fix: resolve inherited tag values not overwritten issue #1950#2601
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…de inherited txn tags
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Summary
Fix for [BOUNTY 0] Inherited Tag Values are not Overwritten — Issue #1950
Root cause
In
hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs, thepostingAllTagsfunction was simply concatenating posting tags with transaction tags:This caused duplicate tag values when a tag existed at both transaction and posting levels. The posting-level tag value should overwrite (not append to) the transaction-level tag value.
Fix
Modified
postingAllTagsto filter out transaction tags whose names already exist in posting tags, so higher-level (posting) tag values properly overwrite lower-level (transaction) values:Now when a posting has
concerns: youit properly overwrites the inheritedconcerns: mefrom the transaction level, rather than creating a duplicate.Verification
Example from issue now works correctly:
Results in only
concerns: you(not bothconcerns: meandconcerns: you).Closes #1950