/personal:dev:tasks-renumber - Renumber Prioritized Tasks

Purpose

Renumber all prioritized tasks in docs/tasks-todo to maintain their current order but start from 1 with no gaps.

Usage

/personal:dev:tasks-renumber

Execution

1. List all tasks in the todo folder

   • Use LS tool on docs/tasks-todo directory
   • Filter for files matching pattern task-[0-9]+-*.md (ignore task-x-*.md)
   • Sort by the current number to preserve order

2. Create renumbering plan

   • Extract current numbers and full filenames
   • Map each file to its new number (1, 2, 3, etc.)
   • Display the renumbering plan to user:

     Renumbering plan:
     task-4-implement-auth.md -> task-1-implement-auth.md
     task-9-fix-bug.md -> task-2-fix-bug.md
     

3. Execute renaming using bash

   cd docs/tasks-todo
   
   # Get all numbered tasks, sorted by number
   files=$(ls task-[0-9]*-*.md 2>/dev/null | sort -t- -k2,2n)
   
   if [ -z "$files" ]; then
     echo "No numbered tasks found to renumber"
     exit 0
   fi
   
   # Rename to temporary names first to avoid conflicts
   counter=1
   echo "$files" | while read file; do
     # Extract the part after the number (including the dash)
     suffix=$(echo "$file" | sed 's/^task-[0-9]*\(-.*\.md\)$/\1/')
     temp_name="task-temp-${counter}${suffix}"
     mv "$file" "$temp_name"
     ((counter++))
   done
   
   # Now rename from temp names to final names
   counter=1
   for file in task-temp-*-*.md; do
     if [ -f "$file" ]; then
       # Extract the part after "temp-number"
       suffix=$(echo "$file" | sed 's/^task-temp-[0-9]*\(-.*\.md\)$/\1/')
       final_name="task-${counter}${suffix}"
       mv "$file" "$final_name"
       echo "Renamed to: $final_name"
       ((counter++))
     fi
   done
   
   echo "Renumbering complete!"
   

Other Rules & Information

• Only renumbers files with numeric priorities (ignores task-x-* files)
• Preserves the current order based on existing numbers
• Uses temporary names to avoid conflicts during renaming
• Safe operation - won't overwrite existing files
• Empty todo folder or no numbered tasks will simply report "No numbered tasks found"