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Forecasting should start from the date of the last transaction, by default, not the date today

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I have two journal files: - `example_transactions.journal` that contains my "actuals" - `example_forecast.journal` that contains my future forecasted transactions If I run the following command: ``` hledger -f $FINANCES/example_transactions.journal -f...

olimorris

balance --gain's functionality needs to be described in detail. Related: https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/141fyoq/hledger_investment_gain_calculation_problem suggests it sometimes shows realised gain, not just unrealised gain. Some examples based on the above: ``` decimal-mark ,...

simonmichael

An old goal, and I think 1.31 is the time to add it: `hledger-read-EXT` scripts in PATH allowing hledger to read EXT files. Like add-on commands, but for adding support...

simonmichael

prevent excessive memory usage

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# Or: Don't let a typo hang user's machine Eduardo reported in chat: > I have made a typo in a transaction. The year was 20211 instead of 2021. Later,...

simonmichael

Provide an alignment/width option for `hledger add`

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I've been keeping my journal entries aligned using [vim-ledger](https://github.com/ledger/vim-ledger)'s `LedgerAlign` command, which aligns transactions on the decimal separator at a preconfigured column (default: 60). When adding transactions with `add`, however,...

0branch

From #hledger chat today. As part of using hledger to analyse public financial reports, it seems like a useful step would be to develop and document how to import data...

simonmichael

print --forecast generating an unexpected date

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From a report on the mail list: ``` ~ every 16th day of month from 2023-03 to 2024-03 (asset:cash) 1 ``` ``` $ hledger-1.28 print --forecast=2023-02 # Should print nothing...

simonmichael

Metadata values compatibility, multi-value tags

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From https://hledger.org/ledger.html#journal-format, about Metadata values: "values are terminated by comma, can have multiple tag/values on one line" This is problematic, because in ledger format you can write something like `key:...

piegamesde

Automatic detection of reporting period for multicolumn reports

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Currently if we ask for a multiperiod/multicolumn report and we do not specify begin/end date, then hledger will use first/last date with a transaction (from our unfiltered ledger) as the...

sorbits

csv rules: convert to ISO date format when setting posting dates

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In #hledger it was noted that you can't easily generate posting date tags if your CSV dates are not already in ISO format, because posting date tags require ISO dates...

simonmichael