Display commit changes (#1420)

When using an external editor to edit the commit message, the changes are now displayed

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+* changes in commit message inside external editor [[@bc-universe]](https://github.com/bc-universe) ([#1420](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1420))
+
 ### Fixes
 * commit msg history ordered the wrong way ([#1445](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1445))
 * improve help documentation for amend cmd ([#1448](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/1448))

src/app.rs

@@ -446,15 +446,17 @@ impl App {
 		} else if let InputEvent::State(polling_state) = ev {
 			self.external_editor_popup.hide();
 			if matches!(polling_state, InputState::Paused) {
-				let result = match self.file_to_open.take() {
-					Some(path) => {
+				let result =
+					if let Some(path) = self.file_to_open.take() {
 						ExternalEditorComponent::open_file_in_editor(
 							&self.repo.borrow(),
 							Path::new(&path),
 						)
-					}
-					None => self.commit.show_editor(),
-				};
+					} else {
+						let changes =
+							self.status_tab.get_files_changes()?;
+						self.commit.show_editor(changes)
+					};
 
 				if let Err(e) = result {
 					let msg =

src/components/commit.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use asyncgit::{
 		self, get_config_string, CommitId, HookResult, RepoPathRef,
 		RepoState,
 	},
+	StatusItem, StatusItemType,
 };
 use crossterm::event::Event;
 use easy_cast::Cast;
@@ -139,7 +140,23 @@ impl CommitComponent {
 		}
 	}
 
-	pub fn show_editor(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
+	const fn item_status_char(
+		item_type: StatusItemType,
+	) -> &'static str {
+		match item_type {
+			StatusItemType::Modified => "modified",
+			StatusItemType::New => "new file",
+			StatusItemType::Deleted => "deleted",
+			StatusItemType::Renamed => "renamed",
+			StatusItemType::Typechange => " ",
+			StatusItemType::Conflicted => "conflicted",
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn show_editor(
+		&mut self,
+		changes: Vec<StatusItem>,
+	) -> Result<()> {
 		let file_path = sync::repo_dir(&self.repo.borrow())?
 			.join("COMMIT_EDITMSG");
 
@@ -153,6 +170,14 @@ impl CommitComponent {
 				strings::commit_editor_msg(&self.key_config)
 					.as_bytes(),
 			)?;
+
+			for change in changes {
+				let status_char =
+					Self::item_status_char(change.status);
+				let message =
+					format!("\n#\t{status_char}: {}", change.path);
+				file.write_all(message.as_bytes())?;
+			}
 		}
 
 		ExternalEditorComponent::open_file_in_editor(

src/tabs/status.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use asyncgit::{
 	},
 	sync::{BranchCompare, CommitId},
 	AsyncBranchesJob, AsyncDiff, AsyncGitNotification, AsyncStatus,
-	DiffParams, DiffType, PushType, StatusParams,
+	DiffParams, DiffType, PushType, StatusItem, StatusParams,
 };
 use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
 use crossterm::event::Event;
@@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ impl Status {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
+	pub fn get_files_changes(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<StatusItem>> {
+		Ok(self.git_status_stage.last()?.items)
+	}
+
 	fn update_status(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
 		let stage_status = self.git_status_stage.last()?;
 		self.index.set_items(&stage_status.items)?;