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From: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
To: Stefan Haller <stefan@haller-berlin.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, mlevedahl@gmail.com,
	Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] git-gui: Auto-rescan on activate
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:35:19 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201117120519.nlm7hwnilzwalgho@yadavpratyush.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4a37f6ce-276f-1c7e-1252-085a6f28c95b@haller-berlin.de>

On 17/11/20 12:13PM, Stefan Haller wrote:
> On 17.11.20 8:36, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> > Hi Stefan,
> > 
> > On 14/11/20 08:14PM, Stefan Haller wrote:
> >> On 03.11.20 17:16, Stefan Haller wrote:
> >>> Do an automatic rescan whenever the git-gui window receives focus. Most other
> >>> GUI tools do this, and it's very convenient; no more pressing F5 manually.
> >>>
> >>> People who don't like this behavior can turn it off in the Options dialog.
> >>
> >> Ping - any thoughts? I have been running with this patch for a few weeks
> >> now, and I already don't want to miss it any more.
> > 
> > I have been staring at your patch for the last few days with indecision. 
> > I have finally made up my mind. I do not think it is a good idea to hurt 
> > the experience of a significant population of our users without at least 
> > telling them how they can fix it.
> > 
> > The config option is not very visible at all. Experience has told me 
> > that people don't often go looking around in the options menu to find a 
> > fix for their problem. So we need to do a better job of educating them 
> > why they might be experiencing slowdowns and how they can avoid them.
> > 
> > Let's take inspiration from git status. When the local branch diverges 
> > from the upstream branch, git status shows you how many commits your 
> > branch is ahead and how many commits behind upstream. This can be an 
> > expensive operation if the divergence point is far behind. In those 
> > cases, git status prints something like:
> > 
> >   It took 30.00 seconds to calculate the branch ahead/behind values.
> >   You can use '--no-ahead-behind' to avoid this.
> > 
> > This made me aware this option existed and that I can use it to avoid 
> > slowdowns.
> > 
> > We should do something similar for the auto rescan. Measure how long it 
> > takes to finish the rescan and if it takes longer than X seconds then 
> > tell the user that they can use this option to disable this. If they 
> > don't mind the delay they can keep on using it.
> > 
> > I am working on a patch to add this. Will send it in a day or two.
> 
> Sounds good to me. While I personally don't think such a check is
> necessary in this case, I also have nothing against it if you find it
> important.
> 
> It just needs to be possible to disable that check itself, too. I
> certainly wouldn't want to be bothered by it, even if the rescan should
> take longer than whatever threshold you decide on. So if you put up a
> dialog to inform the user, the dialog should ideally have a "Don't show
> again" option.

That's the plan. It will be a yes/no/cancel prompt. Saying yes or no 
sets auto rescan to on/off and the message won't pop up again. Saying 
cancel does nothing and you will see the popup again on the next long 
rescan.
 
> 
> >> Cc:-ing a few people who were involved in the discussion on Pratyush's
> >> similar patch last summer. [0]
> >>
> >>
> >> [0] <https://lore.kernel.org/git/20190728151726.9188-1-
> >>      me@yadavpratyush.com/>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Haller <stefan@haller-berlin.de>
> >>> ---
> >>>  git-gui.sh     | 5 +++++
> >>>  lib/option.tcl | 1 +
> >>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
> >>> index 867b8ce..14735a3 100755
> >>> --- a/git-gui.sh
> >>> +++ b/git-gui.sh
> >>> @@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ set font_descs {
> >>>  }
> >>>  set default_config(gui.stageuntracked) ask
> >>>  set default_config(gui.displayuntracked) true
> >>> +set default_config(gui.autorescan) true
> >>>
> >>>  ######################################################################
> >>>  ##
> >>> @@ -4007,6 +4008,10 @@ bind .   <Alt-Key-2> {focus_widget $::ui_index}
> >>>  bind .   <Alt-Key-3> {focus $::ui_diff}
> >>>  bind .   <Alt-Key-4> {focus $::ui_comm}
> >>>
> >>> +if {[is_config_true gui.autorescan]} {
> >>> +	bind .   <FocusIn>  { if {"%W" eq "."} do_rescan }
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>>  set file_lists_last_clicked($ui_index) {}
> >>>  set file_lists_last_clicked($ui_workdir) {}
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/lib/option.tcl b/lib/option.tcl
> >>> index e43971b..9e83db7 100644
> >>> --- a/lib/option.tcl
> >>> +++ b/lib/option.tcl
> >>> @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ proc do_options {} {
> >>>  		{b merge.diffstat {mc "Show Diffstat After Merge"}}
> >>>  		{t merge.tool {mc "Use Merge Tool"}}
> >>>
> >>> +		{b gui.autorescan  {mc "Auto-Rescan On Activate"}}
> >>>  		{b gui.trustmtime  {mc "Trust File Modification Timestamps"}}
> >>>  		{b gui.pruneduringfetch {mc "Prune Tracking Branches During Fetch"}}
> >>>  		{b gui.matchtrackingbranch {mc "Match Tracking Branches"}}
> >>> --
> >>> 2.29.2
> >>>
> > 

-- 
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-17 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-01 17:05 [PATCH 0/2] git-gui: Auto-rescan on activate Stefan Haller
2020-11-01 17:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] git-gui: Delay rescan until idle time Stefan Haller
2020-11-02 15:45   ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-11-02 19:29     ` Stefan Haller
2020-11-01 17:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] git-gui: Auto-rescan on activate Stefan Haller
2020-11-02 15:48   ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-11-02 19:31     ` Stefan Haller
2020-11-02 13:15 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Pratyush Yadav
2020-11-02 19:24   ` Stefan Haller
2020-11-03 16:16     ` [PATCH v2 0/1] " Stefan Haller
2020-11-03 16:16       ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Stefan Haller
2020-11-14 19:14         ` Stefan Haller
2020-11-17  7:36           ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-11-17 11:13             ` Stefan Haller
2020-11-17 12:05               ` Pratyush Yadav [this message]
2020-11-18  9:17                 ` Stefan Haller
2020-12-17 19:45 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Johannes Sixt
2020-12-17 20:10   ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-12-17 22:21     ` Johannes Sixt
2020-12-18 10:36   ` Stefan Haller
2020-12-18 18:07     ` Johannes Sixt

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