Re: [PATCH] gitk: Add a "Copy commit summary" command

[Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:42 AM,  <dev+git@drbeat.li> wrote:
> From: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
>
> When referencing earlier commits in new commit messages or other text,
> one of the established formats is
>
>     commit <abbrev-sha> ("<summary>", <author-date>)

That sounds like I would use it a lot! Thanks :)

>
> Add a "Copy commit summary" command to the context menu that puts this
> text for the currently selected commit on the clipboard. This makes it
> easy for our users to create well-formatted commit references.
>
> Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> ---
>  gitk-git/gitk | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk
> index 9a2daf3..0612331 100755
> --- a/gitk-git/gitk
> +++ b/gitk-git/gitk
> @@ -2617,6 +2617,7 @@ proc makewindow {} {
>         {mc "Diff selected -> this" command {diffvssel 1}}
>         {mc "Make patch" command mkpatch}
>         {mc "Create tag" command mktag}
> +       {mc "Copy commit summary" command copysummary}
>         {mc "Write commit to file" command writecommit}
>         {mc "Create new branch" command mkbranch}
>         {mc "Cherry-pick this commit" command cherrypick}
> @@ -9341,6 +9342,19 @@ proc mktaggo {} {
>      mktagcan
>  }
>
> +proc copysummary {} {
> +    global rowmenuid commitinfo
> +
> +    set id [string range $rowmenuid 0 7]
> +    set info $commitinfo($rowmenuid)
> +    set commit [lindex $info 0]
> +    set date [formatdate [lindex $info 2]]
> +    set summary "[mc "commit"] $id (\"$commit\", $date)"
> +
> +    clipboard clear
> +    clipboard append $summary
> +}
> +
>  proc writecommit {} {
>      global rowmenuid wrcomtop commitinfo wrcomcmd NS
>
> --
> 2.1.4
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