Improves the commit search experience

Remembers and restores the last commit search string
Adds search command to the results inline toolbar
Reopens search when clicking on a result node with no results
Fixes encoded html in empty state

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- Improves the commit search experience
+  - Remembers and restores the last commit search string
+  - Adds the _Search Commits_ command to the search results inline toolbar
+  - Reopens the commit search when clicking on a search results without results
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixes html encoding issues with the _Search Commits_ view empty state
+
 ## [9.1.0] - 2018-12-12
 
 ### Added

package.json

@@ -4127,11 +4127,6 @@
                     "when": "viewItem == gitlens:repository",
                     "group": "8_gitlens@1"
                 },
-                {
-                    "command": "gitlens.views.compare.swapComparision",
-                    "when": "viewItem == gitlens:compare:results",
-                    "group": "inline@1"
-                },
                 {
                     "command": "gitlens.views.dismissNode",
                     "when": "viewItem =~ /gitlens:(compare:picker:ref|compare|search)\\b(?!:(commits|files))/",
@@ -4142,6 +4137,11 @@
                     "when": "viewItem =~ /gitlens:(compare:picker:ref|compare|search)\\b(?!:(commits|files))/",
                     "group": "1_gitlens@1"
                 },
+                {
+                    "command": "gitlens.views.compare.swapComparision",
+                    "when": "viewItem == gitlens:compare:results",
+                    "group": "inline@1"
+                },
                 {
                     "command": "gitlens.views.compare.swapComparision",
                     "when": "viewItem == gitlens:compare:results",
@@ -4152,6 +4152,16 @@
                     "when": "viewItem == gitlens:compare:results",
                     "group": "7_gitlens@1"
                 },
+                {
+                    "command": "gitlens.views.search.searchCommits",
+                    "when": "viewItem == gitlens:search:results",
+                    "group": "inline@1"
+                },
+                {
+                    "command": "gitlens.views.search.searchCommits",
+                    "when": "viewItem == gitlens:search:results",
+                    "group": "2_gitlens@1"
+                },
                 {
                     "command": "gitlens.stashApply",
                     "when": "!gitlens:readonly && viewItem == gitlens:stashes",

src/commands/searchCommits.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { Messages } from '../messages';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, CommitsQuickPick, ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem } from '../quickpicks';
 import { Iterables, Strings } from '../system';
+import { SearchResultsCommitsNode } from '../views/nodes';
 import {
     ActiveEditorCachedCommand,
     command,
@@ -39,13 +40,16 @@ export interface SearchCommitsCommandArgs {
     search?: string;
     searchBy?: GitRepoSearchBy;
     maxCount?: number;
+    prefillOnly?: boolean;
     showInView?: boolean;
 
     goBackCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem;
 }
 
 @command()
 export class SearchCommitsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
+    private _lastSearch: string | undefined;
+
     constructor() {
         super([Commands.SearchCommits, Commands.SearchCommitsInView]);
     }
@@ -55,6 +59,12 @@ export class SearchCommitsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
             args = { ...args };
             args.showInView = true;
 
+            if (context.node instanceof SearchResultsCommitsNode) {
+                args.search = context.node.search;
+                args.searchBy = context.node.searchBy;
+                args.prefillOnly = true;
+            }
+
             if (isCommandViewContextWithRepo(context)) {
                 return this.execute(context.editor, context.node.uri, args);
             }
@@ -86,11 +96,21 @@ export class SearchCommitsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
         args = { ...args };
         const originalArgs = { ...args };
 
+        if (args.prefillOnly && args.search && args.searchBy) {
+            args.search = `${searchByToSymbolMap.get(args.searchBy) || ''}${args.search}`;
+            args.searchBy = undefined;
+        }
+
         if (!args.search || args.searchBy == null) {
             let selection;
-            if (!args.search && args.searchBy != null) {
-                args.search = searchByToSymbolMap.get(args.searchBy);
-                selection = [1, 1];
+            if (!args.search) {
+                if (args.searchBy != null) {
+                    args.search = searchByToSymbolMap.get(args.searchBy);
+                    selection = [1, 1];
+                }
+                else {
+                    args.search = this._lastSearch;
+                }
             }
 
             if (args.showInView) {
@@ -107,7 +127,7 @@ export class SearchCommitsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
                 return args.goBackCommand === undefined ? undefined : args.goBackCommand.execute();
             }
 
-            originalArgs.search = args.search;
+            this._lastSearch = originalArgs.search = args.search;
 
             const match = searchByRegex.exec(args.search);
             if (match && match[1]) {
@@ -198,7 +218,9 @@ export class SearchCommitsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand {
                             : undefined,
                     showInViewCommand:
                         log !== undefined
-                            ? new ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem(log, { label: searchLabel! })
+                            ? new ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem(args.search, args.searchBy, log, {
+                                  label: searchLabel!
+                              })
                             : undefined
                 });
                 if (pick === undefined) return undefined;

src/quickpicks/commonQuickPicks.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { GitLog, GitLogCommit, GitRepoSearchBy, GitStashCommit, GitUri } from '../git/gitService';
 import { KeyMapping, Keys } from '../keyboard';
-import { Functions, Strings } from '../system';
+import { Strings } from '../system';
 import {
     BranchesAndTagsQuickPick,
     BranchQuickPickItem,
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ export class ShowCommitInViewQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
 
 export class ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
     constructor(
+        public readonly search: string,
+        public readonly searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy,
         public readonly results: GitLog,
         public readonly resultsLabel: string | { label: string; resultsType?: { singular: string; plural: string } },
         item: QuickPickItem = {
@@ -258,7 +260,9 @@ export class ShowCommitSearchResultsInViewQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPick
     }
 
     async execute(): Promise<{} | undefined> {
-        await Container.searchView.showSearchResults(this.results.repoPath, this.results, { label: this.resultsLabel });
+        await Container.searchView.showSearchResults(this.results.repoPath, this.search, this.searchBy, this.results, {
+            label: this.resultsLabel
+        });
         return undefined;
     }
 }

src/views/nodes.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export * from './nodes/resultsCommitsNode';
 export * from './nodes/resultsFileNode';
 export * from './nodes/resultsFilesNode';
 export * from './nodes/searchNode';
+export * from './nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode';
 export * from './nodes/stashesNode';
 export * from './nodes/stashFileNode';
 export * from './nodes/stashNode';

src/views/nodes/resultsCommitsNode.ts

@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ export class ResultsCommitsNode extends ViewNode implements PageableViewNode {
         view: View,
         parent: ViewNode,
         public readonly repoPath: string,
-        private readonly _commitsQuery: (maxCount: number | undefined) => Promise<CommitsQueryResults>,
-        private readonly _contextValue: ResourceType = ResourceType.ResultsCommits
+        private readonly _commitsQuery: (maxCount: number | undefined) => Promise<CommitsQueryResults>
     ) {
         super(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repoPath), view, parent);
     }
 
+    get type(): ResourceType {
+        return ResourceType.ResultsCommits;
+    }
+
     async getChildren(): Promise<ViewNode[]> {
         const { log } = await this.getCommitsQueryResults();
         if (log === undefined) return [];
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ export class ResultsCommitsNode extends ViewNode implements PageableViewNode {
             label,
             log && log.count > 0 ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed : TreeItemCollapsibleState.None
         );
-        item.contextValue = this._contextValue;
+        item.contextValue = this.type;
 
         return item;
     }
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ export class ResultsCommitsNode extends ViewNode implements PageableViewNode {
 
     private _commitsQueryResults: Promise<CommitsQueryResults> | undefined;
 
-    private getCommitsQueryResults() {
+    protected getCommitsQueryResults() {
         if (this._commitsQueryResults === undefined) {
             this._commitsQueryResults = this._commitsQuery(this.maxCount);
         }

src/views/nodes/searchNode.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.Message } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `Search commits by message (use <message-pattern>)`,
+                    `Search commits by message (use <message-pattern>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by message'
                 ),
                 new CommandMessageNode(
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.Author } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by author (use @&lt;author-pattern&gt;)`,
+                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by author (use @<author-pattern>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by author'
                 ),
                 new CommandMessageNode(
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.Sha } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by commit id (use #&lt;sha&gt;)`,
+                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by commit id (use #<sha>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by commit id'
                 ),
                 new CommandMessageNode(
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.Files } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by files (use :&lt;file-path/glob&gt;)`,
+                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by files (use :<file-path/glob>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by files'
                 ),
                 new CommandMessageNode(
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.Changes } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by changes (use =&lt;pattern&gt;)`,
+                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by changes (use =<pattern>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by changes'
                 ),
                 new CommandMessageNode(
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class SearchNode extends ViewNode {
                         ...command,
                         arguments: [this, { searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy.ChangedLines } as SearchCommitsCommandArgs]
                     },
-                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by changed lines (use ~&lt;pattern&gt;)`,
+                    `${GlyphChars.Space.repeat(4)} or, by changed lines (use ~<pattern>)`,
                     'Click to search commits by changed lines'
                 )
             ];

src/views/nodes/searchResultsCommitsNode.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict';
+import { TreeItem } from 'vscode';
+import { SearchCommitsCommandArgs } from '../../commands';
+import { Commands } from '../../commands/common';
+import { GitRepoSearchBy } from '../../git/gitService';
+import { View } from '../viewBase';
+import { CommitsQueryResults, ResultsCommitsNode } from './resultsCommitsNode';
+import { ResourceType, ViewNode } from './viewNode';
+
+export class SearchResultsCommitsNode extends ResultsCommitsNode {
+    constructor(
+        view: View,
+        parent: ViewNode,
+        repoPath: string,
+        public readonly search: string,
+        public readonly searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy,
+        commitsQuery: (maxCount: number | undefined) => Promise<CommitsQueryResults>
+    ) {
+        super(view, parent, repoPath, commitsQuery);
+    }
+
+    get type(): ResourceType {
+        return ResourceType.SearchResults;
+    }
+
+    async getTreeItem(): Promise<TreeItem> {
+        const { log } = await super.getCommitsQueryResults();
+
+        const item = await super.getTreeItem();
+
+        if (log == null || log.count === 0) {
+            const args: SearchCommitsCommandArgs = {
+                search: this.search,
+                searchBy: this.searchBy,
+                prefillOnly: true
+            };
+            item.command = {
+                title: 'Search Commits',
+                command: Commands.SearchCommitsInView,
+                arguments: [args]
+            };
+        }
+
+        return item;
+    }
+}

src/views/searchView.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { CommandContext, GlyphChars, setCommandContext, WorkspaceState } from '.
 import { Container } from '../container';
 import { GitLog, GitRepoSearchBy } from '../git/gitService';
 import { Functions, Strings } from '../system';
-import { ResourceType, ResultsCommitsNode, SearchNode, ViewNode } from './nodes';
+import { SearchNode, SearchResultsCommitsNode, ViewNode } from './nodes';
 import { RefreshReason, ViewBase } from './viewBase';
 
 interface SearchQueryResult {
@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewBase<SearchNode> {
         );
 
         return this.addResults(
-            new ResultsCommitsNode(this, this._root!, repoPath, searchQueryFn, ResourceType.SearchResults)
+            new SearchResultsCommitsNode(this, this._root!, repoPath, search, searchBy, searchQueryFn)
         );
     }
 
     async showSearchResults(
         repoPath: string,
+        search: string,
+        searchBy: GitRepoSearchBy,
         results: GitLog,
         options: {
             label:
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewBase<SearchNode> {
         });
 
         return this.addResults(
-            new ResultsCommitsNode(this, this._root!, repoPath, searchQueryFn, ResourceType.SearchResults)
+            new SearchResultsCommitsNode(this, this._root!, repoPath, search, searchBy, searchQueryFn)
         );
     }