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[PATCH v7] gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogs

From
Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2008, 13:09 UTC
Message-ID
<1219756162-31492-1-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<200808252042.29171.jnareb@gmail.com>

This patch turns ref markers for tags and heads into links to appropriate views for the ref name, depending on current context.

For annotated tags, we link to the tag view, unless that's the current view, in which case we switch to shortlog. For other refs, we prefer the current view if it's history or (short)log, and default to shortlog otherwise.

Appropriate changes are made in the CSS to prevent ref markers from being annoyingly blue and underlined, unless hovered. A visual indication of the target view difference is also implemented by making annotated tags show up in italic.

Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
---

Famous last words. Version 6 of this patch had a horrible typo, so I'm taking advantage of the need for a resend to implement a feature suggested by Jakub: context-sensitive destination action.

See patch description and code comment for details.
 gitweb/gitweb.css  |   13 +++++++++++++
 gitweb/gitweb.perl |   37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.css b/gitweb/gitweb.css
index 5f4a4b8..3e50060 100644
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.css
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.css
@@ -491,6 +491,19 @@ span.refs span {
 	border-color: #ffccff #ff00ee #ff00ee #ffccff;
 }
 
+span.refs span a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+	color: inherit;
+}
+
+span.refs span a:hover {
+	text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+span.refs span.indirect {
+	font-style: italic;
+}
+
 span.refs span.ref {
 	background-color: #aaaaff;
 	border-color: #ccccff #0033cc #0033cc #ccccff;
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index a0d9272..7536fc8 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1196,13 +1196,23 @@ sub format_log_line_html {
 }
 
 # format marker of refs pointing to given object
+
+# the destination action is chosen based on object type and current context:
+# - for annotated tags, we choose the tag view unless it's the current view
+#   already, in which case we go to shortlog view
+# - for other refs, we keep the current view if we're in history, shortlog or
+#   log view, and select shortlog otherwise
 sub format_ref_marker {
 	my ($refs, $id) = @_;
 	my $markers = '';
 
 	if (defined $refs->{$id}) {
 		foreach my $ref (@{$refs->{$id}}) {
+			# this code exploits the fact that non-lightweight tags are the
+			# only indirect objects, and that they are the only objects for which
+			# we want to use tag instead of shortlog as action
 			my ($type, $name) = qw();
+			my $indirect = ($ref =~ s/\^\{\}$//);
 			# e.g. tags/v2.6.11 or heads/next
 			if ($ref =~ m!^(.*?)s?/(.*)$!) {
 				$type = $1;
@@ -1212,8 +1222,29 @@ sub format_ref_marker {
 				$name = $ref;
 			}
 
-			$markers .= " <span class=\"$type\" title=\"$ref\">" .
-			            esc_html($name) . "</span>";
+			my $class = $type;
+			$class .= " indirect" if $indirect;
+
+			my $dest_action = "shortlog";
+
+			if ($indirect) {
+				$dest_action = "tag" unless $action eq "tag";
+			} elsif ($action =~ /^(history|(short)?log)$/) {
+				$dest_action = $action;
+			}
+
+			my $dest = "";
+			$dest .= "refs/" unless $ref =~ m!^refs/!;
+			$dest .= $ref;
+
+			my $link = $cgi->a({
+				-href => href(
+					action=>$dest_action,
+					hash=>$dest
+				)}, $name);
+
+			$markers .= " <span class=\"$class\" title=\"$ref\">" .
+				$link . "</span>";
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2035,7 +2066,7 @@ sub git_get_references {
 
 	while (my $line = <$fd>) {
 		chomp $line;
-		if ($line =~ m!^([0-9a-fA-F]{40})\srefs/($type/?[^^]+)!) {
+		if ($line =~ m!^([0-9a-fA-F]{40})\srefs/($type.*)$!) {
 			if (defined $refs{$1}) {
 				push @{$refs{$1}}, $2;
 			} else {
-- 
1.5.6.3
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  1. gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 21, 2008
  2. Jakub NarebskiAug 21, 2008
  3. Giuseppe BilottaAug 22, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiAug 22, 2008
  5. [PATCHv3] gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 22, 2008
  6. Lea WiemannAug 24, 2008
  7. Giuseppe BilottaAug 24, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiAug 24, 2008
  9. Giuseppe BilottaAug 25, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiAug 26, 2008
  11. Giuseppe BilottaAug 26, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiAug 26, 2008
  13. Giuseppe BilottaAug 26, 2008
  14. Giuseppe BilottaAug 27, 2008
  15. Lea WiemannAug 28, 2008
  16. Giuseppe BilottaAug 28, 2008
  17. Jakub NarebskiAug 28, 2008
  18. Jakub NarebskiAug 22, 2008
  19. Giuseppe BilottaAug 22, 2008
  20. gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 22, 2008
  21. Jakub NarebskiAug 22, 2008
  22. Giuseppe BilottaAug 22, 2008
  23. Jakub NarebskiAug 22, 2008
  24. Giuseppe BilottaAug 22, 2008
  25. gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 22, 2008
  26. Jakub NarebskiAug 24, 2008
  27. Miklos VajnaAug 25, 2008
  28. Jakub NarebskiAug 25, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008
  30. Jakub NarebskiAug 25, 2008
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2008
  32. gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 26, 2008
  33. gitweb: ref markers link to named shortlogsGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 26, 2008

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