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+;;; taskwarrior-test.el --- taskwarrior unit tests
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Run standalone with this,
+;;   emacs -batch -L . -l taskwarrior-test.el -f ert-run-tests-batch
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'ert)
+
+
+(ert-deftest taskwarrior-add-task-test ()
+  "Ensure that special characters such as quotes and parens are properly escaped when adding new tasks"
+  (let* ((task-id (taskwarrior--add "project:ert +emacs \"Write test suite for taskwarrior.el (using ERT)\""))
+	 (task (taskwarrior-export-task task-id)))
+    (should (string= (alist-get 'project task) "ert"))
+    (should (string= (aref (alist-get 'tags task) 0) "emacs"))
+    (should (string= (alist-get 'description task) "Write test suite for taskwarrior.el (using ERT)")))