Unknown metadata tag

[melb...@gmail.com]

Hello,

I am trying to run an old ledger file where I have lots of metadata tags (key/value pairs) and I am getting theses errors. 

 % ledger -f test.ledger bal
Warning: "test.ledger", line 7: Unknown metadata tag 'MyTag'
                -100  Cash
                 100  Expenses
--------------------
                   0

Here's the test file:

account Cash
account Expenses

2022-01-01
    Expenses   100
    Cash
      ; MyTag: foo

What is the issue?

[melb...@gmail.com]

Looking at the docs, it should work https://www.ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Metadata-values

[Martin Michlmayr]

* melb...@gmail.com <melb...@gmail.com> [2022-03-14 15:21]:

> I am trying to run an old ledger file where I have lots of metadata tags
> (key/value pairs) and I am getting theses errors.
>
> % ledger -f test.ledger bal
> Warning: "test.ledger", line 7: Unknown metadata tag 'MyTag'

You probably have --strict in your ~/.ledgerrc.

The manual says:
If using the --strict or --pedantic options, you must declare this tag to avoid warnings and errors.

(This wasn't fully checked in the past due to bugs; they have been
fixed, which is why you see this now and not before.)

> Here's the test file:
>
> account Cash
> account Expenses

You miss the tag declaration here:

tag MyTag

--
Martin Michlmayr
https://www.cyrius.com/

[melb...@gmail.com]

Thank you sir! I had --strict in my .ledgerrc, which I created in 2019. I totally forgot about the rc file..