Allow for -not -starred to search for unstarred entries

jrnl/args.py

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class WrappingFormatter(argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter):
         text = [item for sublist in text for item in sublist]
         return text
 
+class IgnoreNoneAppendAction(argparse._AppendAction):
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        if values is not None:
+            super().__call__(parser, namespace, values, option_string)
 
 def parse_args(args: list[str] = []) -> argparse.Namespace:
     """
@@ -249,11 +253,13 @@ def parse_args(args: list[str] = []) -> argparse.Namespace:
     reading.add_argument(
         "-not",
         dest="excluded",
-        nargs=1,
+        nargs="?",
         default=[],
-        metavar="TAG",
-        action="extend",
-        help="Exclude entries with this tag",
+        metavar="TAG/FLAG",
+        action=IgnoreNoneAppendAction,
+        help=("If passed a string, will exclude entries with that tag. "
+              "If it preceeds -starred flag, will exclude starred entries"
+        ),
     )
 
     search_options_msg = """    These help you do various tasks with the selected entries from your search.
@@ -388,5 +394,14 @@ def parse_args(args: list[str] = []) -> argparse.Namespace:
     # Handle '-123' as a shortcut for '-n 123'
     num = re.compile(r"^-(\d+)$")
     args = [num.sub(r"-n \1", arg) for arg in args]
+    parsed_args = parser.parse_intermixed_args(args)
+    parsed_args.exclude_starred = False
 
-    return parser.parse_intermixed_args(args)
+    # Handle -not where it is reversing the behaviour of a flag
+    if "-not-starred" in "".join(args):
+        parsed_args.starred = False
+        parsed_args.exclude_starred = True
+    if "-not" in args and not any([parsed_args.exclude_starred, parsed_args.excluded]):
+        return parser.error("argument -not: expected 1 argument")
+
+    return parsed_args

jrnl/controller.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def _is_write_mode(args: "Namespace", config: dict, **kwargs) -> bool:
             args.edit,
             args.change_time,
             args.excluded,
+            args.exclude_starred,
             args.export,
             args.end_date,
             args.today_in_history,
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ def _has_search_args(args: "Namespace") -> bool:
             args.strict,
             args.starred,
             args.excluded,
+            args.exclude_starred,
             args.contains,
             args.limit,
         )
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ def _filter_journal_entries(args: "Namespace", journal: Journal, **kwargs) -> No
         strict=args.strict,
         starred=args.starred,
         exclude=args.excluded,
+        exclude_starred=args.exclude_starred,
         contains=args.contains,
     )
     journal.limit(args.limit)

jrnl/journals/Journal.py

@@ -229,16 +229,17 @@ class Journal:
 
     def filter(
         self,
-        tags: list = [],
-        month: str | int | None = None,
-        day: str | int | None = None,
-        year: str | None = None,
-        start_date: str | None = None,
-        end_date: str | None = None,
-        starred: bool = False,
-        strict: bool = False,
-        contains: bool = None,
-        exclude: list = [],
+        tags=[],
+        month=None,
+        day=None,
+        year=None,
+        start_date=None,
+        end_date=None,
+        starred=False,
+        exclude_starred=False,
+        strict=False,
+        contains=None,
+        exclude=[],
     ):
         """Removes all entries from the journal that don't match the filter.
 
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ class Journal:
             entry
             for entry in self.entries
             if (not tags or tagged(entry.tags))
-            and (not starred or entry.starred)
+            and (not (starred or exclude_starred) or entry.starred == starred)
             and (not month or entry.date.month == compare_d.month)
             and (not day or entry.date.day == compare_d.day)
             and (not year or entry.date.year == compare_d.year)

tests/bdd/features/search.feature

@@ -124,6 +124,20 @@ Feature: Searching in a journal
         | basic_folder.yaml  |
         | basic_dayone.yaml  |
 
+
+    Scenario: Searching for unstarred entries
+        Given we use the config "<config_file>"
+        And we use the password "test" if prompted
+        When we run "jrnl -not -starred"
+        Then we should get no error
+        And the output should contain "2 entries found"
+
+        Examples: configs
+        | config_file        |
+        | basic_onefile.yaml |
+        | basic_folder.yaml  |
+        | basic_dayone.yaml  |
+
     Scenario Outline: Searching for dates
         Given we use the config "<config_file>"
         When we run "jrnl -on 2020-08-31 --short"

tests/unit/test_parse_args.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def expected_args(**kwargs):
         "change_time": None,
         "edit": False,
         "end_date": None,
+        "exclude_starred": False,
         "today_in_history": False,
         "month": None,
         "day": None,