Copy selection to clipboard in diff view

Author: cruessler

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ jobs:
         profile: minimal
         components: clippy
 
+    - name: Install dependencies for clipboard access
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -qq install libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
+
     - name: Build Debug
       run: |
         rustc --version
@@ -58,6 +63,10 @@ jobs:
         profile: minimal
         target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 
+    - name: Install dependencies for clipboard access
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -qq install libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev
+
     - name: Setup MUSL
       run: |
         sudo apt-get -qq install musl-tools

Cargo.lock

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.32"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 textwrap = "0.12"
+clipboard = "0.5"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 pprof = { version = "0.3", features = ["flamegraph"], optional = true }

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::{
-    CommandBlocking, DrawableComponent, ExtendType, ScrollType,
+    CommandBlocking, Direction, DrawableComponent, ScrollType,
 };
 use crate::{
     components::{CommandInfo, Component},
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use asyncgit::{hash, sync, DiffLine, DiffLineType, FileDiff, CWD};
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
+use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use crossterm::event::Event;
 use std::{borrow::Cow, cell::Cell, cmp, path::Path};
 use tui::{
@@ -49,11 +50,30 @@ impl Selection {
         }
     }
 
+    fn modify(&mut self, direction: Direction, max: usize) {
+        let start = self.get_start();
+        let old_end = self.get_end();
+
+        *self = match direction {
+            Direction::Up => {
+                Self::Multiple(start, old_end.saturating_sub(1))
+            }
+
+            Direction::Down => {
+                Self::Multiple(start, cmp::min(old_end + 1, max))
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     fn contains(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
         match self {
             Self::Single(start) => index == *start,
             Self::Multiple(start, end) => {
-                *start <= index && index <= *end
+                if start <= end {
+                    *start <= index && index <= *end
+                } else {
+                    *end <= index && index <= *start
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -177,26 +197,45 @@ impl DiffComponent {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn extend_selection(
+    fn modify_selection(
         &mut self,
-        extend_type: ExtendType,
+        direction: Direction,
     ) -> Result<()> {
         if let Some(diff) = &self.diff {
             let max = diff.lines.saturating_sub(1) as usize;
-            let start = self.selection.get_start();
-            let old_end = self.selection.get_end();
 
-            self.selection = match extend_type {
-                ExtendType::Up => Selection::Multiple(
-                    start,
-                    cmp::max(start, old_end.saturating_sub(1)),
-                ),
+            self.selection.modify(direction, max);
+        }
 
-                ExtendType::Down => Selection::Multiple(
-                    start,
-                    cmp::min(old_end + 1, max),
-                ),
-            };
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn copy_selection(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(diff) = &self.diff {
+            let lines_to_copy: Vec<&str> = diff
+                .hunks
+                .iter()
+                .flat_map(|hunk| hunk.lines.iter())
+                .enumerate()
+                .filter_map(|(i, line)| {
+                    if self.selection.contains(i) {
+                        Some(
+                            line.content
+                                .trim_matches(|c| {
+                                    c == '\n' || c == '\r'
+                                })
+                                .as_ref(),
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect();
+
+            let mut ctx: ClipboardContext = ClipboardProvider::new()
+                .expect("failed to get access to clipboard");
+            ctx.set_contents(lines_to_copy.join("\n"))
+                .expect("failed to set clipboard contents");
         }
 
         Ok(())
@@ -489,7 +528,7 @@ impl DrawableComponent for DiffComponent {
         self.scroll_top.set(calc_scroll_top(
             self.scroll_top.get(),
             self.current_size.get().1 as usize,
-            self.selection.get_start(),
+            self.selection.get_end(),
         ));
 
         let title =
@@ -570,11 +609,11 @@ impl Component for DiffComponent {
                         Ok(true)
                     }
                     keys::SHIFT_DOWN => {
-                        self.extend_selection(ExtendType::Down)?;
+                        self.modify_selection(Direction::Down)?;
                         Ok(true)
                     }
                     keys::SHIFT_UP => {
-                        self.extend_selection(ExtendType::Up)?;
+                        self.modify_selection(Direction::Up)?;
                         Ok(true)
                     }
                     keys::END => {
@@ -618,6 +657,10 @@ impl Component for DiffComponent {
                         }
                         Ok(true)
                     }
+                    keys::COPY => {
+                        self.copy_selection()?;
+                        Ok(true)
+                    }
                     _ => Ok(false),
                 };
             }

src/components/diff.rs

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub enum ScrollType {
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
-pub enum ExtendType {
+pub enum Direction {
     Up,
     Down,
 }

src/components/mod.rs

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub const SHIFT_UP: KeyEvent =
 pub const SHIFT_DOWN: KeyEvent =
     with_mod(KeyCode::Down, KeyModifiers::SHIFT);
 pub const ENTER: KeyEvent = no_mod(KeyCode::Enter);
+pub const COPY: KeyEvent = no_mod(KeyCode::Char('y'));
 pub const EDIT_FILE: KeyEvent = no_mod(KeyCode::Char('e'));
 pub const STATUS_STAGE_FILE: KeyEvent = no_mod(KeyCode::Enter);
 pub const STATUS_STAGE_ALL: KeyEvent = no_mod(KeyCode::Char('a'));