gitk: Add a "Copy commit summary" command

bbolli · paulusmack · commit d835dbb91fe2 · 2015-08-13T13:47:43.000+10:00
When referring to earlier commits in commit messages or other text, one
of the established formats is

    &lt;abbrev-sha&gt; ("&lt;summary&gt;", &lt;author-date&gt;)

Add a "Copy commit summary" command to the context menu that puts this
text for the currently selected commit on the clipboard. This makes it
easy for our users to create well-formatted commit references.

The &lt;abbrev-sha&gt; is produced with the %h format specifier to make it
unique. Its length can be controlled with the gitk preference
"Auto-select SHA1 (length)", or, if this preference is set to its
default value (40), with the Git config setting core.abbrev.

Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli &lt;dev+git@drbeat.li&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
@@ -2618,6 +2618,7 @@ proc makewindow {} {
 	{mc "Diff selected -> this" command {diffvssel 1}}
 	{mc "Make patch" command mkpatch}
 	{mc "Create tag" command mktag}
+	{mc "Copy commit summary" command copysummary}
 	{mc "Write commit to file" command writecommit}
 	{mc "Create new branch" command mkbranch}
 	{mc "Cherry-pick this commit" command cherrypick}
@@ -9360,6 +9361,20 @@ proc mktaggo {} {
     mktagcan
 }
 
+proc copysummary {} {
+    global rowmenuid autosellen
+
+    set format "%h (\"%s\", %ad)"
+    set cmd [list git show -s --pretty=format:$format --date=short]
+    if {$autosellen < 40} {
+        lappend cmd --abbrev=$autosellen
+    }
+    set summary [eval exec $cmd $rowmenuid]
+
+    clipboard clear
+    clipboard append $summary
+}
+
 proc writecommit {} {
     global rowmenuid wrcomtop commitinfo wrcomcmd NS
 
