From 0480bd6f2ef2dbc20d316c21c880f6166b938a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kiana Sheibani <kiana.a.sheibani@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:14:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reset Org checkboxes only on repeating tasks

---
 config.org | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index f431af0..01c438e 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -2763,6 +2763,16 @@ The simple package =org-checklist= from =org-contrib= makes it so that checkboxe
     (add-hook 'org-after-todo-state-change-hook #'org-checklist)))
 #+end_src
 
+The ~org-checklist~ function will reset the checkboxes on any task, but I only want them reset when the task repeats.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+(defadvice! ~/org-checklist-only-on-repeating (old-fn)
+  "Only reset checkboxes when marking repeater tasks as DONE."
+  :around #'org-checklist
+  (when (org-get-repeat)
+    (funcall old-fn)))
+#+end_src
+
 I don't want to have to specify the =RESET_CHECK_BOXES= property for every TODO I write, though. I would much prefer if it was on by default, and the system allowed me to turn it off if I wanted to. Luckily, the fine control Org gives you over property inheritance nicely fixes this problem.
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp