More informative commit view

[yetithefoot]

When im writing commit message I prefer to see changes that will be commited and branch info.

Now it looks like:

But view like this looks more informative:

Suggest extend commit view with extra information

[divmain]

Would this option suffice?

[aziz]

I think full diff is too much I also like to see a summary of things that are being commited.

[yetithefoot]

@divmain Not really. As @aziz mentionned, its too much.
Probably smth like this would cover most of possible scenarios:

{
    "show_commit_diff": "full", // full changes
    "show_commit_diff": "filenames", // only filenames
    "show_commit_diff": "none" // nothing
}

In my cases filenames is enough.

[divmain]

In #492, @tomngo asked for previous commit messages, since commit messages will often be similar. Let's come up with all the possible bits of information we might want in the commit view, and then expose a config option to allow people to set this up granularly.

One way would be to just accept a raw git command. You could pretty simply craft one to show previous commit subjects, or show a full diff, or show filenames that have changed. We could also accept an array of these, for people that want lots of info and don't want to choose between them.

However, this would be more heavy-handed, and exposing more constrained but popular choices as boolean options might be better.

Thoughts?

[tomngo]

Thanks! For convenience, I'd prefer the more constrained but popular choices. If there were a way to enhance by adding raw git commands to user preferences, I'd likely use that.

[rchl]

I'd really like this improvement. One thing that wasn't mentioned is showing the branch we are on. I'd like that too.

[rchl]

Ability to select previous commit messages would also sort-of solve #503.

[asfaltboy]

@tomngo could you elaborate on what you mean by "'enhancing by adding raw git commands" ?

Today, you could either enhance specific GitSavvy commands with custom arguments globally, or define a custom command to do your specialized work.

Please let us know if this is satisfactory, and whether there's anything else you're looking for.

[tomngo]

@asfaltboy : My comment was a response to @divmain 's question on the same day (Aug 10). I think your "define a custom command" response already satisfies the need. Thanks!

[yetithefoot]

Thanx. stat is exactly what was needed.