Backfilling a Missed Day

Reconstruct a day you missed using the --date, --yesterday, --last-friday, --week-of, and --last-week flags.

Backfilling a day

# reset your work file to its default content
swelog reset

# write yesterday's notes into the work file
...

# fetch activity from external sources
swelog fetch github --yesterday
swelog fetch google-calendar --yesterday
swelog fetch linear --yesterday

# option 1: log the day
swelog log --yesterday

# option 2: summarize the day
swelog summarize --yesterday

For any other day, use --last-friday or --date MM-DD-YYYY as below.

Backfill flags

Command	Backfill flag	Shortcuts
swelog log	--date MM-DD-YYYY	--yesterday, --last-friday
swelog fetch github	--date MM-DD-YYYY	--yesterday, --last-friday
swelog fetch google-calendar	--date MM-DD-YYYY	--yesterday, --last-friday
swelog fetch linear	--date MM-DD-YYYY	--yesterday, --last-friday
swelog summarize day	--date MM-DD-YYYY	--yesterday, --last-friday

Backfilling a week

If it is Monday and you forgot to summarize last week’s notes, use the --last-week flag as below

swelog summarize week --last-week

To target a different week, use --week-of as below.

swelog summarize week --week-of MM-DD-YYYY