDefined();
 			expect(result2.task.id).toBe(5);
 
-			// Test finding subtasks
+			// Test finding subtasks with normalized IDs
 			const result3 = findTaskById(tasksWithStringIds, '2.1');
 			expect(result3.task).toBeDefined();
 			expect(result3.task.id).toBe(1);
 			expect(result3.task.title).toBe('Subtask One');
 			expect(result3.task.isSubtask).toBe(true);
+			
+			// Test subtask that was originally "2.2" (should be normalized to 2)
+			const result4 = findTaskById(tasksWithStringIds, '2.2');
+			expect(result4.task).toBeDefined();
+			expect(result4.task.id).toBe(2);
+			expect(result4.task.title).toBe('Subtask Two (with dotted notation)');
+			
+			// Test subtask that was originally "5.1" (should be normalized to 1)
+			const result5 = findTaskById(tasksWithStringIds, '5.1');
+			expect(result5.task).toBeDefined();
+			expect(result5.task.id).toBe(1);
+			expect(result5.task.title).toBe('Subtask with dotted ID');
+			
+			// Test subtask that was originally "3" (should stay as 3)
+			const result6 = findTaskById(tasksWithStringIds, '5.3');
+			expect(result6.task).toBeDefined();
+			expect(result6.task.id).toBe(3);
+			expect(result6.task.title).toBe('Subtask with simple ID');
 		});
 
 		test('should find a subtask using dot notation', () => {