PRD: [VSC] Edit command

[taylorsperry]

Related Docs:

• PRD: Cody Chat and Commands

Description:

As a user, I want Cody to edit my code according to my instructions.

Objectives:

Provide an easily discoverable, pre-packaged prompt that allows Cody to edit users' code according to their instructions.

Acceptance Criteria:

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1. In the open project file, Cody automatically applies edits to the selected code, per the user’s instructions
2. Users can see a diff view of the edit
3. Users can undo an edit
4. The edit command can be triggered from the sidebar, right-click menu, or a keyboard shortcut

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1. Cody: Apply fixups by default #1407
   dec-ga/vscode +1
   
2. Cody: Improve fixup error handling #1406
   dec-ga/vscode dec-ga: commands-ux-polish +2
   
3. Cody: Improve fixup response speed #1464
   car: reduced-chat-commands-latency clients/jetbrains clients/vscode dec-ga/vscode perf +5
   
4. Fixup: Only apply formatting changes to a range, and clean the undo stack #1445
   +0
   
5. Cody: Apply fixups by default #1411
   +0
   
6. Fixup: Add formatting codelens and the option to skip #1582
   +0
   
7. Chat/Commands: Remove LLM reranker for repos without embeddings #1722
   +0
   
8. Edit: Add further code actions for editing and documenting code #1724
   +0
   
9. Fixups idea: perhaps allow the user to specify a persistent/recurring prompt prefix? #1725
   +0
   
10. Edit: Applying insertion edits as they stream in #1726
    +0
    

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[kalanchan]

this is done, will confirm with Beyang

edit command:

diff view:

edit applied, undo, done:

[taylorsperry]

Version v0.15.1699888090

• ✅ In the open project file, Cody automatically applies edits to the selected code, per the user’s instructions
• ❌ Users can see a diff view of the edit
• ❌ Users can undo an edit
• The edit command can be triggered from:
  • ✅ the sidebar
  • ✅ right-click menu
  • ✅ keyboard shortcut

When I tried this the lens (is that what it's called?) to retry / undo / see diff disappeared before I could even click on them. See Loom.

I also ran into some weird/inconsistent behavior in which Cody didn't always apply my edits:

• I highlighted some code, used the Edit command to ask Cody to add a new input, and saw this behavior (Cody just added two <selectedCode> and </selectedCode> tags. Loom.
• Cody also didn’t consistently perform the edit at all. Loom

[kalanchan]

@taylorsperry can you show screenshots of being unable to see the diff view and unable to undo an edit?

In my comments above I've captured where that functionality is

[taylorsperry]

@kalanchan do the looms I linked in my comment not do the trick? Hard to take a screenshot of something that's disappearing 🤣

[umpox]

@taylorsperry Do you have files.autoSave set in your VS Code settings by any chance? The code lens goes away on save so it might be related to that 🤔

Maybe we should disable it if that setting is true.

[umpox]

I highlighted some code, used the Edit command to ask Cody to add a new input, and saw this behavior (Cody just added two and tags.

PR to fix: #1765

[umpox]

@taylorsperry PR to fix the disappearing retry/undo/diff options: #1767

I believe this should fix the issue (it seems like the file auto saved from watching your loom). Would appreciate another test either on the branch or when this fix is released if you have chance!