From 4c345bb2625f3584a81521043f4481ccbb06f046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xerus2000 <27jf@pm.me>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 10:55:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Serialize tags as list

---
 tasklib/serializing.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tasklib/serializing.py b/tasklib/serializing.py
index 8065811..ce7b982 100644
--- a/tasklib/serializing.py
+++ b/tasklib/serializing.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def deserialize_annotations(self, data):
         return [TaskAnnotation(self, d) for d in data] if data else []
 
     def serialize_tags(self, tags):
-        return ','.join(tags) if tags else ''
+        return list(tags)
 
     def deserialize_tags(self, tags):
         if isinstance(tags, str):

From 27808f7179984dc993e7fddb0fb340b0f884c823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xerus2000 <27jf@pm.me>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 13:57:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Simplify tags deserialization

---
 tasklib/serializing.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tasklib/serializing.py b/tasklib/serializing.py
index ce7b982..0564725 100644
--- a/tasklib/serializing.py
+++ b/tasklib/serializing.py
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ def serialize_tags(self, tags):
         return list(tags)
 
     def deserialize_tags(self, tags):
+        if not tags:
+            set()
         if isinstance(tags, str):
-            return set(tags.split(',')) if tags else set()
-        return set(tags or [])
+            return set(tags.split(','))
+        return set(tags)
 
     def serialize_parent(self, parent):
         return parent['uuid'] if parent else ''

From d912f4371ceef0c7028a63d76d2152b27cc12943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xerus2000 <27jf@pm.me>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:13:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix serialization of empty tag list

---
 tasklib/serializing.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tasklib/serializing.py b/tasklib/serializing.py
index 0564725..7f46767 100644
--- a/tasklib/serializing.py
+++ b/tasklib/serializing.py
@@ -173,14 +173,12 @@ def deserialize_annotations(self, data):
         return [TaskAnnotation(self, d) for d in data] if data else []
 
     def serialize_tags(self, tags):
-        return list(tags)
+        return list(tags or [])
 
     def deserialize_tags(self, tags):
-        if not tags:
-            set()
         if isinstance(tags, str):
             return set(tags.split(','))
-        return set(tags)
+        return set(tags or [])
 
     def serialize_parent(self, parent):
         return parent['uuid'] if parent else ''