id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
21572	[RFC][Patch] Allow matching by object history in search function	Woazboat	team	"https://github.com/JOSM/josm/pull/80
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/JOSM/josm/pull/80.patch

Added the was keyword to the search function to allow matching objects based on their previous states. I.e. `was <expr>` matches an object if `<expr>` matches any previous version of the object.

(For now) the history search only works for objects whose history is already in the cache/history data set and does not fetch history data automatically. (Not sure how feasible downloading the history of a massive amount of objects is in general with the OSM API)
A menu action to download and cache the version history for selected objects was added as well.
The history browser dialog currently clears the history cache/stored history data when it's closed, which isn't great when it's also used elsewhere. This will probably need to be changed https://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/josm/trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/history/HistoryBrowserDialogManager.java#L124

Example:

- `was building=*` to search for all objects that either currently have a `building=*` tag or have had this tag at any point in their history.
- `was building=* -building=*` to search for all objects that previously had a `building=*` tag which was removed at some point.
"	enhancement	new	normal		Core