Fix #280: Add searchType: frontmatter.exists for tracking field existence #538
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December 20, 2025 18:25
Implements Issue pyrochlore#280: Adds new searchType that tracks days when a frontmatter field exists and is non-empty, regardless of value. Changes: - Add FrontmatterExists to SearchType enum - Implement collectDataFromFrontmatterExists() function - Add validation and parsing support - Update user documentation (Concepts, InputParameters, TargetEvaluation) - Add example usage (TestFrontmatter.md) - Add comprehensive unit tests (12 test cases) - Fix pre-existing bug: .contains() → .includes() in helper.ts - Add testing infrastructure (Jest, mocks, config) - Update README with Development section Testing: - 12 unit tests covering all edge cases (all passing) - Manual testing in Obsidian - Backward compatibility verified Fixes pyrochlore#280
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Description
Fixes #280 - Adds new
searchType: frontmatter.existsthat tracks days when a frontmatter field exists and is non-empty. This is useful for habit tracking where you just need to know if something happened, regardless of the value.Changes
FrontmatterExiststoSearchTypeenumcollectDataFromFrontmatterExists()function"frontmatter.exists"docs/Concepts.md,docs/InputParameters.md,docs/TargetEvaluation.md).contains()→.includes()inhelper.tsType of Change
How Has This Been Tested?
test/frontmatter-exists.test.ts) - all 12 tests passingexamples/TestFrontmatter.md) demonstrating the featurefrontmatterbehavior unchangedDocumentation
docs/Concepts.md- Addedfrontmatter.existsto searchType listdocs/InputParameters.md- Added to searchType descriptiondocs/TargetEvaluation.md- Added detailed section forfrontmatter.existsexamples/TestFrontmatter.mddemonstrating the featureRelated Issue
Closes #280