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[PATCH v3 1/1] git-gui: allow opening currently selected file in default app

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Zoli Szabó via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 30, 2019, 15:56 UTC
Message-ID
<1b2363be726c6d70746aec9fae62edaf857cd665.1577721419.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: =?UTF-8?q?Zoli=20Szab=C3=B3?= <zoli.szabo@gmail.com>
Many times there's the need to quickly open a source file (the one you're
looking at in Git GUI) in the predefined text editor / IDE. Of course,
the file can be searched for in your preferred file manager or directly
in the text editor, but having the option to directly open the current
file from Git GUI would be just faster. This change enables just that by:
 - clicking the diff header path (which is now highlighted as a hyperlink)
 - or diff header path context menu -> Open;
Note: executable files will be run and not opened for editing.
Signed-off-by: Zoli Szabó <zoli.szabo@gmail.com>
---
 git-gui.sh | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index c1be733e3e..8920e4ddb0 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -2248,9 +2248,8 @@ proc do_git_gui {} {
 	}
 }
 
-proc do_explore {} {
-	global _gitworktree
-	set explorer {}
+# Get the system-specific explorer app/command.
+proc get_explorer {} {
 	if {[is_Cygwin] || [is_Windows]} {
 		set explorer "explorer.exe"
 	} elseif {[is_MacOSX]} {
@@ -2259,9 +2258,23 @@ proc do_explore {} {
 		# freedesktop.org-conforming system is our best shot
 		set explorer "xdg-open"
 	}
+	return $explorer
+}
+
+proc do_explore {} {
+	global _gitworktree
+	set explorer [get_explorer]
 	eval exec $explorer [list [file nativename $_gitworktree]] &
 }
 
+# Open file relative to the working tree by the default associated app.
+proc do_file_open {file} {
+	global _gitworktree
+	set explorer [get_explorer]
+	set full_file_path [file join $_gitworktree $file]
+	eval exec $explorer [list [file nativename $full_file_path]] &
+}
+
 set is_quitting 0
 set ret_code    1
 
@@ -3513,9 +3526,11 @@ tlabel .vpane.lower.diff.header.file \
 	-justify left
 tlabel .vpane.lower.diff.header.path \
 	-background gold \
-	-foreground black \
+	-foreground blue \
 	-anchor w \
-	-justify left
+	-justify left \
+	-font [eval font create [font configure font_ui] -underline 1] \
+	-cursor hand2
 pack .vpane.lower.diff.header.status -side left
 pack .vpane.lower.diff.header.file -side left
 pack .vpane.lower.diff.header.path -fill x
@@ -3530,8 +3545,12 @@ $ctxm add command \
 			-type STRING \
 			-- $current_diff_path
 	}
+$ctxm add command \
+	-label [mc Open] \
+	-command {do_file_open $current_diff_path}
 lappend diff_actions [list $ctxm entryconf [$ctxm index last] -state]
 bind_button3 .vpane.lower.diff.header.path "tk_popup $ctxm %X %Y"
+bind .vpane.lower.diff.header.path <Button-1> {do_file_open $current_diff_path}
 
 # -- Diff Body
 #
-- 
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  1. 0/1 git-gui: add possibility to open currently selected fileZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 26, 2019
  2. 1/1 git-gui: add possibility to open currently selected fileZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 26, 2019
  3. Pratyush YadavDec 27, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 27, 2019
  5. Zoli SzabóDec 29, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2019
  7. Zoli SzabóDec 30, 2019
  8. Zoli SzabóDec 29, 2019
  9. 0/1 git-gui: allow opening currently selected fileZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 29, 2019
  10. 1/1 git-gui: allow opening currently selected fileZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 29, 2019
  11. 0/1 git-gui: allow opening currently selected fileZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 30, 2019
  12. 1/1 git-gui: allow opening currently selected file in default appZoli Szabó via GitGitGadget, Dec 30, 2019
  13. Pratyush YadavDec 30, 2019
  14. Zoli SzabóDec 30, 2019

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