From bc027a5423ea857acaf148d93927e1d754191708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: robbond <rob@rdbsolutions.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 19:25:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: parse task headings with dash variants

---
 RUN_LOG.md                 |  1 +
 src/rdb_discovery/tasks.py |  2 +-
 tests/test_tasks.py        | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RUN_LOG.md b/RUN_LOG.md
index bc2db45..d522309 100644
--- a/RUN_LOG.md
+++ b/RUN_LOG.md
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 Run Log
 2026-06-01
 Bootstrap project structure created.
+Fixed TASKS.md parser to match em/en dashes in task headings.
diff --git a/src/rdb_discovery/tasks.py b/src/rdb_discovery/tasks.py
index 02faa78..ac615fb 100644
--- a/src/rdb_discovery/tasks.py
+++ b/src/rdb_discovery/tasks.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 
-TASK_HEADING_RE = re.compile(r"^##\s+(TASK-\d+)\s+-\s+(.+)$", re.MULTILINE)
+TASK_HEADING_RE = re.compile(r"^##\s+(TASK-\d+)\s+[-–—]\s+(.+)$", re.MULTILINE)
 STATUS_RE = re.compile(r"^Status:\s*(.+)$", re.MULTILINE)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tasks.py b/tests/test_tasks.py
index b0ba5bd..3f604ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -18,6 +18,36 @@ def test_get_next_task(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert task.title == "Second"
 
 
+def test_get_next_task_with_em_dash(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    (tmp_path / "TASKS.md").write_text(
+        "# TASKS.md\n\n"
+        "## TASK-001 — First\nStatus: Done\n\n"
+        "## TASK-002 — Second\nStatus: Todo\n\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    task = get_next_task(tmp_path)
+
+    assert task is not None
+    assert task.task_id == "TASK-002"
+    assert task.title == "Second"
+
+
+def test_get_next_task_with_en_dash(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    (tmp_path / "TASKS.md").write_text(
+        "# TASKS.md\n\n"
+        "## TASK-001 – First\nStatus: Done\n\n"
+        "## TASK-002 – Second\nStatus: Todo\n\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    task = get_next_task(tmp_path)
+
+    assert task is not None
+    assert task.task_id == "TASK-002"
+    assert task.title == "Second"
+
+
 def test_update_task_status(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     tasks = tmp_path / "TASKS.md"
     tasks.write_text(