From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250D11F463 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726871AbfINVPN (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:15:13 -0400 Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.194]:45439 "EHLO relay2-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726295AbfINVPN (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:15:13 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 1.186.12.20 Received: from localhost (unknown [1.186.12.20]) (Authenticated sender: me@yadavpratyush.com) by relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5507640005; Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:45:09 +0530 From: Pratyush Yadav To: Birger Skogeng Pedersen Cc: Git List Subject: Re: git-gui: automatically move focus to staged file before typing commit message? Message-ID: <20190914211509.sjy6lh2rlcl32lj5@yadavpratyush.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 14/09/19 02:24PM, Birger Skogeng Pedersen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > I personally prefer to have the changes I am about to commit visible > in the diff view, while I write my commit message. So usually I do > this: > 1. Stage the file(s) I've been working on. > 2. Select a file I just staged, so I can see the changes in the diff widget. > 3. Jump to the "Commit Message" widget to type up my commit message. > Basically, I would like to be able to skip step 2. When the user > stages the last file in the "Unstaged Changes" widget, no file is > selected and the diff view becomes blank. When this is the case, I > would prefer that git-gui automatically selects one of the staged > files and shows it in the diff widget before I type up my commit > message. Naturally, this automatic selection should **only** happen > when the user chooses focus the "Commit Message" widget. Why should it only happen when the commit message widget is selected? What's wrong with directly switching focus when all the files are staged? What I have in mind is once there are no more files to stage, the focus directly goes to the staged files section, and the first staged file gets selected. Then if you want you can type in the commit message. And conversely, when unstaging things, once all files are unstaged, the focus goes directly to the unstaged files section. > I propose: > (When the user focuses the "Commit Message" widget, if no file is > currently selected (i.e. diff widget shows no text)) > automatically select the first file listed in the "Staged Changes" > widget so the changes of that file show up in the diff widget. -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav