Search returning items whose parents match "not" search

[jessegrosjean]

I think this post should explain how to solve the problem:

How to do "not" searches in TaskPaper

Not searches can display unexpected results in TaskPaper because when TaskPaper displays search results it also includes the ancestors of those results. Take this example outline: My Big Project: - My Big Task. @done My big note. Now search for not @done. You may be surprised to find that “- my big tasks” is still visible. The reason for this is that “My big note” is not tagged with @done. So even though “- My big task” is marked done, it is still displayed because it’s the ancestor of "M…