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Repeating tasks

A repeating task is one task at a time. When you check it off, GetDone creates the next one for you, with the next due date. You never get a wall of future copies.

Make a task repeat

While adding: type the repeat, for example pay rent every 21st or stand-up every weekday 9:30am.
Later: open the task and choose Repeat. Options are every day, weekday, week, month or year.

How the next date is worked out

It steps forward from the task’s due date by one period, and keeps going until the date is in the future. So if a weekly task is two weeks late and you check it off, the next one lands on the next upcoming date, not in the past.
Every weekday skips weekends: after Friday comes Monday.
Monthly keeps the day of the month. If a month is shorter, it uses the last day (the 31st becomes the 30th in a 30-day month).
A task with no due date repeats from the moment you finish it.
Labels and project carry over to the next task.

Common questions

I checked it off by mistake.

Uncheck it. The next task is only ever created once, so unchecking and checking again will not add another.

How do I stop a repeat?

Open the task and set Repeat to “Doesn’t repeat” before you finish it, or delete the task. Deleting a repeating task ends the series.

Can Jira tasks repeat?

No. Tasks imported from Jira follow Jira, so repeats are for your own tasks.

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