Re: [PATCH/TOY] Shortcuts to quickly refer to a commit name with keyboard

> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 05:22:49PM +0700, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>
>> OK This patch is horrible. Though the idea is cool and I've found it
>> very useful. So here it is. Perhaps the idea may be revised a bit
>> that's more suitable for more than one user.
>>
>> The problem is old, SHA-1 name is not keyboard-friendly, even in
>> abbreviated form. And recent change has made abbrev form longer,
>> harder to type. Most of the time I just go with copy/paste with the
>> mouse, which I don't like. name-rev helps a bit, but it's still long
>> to type (especially with all the ^ and ~ that requires holding shift
>> down).
>
> Not really a comment on your patch itself, but I think a lot of people
> solve this at a higher level, either in their terminal or via a tool
> like tmux.
>
> I recently taught urxvt to recognize sha1s and grab them via keyboard
> hints, and I'm finding it quite useful. Here's what it looks like if
> you're interested:
>
>   http://peff.net/git-hints.gif
>
> The hints technique is taken from pentadactyl (which I also use), but
> the urxvt port is mine. I'm happy to share the code.
>
> Which isn't to say solving it inside Git is wrong, but I've found it
> really convenient for two reasons:
>
>   1. It works whenever you see a sha1, not just in git commands (so
>      emails, inside commit messages, etc).
>
>   2. It doesn't take any screen space until you're ready to select.
>
> The big downside is that it's scraping the screen, so you're guessing at
> what is a sha1. False positives are a little annoying, but usually not
> that big a deal because you're already looking at what you want to
> select, and the hint pops up right there.
>
> -Peff