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Mention that priority is a built-in UDA now in docs/udas.md #878

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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The `project` attribute has a lot of functionality associated with it, and this

Other attributes, such as `priority` do not have much associated functionality.
In fact, beyond storing the value, allowing modification, sorting and inclusion in reports, the `priority` field contributes nothing.
This is why `priority` is not really a core attribute, and will be migrated out of the code and into configuration.
This is why `priority` is not really a core attribute, but a built-in UDA.

Occasionally people will ask for new attributes, because their workflow includes more metadata than Taskwarrior supports.
A very common request is for an
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ A report containing an attribute that is an orphan UDA is not a valid report.

## Other UDA Uses

The `priority` attribute is soon to be replaced by a UDA equivalent.
This is not something that anyone will notice, but it will make for a smaller, more stable core product.
UDAs are useful for other capabilities though.
UDAs are useful for other capabilities.
An example would be the import of bugs from a Request Tracker.
The additional metadata in the Request Tracker could be created as UDAs in taskwarrior, which will then allow for a full import without data loss.