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* Auto-refresh git-gui
@ 2012-01-04  9:15 Victor Engmark
  2012-01-04 16:33 ` Clemens Buchacher
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Victor Engmark @ 2012-01-04  9:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git

Is there some way to make `git-gui` rescan automatically when anything
in the repository changes? That would enable a more fluid workflow when
combined with other Git tools.

Use cases:
* "Dashboard" functionality to keep track of changes without having to
run `git status` all the time.
* `git` / `git-gui` introduction: See what happens live while working
with the other tool.

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* Re: Auto-refresh git-gui
  2012-01-04  9:15 Auto-refresh git-gui Victor Engmark
@ 2012-01-04 16:33 ` Clemens Buchacher
  2012-01-05  8:03   ` Victor Engmark
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Clemens Buchacher @ 2012-01-04 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Victor Engmark; +Cc: git

Hi Victor,

On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:15:47AM +0100, Victor Engmark wrote:
>
> Is there some way to make `git-gui` rescan automatically when anything
> in the repository changes?

How about doing it each time git gui gets focus? Or if that's to
much do it only if it gets focus _and_ the index has changed?

Clemens

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* Re: Auto-refresh git-gui
  2012-01-04 16:33 ` Clemens Buchacher
@ 2012-01-05  8:03   ` Victor Engmark
  2012-01-10 16:14     ` Uri Okrent
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Victor Engmark @ 2012-01-05  8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Clemens Buchacher; +Cc: git

On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 05:33:40PM +0100, Clemens Buchacher wrote:
> Hi Victor,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:15:47AM +0100, Victor Engmark wrote:
> >
> > Is there some way to make `git-gui` rescan automatically when anything
> > in the repository changes?
> 
> How about doing it each time git gui gets focus? Or if that's to
> much do it only if it gets focus _and_ the index has changed?

Ideally (like in jEdit) this should be configurable. In Options ->
General of jEdit, there are the following settings:

"If open files are changed on disk", with options:
* do nothing
* prompt
* automatically reload and notify user
* autoreload without notification

"Check for file change upon", with options:
* application focus
* application focus, visiting the buffer or saving any buffer
* visiting the buffer or saving any buffer
* visiting or saving the buffer
* saving the buffer

Based on this, I guess we could use the following settings:

"When repository changes", with options:
* do nothing [This could optionally disable the next setting]
* prompt
* rescan and notify user
* rescan without notification

"Check for repository changes", with options:
* always [Could be implemented with something like `inotifywait -rm`]
* upon application focus
* upon staging, unstaging, committing or pushing

I think I can see use cases for all these options, although it might be
a bit much to chew for a first iteration.

-- 
Victor Engmark
terreActive AG
Kasinostrasse 30
CH-5001 Aarau
Tel: +41 62 834 00 55
Fax: +41 62 823 93 56
www.terreactive.ch

Wir sichern Ihren Erfolg - seit 15 Jahren

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* Re: Auto-refresh git-gui
  2012-01-05  8:03   ` Victor Engmark
@ 2012-01-10 16:14     ` Uri Okrent
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Uri Okrent @ 2012-01-10 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: victor.engmark; +Cc: git

Not to muddy the waters, but if you're open to alternatives, if you
have inotify installed, git cola will automatically update it's status
whenever files in your repository change.
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   Uri

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