GNU bug report logs - #73357
[PATCH] Make vc-clone interactive

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> disroot.org>

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 73357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> disroot.org>, Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, 73357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73357: [PATCH] Make vc-clone interactive
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:06:49 +0300
> From: Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> disroot.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  73357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 17:50:54 +0300
> 
> On 2024-10-01 11:09, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> 
> > Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> disroot.org> writes:
> >
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >>>> +          (if backend
> >>>> +              (progn
> >>>> +                (unless (memq backend vc-handled-backends)
> >>>> +                  (error "Unknown VC backend %s" backend))
> >>>> +                (vc-call-backend backend 'clone remote directory rev))
> >>>> +            (catch 'ok
> >>>> +              (dolist (backend vc-handled-backends)
> >>>> +                (ignore-error vc-not-supported
> >>>> +                  (when-let ((res (vc-call-backend
> >>>> +                                   backend 'clone
> >>>> +                                   remote directory rev)))
> >>>> +                    (throw 'ok res)))))))
> >>>> +    (when (file-directory-p directory)
> >>>> +      (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps we can add a FIND-FILE argument to the end, so that it is also
> >>> possible to open the directory from a script as well.
> >>
> >> might be useful, added and documented in doc string.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> +          (find-file directory)
> >>>> +        directory))))
> >>>
> >>> I'd always return `directory', that seems simpler.
> >>
> >> Simpler, but it seems logical to switch to a directory when using it
> >> interactively. I left it as it was.
> >
> > What I meant was to write
> >
> >   (defun vc-clone (... &optional ... open-dir)
> >     (interactive (list ... t))
> >     ...
> >     (when open-dir
> >       (dired directory))
> >     directory)  
> >
> > instead of
> >
> >   (defun vc-clone (... &optional ... open-dir)
> >     (interactive (list ... t))
> >     ...
> >     (if open-dir
> >         (dired directory)
> >       directory))
> >
> > The advantage is that you can still request the directory to be opened
> > when invoked non-interactively, you avoid the ambiguity of
> > `called-interactively-p' and the return value is always of the same
> > type, and not sometimes whatever `find-file'/`dired' returns.
> >
> >>>
> >>>>  
> >>>>  (declare-function log-view-current-tag "log-view" (&optional pos))
> >>>>  (defun vc-default-last-change (_backend file line)
> >>>> -- 
> >>>> 2.46.0
> >>
> >> V3 patch: 
> >>
> >> From 6d5dbb1d1354d7476caaeeecfe15b8fd6335490a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> >> Message-ID: <6d5dbb1d1354d7476caaeeecfe15b8fd6335490a.1727634026.git.avityazev <at> disroot.org>
> >> From: Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> disroot.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 21:13:28 +0300
> >> Subject: [PATCH] Make vc-clone interactive
> >>
> >> * lisp/vc/vc.el (vc-clone): Make interactive.  Add optional
> >> argument FIND-FILE. Mention these changes in the doc string.
> >> (vc--remotes-history): New defvar.
> >> * lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc (package-vc--backend-type,
> >> package-vc-heuristic-alist, package-vc--guess-backend):
> >> Rename and move to ...
> >> (package-vc-default-backend): Set type to vc-backend-type.
> >> (package-vc--clone, package-vc--read-package-name, package-vc-install,
> >> package-vc-checkout): Use vc-guess-backend.
> >> * lisp/vc/vc (vc-backend-type, vc-heuristic-alist, vc-guess-backend):
> >> ... here.
> >> * etc/NEWS: Announce these changes.
> >
> > I think it would cleaner if we split this up into two commits:
> >
> > 1. Moving `package-vc-heuristic-alist',
> > 2. Making `vc-clone' interactive.
> >
> 
> done
> 
> >> ---
> >>  etc/NEWS                      |  12 ++++
> >>  lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el |  75 ++--------------------
> >>  lisp/vc/vc.el                 | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >>  3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
> >> index aaf3783f006..3722e12c01d 100644
> >> --- a/etc/NEWS
> >> +++ b/etc/NEWS
> >> @@ -444,6 +444,18 @@ toggle.
> >>  Putting (require 'midnight) in your init file no longer activates the
> >>  mode.  Now, one needs to say (midnight-mode +1) instead.
> >>  
> >> +** VC
> >> +
> >> +*** 'vc-clone' is now an interactive command.
> >> +When called interactively, 'vc-clone' now prompts for the remote
> >> +repository address, the backend for cloning, if it has not been
> >> +determined automatically according to the URL, and the directory to
> >> +clone the repository into.
> >> +
> >> +*** 'vc-clone' now accepts an optional argument FIND-FILE.
> >> +When the argument is non-nil, the function switches to a buffer visiting
> >> +directory to which the repository was cloned.
> >> +
> >>  
> >>  * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 31.1
> >>  
> >> diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
> >> index e168096e153..82b450368d0 100644
> >> --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
> >> +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
> >> @@ -63,62 +63,6 @@ package-vc
> >>  (defconst package-vc--elpa-packages-version 1
> >>    "Version number of the package specification format understood by package-vc.")
> >>  
> >> -(defconst package-vc--backend-type
> >> -  `(choice :convert-widget
> >> -           ,(lambda (widget)
> >> -              (let (opts)
> >> -                (dolist (be vc-handled-backends)
> >> -                  (when (or (vc-find-backend-function be 'clone)
> >> -                            (alist-get 'clone (get be 'vc-functions)))
> >> -                    (push (widget-convert (list 'const be)) opts)))
> >> -                (widget-put widget :args opts))
> >> -              widget))
> >> -  "The type of VC backends that support cloning package VCS repositories.")
> >> -
> >> -(defcustom package-vc-heuristic-alist
> >> -  `((,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> -          (or (: (? "www.") "github.com"
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> -              (: "codeberg.org"
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> -              (: (? "www.") "gitlab" (+ "." (+ alnum))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> -              (: "git.sr.ht"
> >> -                 "/~" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> -              (: "git." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/"
> >> -                 (or "r" "git") "/"
> >> -                 (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> -          (or (? "/") ".git") eos)
> >> -     . Git)
> >> -    (,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> -          (or (: "hg.sr.ht"
> >> -                 "/~" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> -                 "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> -              (: "hg." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/hgweb/"
> >> -                 (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> -          eos)
> >> -     . Hg)
> >> -    (,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> -          (or (: "bzr." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/r/"
> >> -                 (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> -          eos)
> >> -     . Bzr))
> >> -  "Alist mapping repository URLs to VC backends.
> >> -`package-vc-install' consults this alist to determine the VC
> >> -backend from the repository URL when you call it without
> >> -specifying a backend.  Each element of the alist has the form
> >> -\(URL-REGEXP . BACKEND).  `package-vc-install' will use BACKEND of
> >> -the first association for which the URL of the repository matches
> >> -the URL-REGEXP of the association.  If no match is found,
> >> -`package-vc-install' uses `package-vc-default-backend' instead."
> >> -  :type `(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Regular expression matching URLs")
> >> -                :value-type ,package-vc--backend-type)
> >> -  :version "29.1")
> >> -
> >
> > This should certainly be replaced by a
> > `define-obsolete-variable-alias'!
> 
> Fixed 
> >
> >>  (defcustom package-vc-default-backend 'Git
> >>    "Default VC backend to use for cloning package repositories.
> >>  `package-vc-install' uses this backend when you specify neither
> >> @@ -127,7 +71,7 @@ package-vc-default-backend
> >>  
> >>  The value must be a member of `vc-handled-backends' that supports
> >>  the `clone' VC function."
> >> -  :type package-vc--backend-type
> >> +  :type vc-backend-type
> >>    :version "29.1")
> >>  
> >>  (defcustom package-vc-register-as-project t
> >> @@ -626,13 +570,6 @@ package-vc--unpack-1
> >>                   "")))
> >>      t))
> >>  
> >> -(defun package-vc--guess-backend (url)
> >> -  "Guess the VC backend for URL.
> >> -This function will internally query `package-vc-heuristic-alist'
> >> -and return nil if it cannot reasonably guess."
> >> -  (and url (alist-get url package-vc-heuristic-alist
> >> -                      nil nil #'string-match-p)))
> >> -
> >>  (declare-function project-remember-projects-under "project" (dir &optional recursive))
> >>  
> >>  (defun package-vc--clone (pkg-desc pkg-spec dir rev)
> >> @@ -646,7 +583,7 @@ package-vc--clone
> >>      (unless (file-exists-p dir)
> >>        (make-directory (file-name-directory dir) t)
> >>        (let ((backend (or (plist-get pkg-spec :vc-backend)
> >> -                         (package-vc--guess-backend url)
> >> +                         (vc-guess-backend url)
> >>                           (plist-get (alist-get (package-desc-archive pkg-desc)
> >>                                                 package-vc--archive-data-alist
> >>                                                 nil nil #'string=)
> >> @@ -753,7 +690,7 @@ package-vc--read-package-name
> >>                             ;; pointing towards a repository, and use that as a backup
> >>                             (and-let* ((extras (package-desc-extras (cadr pkg)))
> >>                                        (url (alist-get :url extras))
> >> -                                      ((package-vc--guess-backend url)))))))
> >> +                                      ((vc-guess-backend url)))))))
> >>                     (not allow-url)))
> >>  
> >>  (defun package-vc--read-package-desc (prompt &optional installed)
> >> @@ -917,7 +854,7 @@ package-vc-install
> >>       (cdr package)
> >>       rev))
> >>     ((and-let* (((stringp package))
> >> -               (backend (or backend (package-vc--guess-backend package))))
> >> +               (backend (or backend (vc-guess-backend package))))
> >>        (package-vc--unpack
> >>         (package-desc-create
> >>          :name (or name (intern (file-name-base package)))
> >> @@ -930,7 +867,7 @@ package-vc-install
> >>         (or (package-vc--desc->spec (cadr desc))
> >>             (and-let* ((extras (package-desc-extras (cadr desc)))
> >>                        (url (alist-get :url extras))
> >> -                      (backend (package-vc--guess-backend url)))
> >> +                      (backend (vc-guess-backend url)))
> >>               (list :vc-backend backend :url url))
> >>             (user-error "Package `%s' has no VC data" package))
> >>         rev)))
> >> @@ -958,7 +895,7 @@ package-vc-checkout
> >>    (let ((pkg-spec (or (package-vc--desc->spec pkg-desc)
> >>                        (and-let* ((extras (package-desc-extras pkg-desc))
> >>                                   (url (alist-get :url extras))
> >> -                                 (backend (package-vc--guess-backend url)))
> >> +                                 (backend (vc-guess-backend url)))
> >>                          (list :vc-backend backend :url url))
> >>                        (user-error "Package `%s' has no VC data"
> >>                                    (package-desc-name pkg-desc)))))
> >> diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc.el b/lisp/vc/vc.el
> >> index 597a1622f5a..cd877bd8097 100644
> >> --- a/lisp/vc/vc.el
> >> +++ b/lisp/vc/vc.el
> >> @@ -929,7 +929,69 @@ vc-find-revision-no-save
> >>    :type 'boolean
> >>    :version "27.1")
> >>  
> >> +(defconst vc-backend-type
> >> +  `(choice :convert-widget
> >> +     ,(lambda (widget)
> >> +        (let (opts)
> >> +          (dolist (be vc-handled-backends)
> >> +            (when (or (vc-find-backend-function be 'clone)
> >> +                      (alist-get 'clone (get be 'vc-functions)))
> >> +              (push (widget-convert (list 'const be)) opts)))
> >> +          (widget-put widget :args opts))
> >> +        widget))
> >> +  "The type of VC backends that support cloning VCS repositories.")
> >> +
> >> +(defcustom vc-heuristic-alist
> >> +  `((,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> +          (or (: (? "www.") "github.com"
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> +              (: "codeberg.org"
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> +              (: (? "www.") "gitlab" (+ "." (+ alnum))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> +              (: "git.sr.ht"
> >> +               "/~" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> +              (: "git." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/"
> >> +               (or "r" "git") "/"
> >> +               (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> +          (or (? "/") ".git") eos)
> >> +     . Git)
> >> +    (,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> +          (or (: "hg.sr.ht"
> >> +               "/~" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_"))
> >> +               "/" (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")))
> >> +              (: "hg." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/hgweb/"
> >> +               (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> +          eos)
> >> +     . Hg)
> >> +    (,(rx bos "http" (? "s") "://"
> >> +          (or (: "bzr." (or "savannah" "sv") "." (? "non") "gnu.org/r/"
> >> +               (+ (or alnum "-" "." "_")) (? "/")))
> >> +          eos)
> >> +     . Bzr))
> >> +  "Alist mapping repository URLs to VC backends.
> >> +`vc-clone' consults this alist to determine the VC
> >> +backend from the repository URL when you call it without
> >> +specifying a backend.  Each element of the alist has the form
> >> +\(URL-REGEXP . BACKEND).  `vc-clone' will use BACKEND of
> >> +the first association for which the URL of the repository matches
> >> +the URL-REGEXP of the association."
> >> +  :type `(alist :key-type (regexp :tag "Regular expression matching URLs")
> >> +                :value-type ,vc-backend-type)
> >> +  :version "29.1")
> >> +
> >>  
> >> +(defun vc-guess-backend (url)
> >> +  "Guess the VC backend for URL.
> >> +This function will internally query `vc-heuristic-alist'
> >> +and return nil if it cannot reasonably guess."
> >> +  (and url (alist-get url vc-heuristic-alist
> >> +                      nil nil #'string-match-p)))
> >> +
> >>  ;; File property caching
> >>  
> >>  (defun vc-clear-context ()
> >> @@ -3804,7 +3866,9 @@ vc-check-headers
> >>    (interactive)
> >>    (vc-call-backend (vc-backend buffer-file-name) 'check-headers))
> >>  
> >> -(defun vc-clone (remote &optional backend directory rev)
> >> +(defvar vc--remotes-history)
> >> +
> >> +(defun vc-clone (remote &optional backend directory rev find-file)
> >>    "Clone repository REMOTE using version-control BACKEND, into DIRECTORY.
> >>  If successful, return the string with the directory of the checkout;
> >>  otherwise return nil.
> >> @@ -3814,20 +3878,41 @@ vc-clone
> >>  If BACKEND is nil or omitted, the function iterates through every known
> >>  backend in `vc-handled-backends' until one succeeds to clone REMOTE.
> >>  If REV is non-nil, it indicates a specific revision to check out after
> >> -cloning; the syntax of REV depends on what BACKEND accepts."
> >> -  (setq directory (expand-file-name (or directory default-directory)))
> >> -  (if backend
> >> -      (progn
> >> -        (unless (memq backend vc-handled-backends)
> >> -          (error "Unknown VC backend %s" backend))
> >> -        (vc-call-backend backend 'clone remote directory rev))
> >> -    (catch 'ok
> >> -      (dolist (backend vc-handled-backends)
> >> -        (ignore-error vc-not-supported
> >> -          (when-let ((res (vc-call-backend
> >> -                           backend 'clone
> >> -                           remote directory rev)))
> >> -            (throw 'ok res)))))))
> >> +cloning; the syntax of REV depends on what BACKEND accepts.
> >> +If FIND-FILE is non-nil, switches to a buffer visiting DIRECTORY to
> >> +which the repository was cloned.  It would be useful in scripts, but not
> >> +in regular code.
> >> +If called interactively, prompt for REMOTE, DIRECTORY and BACKEND,
> >> +if BACKEND has not been automatically determined according to the REMOTE
> >> +URL, in the minibuffer."
> >> +  (interactive
> >> +   (let* ((url (read-string "Remote: " nil 'vc--remotes-history))
> >> +          (backend (or (vc-guess-backend url)
> >> +                       (intern (completing-read
> >> +                                "Backend: " vc-handled-backends nil t)))))
> >> +     (list url backend
> >> +           (read-directory-name
> >> +            "Clone into new or empty directory: " nil nil
> >> +            (lambda (dir) (or (not (file-exists-p dir))
> >> +                              (directory-empty-p dir)))))))
> >> +  (let* ((directory (expand-file-name (or directory default-directory)))
> >> +         (backend (or backend (vc-guess-backend remote)))
> >> +         (directory (if backend
> >> +                        (progn
> >> +                          (unless (memq backend vc-handled-backends)
> >> +                            (error "Unknown VC backend %s" backend))
> >> +                          (vc-call-backend backend 'clone remote directory rev))
> >> +                      (catch 'ok
> >> +                        (dolist (backend vc-handled-backends)
> >> +                          (ignore-error vc-not-supported
> >> +                            (when-let ((res (vc-call-backend
> >> +                                             backend 'clone
> >> +                                             remote directory rev)))
> >> +                              (throw 'ok res))))))))
> >> +    (when (file-directory-p directory)
> >
> > When is this not true?
> 
> 
> When calling interactively, we can choose a path to a directory that
> does not exist, then if the clone operation fails, a path that is not a
> directory will be returned. If the cloning operation succeeds, it will
> be true. This also applies if the directory already exists.
> 
> >
> >> +      (if (or find-file (called-interactively-p 'interactive))
> >> +          (find-file directory)
> >> +        directory))))
> >>  
> >>  (declare-function log-view-current-tag "log-view" (&optional pos))
> >>  (defun vc-default-last-change (_backend file line)
> >> -- 
> >> 2.46.0
> 
> V4 patches:

Thanks.

Dmitry, any comments, or should I install this?




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