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[PATCH v3 5/7] mergetools: vimdiff: fix single window layouts

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2022, 00:45 UTC
Message-ID
<20220809004549.123020-6-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20220809004549.123020-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

Layouts with a single window other than "MERGED" do not work (e.g. "LOCAL" or "MERGED+LOCAL").

This is because as the documentation of bufdo says:
    The last buffer (or where an error occurred) becomes the current
    buffer.
And we do always do bufdo the end.
Additionally, we do it only once, when it should be per tab.

There's no need to enable the diff mode differently depending on the layout: we can enable it the same way for all cases by doing `bufdo diffthis` before doing anything else.

If we do this on every tab, then all the windows in the tab will have diff mode enabled against all buffers, which is what we want, and in single window tabs, the desired buffer will remain.

This way a multi-window layout like "MERGED,REMOTE" behaves the same way as "MERGED" after closing the "REMOTE" window. A consistent behavior is clearly what most users would want.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 mergetools/vimdiff | 49 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff b/mergetools/vimdiff
index 2ecac41231..64a8fe170d 100644
--- a/mergetools/vimdiff
+++ b/mergetools/vimdiff
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gen_cmd_aux () {
 
 	if test -z "$CMD"
 	then
-		CMD="echo" # vim "nop" operator
+		CMD="silent execute 'bufdo diffthis'"
 	fi
 
 	start=0
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ gen_cmd_aux () {
 
 	if ! test -z "$index_new_tab"
 	then
-		before="-tabnew"
+		before="-tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis'"
 		after="tabnext"
 		index=$index_new_tab
 		terminate="true"
@@ -336,17 +336,6 @@ gen_cmd () {
 	CMD=$(gen_cmd_aux "$LAYOUT")
 
 
-	# Adjust the just obtained script depending on whether more than one
-	# windows are visible or not
-
-	if echo "$LAYOUT" | grep ",\|/" >/dev/null
-	then
-		CMD="$CMD | tabdo windo diffthis"
-	else
-		CMD="$CMD | silent bufdo diffthis"
-	fi
-
-
 	# Add an extra "-c" option to move to the first tab (notice that we
 	# can't simply append the command to the previous "-c" string as
 	# explained here: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/9076
@@ -555,22 +544,22 @@ run_unit_tests () {
 	TEST_CASE_15="  ((  (LOCAL , BASE , REMOTE) / MERGED))   +(BASE)   , LOCAL+ BASE , REMOTE+ (((LOCAL / BASE / REMOTE)) ,    MERGED   )  "
 	TEST_CASE_16="LOCAL,BASE,REMOTE / MERGED + BASE,LOCAL + BASE,REMOTE + (LOCAL / BASE / REMOTE),MERGED"
 
-	EXPECTED_CMD_01="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_02="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_03="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_04="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | 4b | silent bufdo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_05="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_06="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_07="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_08="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_09="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_10="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_11="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | -tabnew | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_12="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_13="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_14="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_15="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | -tabnew | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_16="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | -tabnew | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | tabdo windo diffthis\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_01="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_02="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_03="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | 3b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_04="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_05="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | 3b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_06="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_07="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_08="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_09="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_10="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_11="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_12="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_13="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_14="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_15="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_16="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnext | -tabnew | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnext | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b\" -c \"tabfirst\""
 
 	EXPECTED_TARGET_01="MERGED"
 	EXPECTED_TARGET_02="LOCAL"
@@ -635,7 +624,7 @@ run_unit_tests () {
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF
 	-f
 	-c
-	set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | quit | wincmd l | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | tabdo windo diffthis
+	set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | quit | wincmd l | 2b | wincmd j | 3b
 	-c
 	tabfirst
 	lo cal
-- 
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