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It's amazing how you can build, document, support and fix a thing for years and not know what exactly it does. Directives are tricky. Here is a pretty accurate description of their current behaviour, determined by testing.
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Summary of directives
hledger's directives are based on Ledger's, but there are many differences (and also some between hledger versions). Directives' behaviour and interactions can get a little bit complex, especially with multiple files, so here is a table summarising them and their effects.
| directive | end directive | subdirectives | purpose | can affect (as of 2018/06) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
account |
any text | declare an account name & optional account code | account code: balance reports (except balance single-column mode) |
|
alias |
end aliases |
rewrite account names | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive | |
apply account |
end apply account |
prepend a common parent to account names | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive | |
comment |
end comment |
ignore part of journal | following inline/included entries until end of current file or end directive | |
commodity |
format |
declare a commodity and its number notation & display style | number notation: following entries in that commodity in all files; display style: amounts of that commodity in reports |
|
D |
declare a commodity, number notation & display style for commodityless amounts | commodity: all commodityless entries in all files; number notation: following commodityless entries and entries in that commodity in all files; display style: amounts of that commodity in reports |
||
include |
include entries/directives from another file | what the included directives affect | ||
P |
declare a market price for a commodity | amounts of that commodity in reports, when -V is used | ||
Y |
declare a year for yearless dates | following inline/included entries until end of current file |
Definitions:
| subdirective | optional indented directive or unparsed text lines immediately following a parent directive |
| account code | numeric code influencing account display order in most balance reports |
| number notation | how to interpret numbers when parsing journal entries (the identity of the decimal separator character). Currently each commodity can have its own notation, even in the same file. |
| display style | how to display amounts of a commodity in reports (symbol side and spacing, digit groups, decimal separator, decimal places) |
| directive scope | which entries and (when there are multiple files) which files are affected by a directive |