git-jump: support Emacs

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   |  9 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   |  9 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..6aaa6a928d2 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument 'stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output. You can use it with M-x grep on Emacs.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump stdout <mode>"
+Run grep (like this): git jump stdout diff
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..a907f69304d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
+	mode=$1; shift
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	"mode_$mode" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient" or GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

index a907f69304d..536f0341aaf 100755
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ open_editor() {
 	eval "$editor -q \$1"
 }
 
+open_emacsclient() {
+	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
+	eval "$editor -e \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (grep \\\"git jump stdout $@\\\")) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
+}
+
 mode_diff() {
 	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
 	perl -ne '

@@ -79,6 +84,12 @@ if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep ^emacsclient >/dev/null; then
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	open_emacsclient "$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
 type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }

gitgitgadget

"git var GIT_EDITOR" does respect VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables. See git-var(1) reference manual.

It is a good idea. Thanks!

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Excellent.

Thanks.

I found we can support both emacs and emacsclient by using --eval option instead of -e option.
I'll deal with it.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   |  9 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  e56858a3eb2 = 1:  e56858a3eb2 git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'
 2:  ed19668db86 ! 2:  72c4fd5532b git-jump: invoke emacsclient

@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
exit 0
fi

-+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep ^emacsclient >/dev/null; then ++if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacsclient >/dev/null; then
+ type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+ open_emacsclient "$mode" "$@"
+ exit 0

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   |  9 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..6aaa6a928d2 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument 'stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output. You can use it with M-x grep on Emacs.
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump stdout <mode>"
+Run grep (like this): git jump stdout diff
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..a907f69304d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
+	mode=$1; shift
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	"mode_$mode" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

I agree. I'll add "instead of feeding it to the editor".

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
The value of git-jump is to launch the editor quickly from the command line. I think it's rare to manually use the additional option (e.g. M-x grep in Emacs).
Therefore, I think there is not much needs to expose it directly. I'll change it to less surprising form "--stdout".

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

FWIW, I had the same reaction: it should be --stdout.

The main reason I didn't start with that primitive is because the initial outputs were pretty simple and based around "grep -n" output. But they've gotten a bit more complicated over time, especially the "diff" one. I agree that just dumping the quickfix list is a good feature to have.

-Peff

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient" or GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

index a907f69304d..f267eac2233 100755
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ open_editor() {
 	eval "$editor -q \$1"
 }
 
+open_emacsclient() {
+	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
+	eval "$editor -e \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (grep \\\"git jump stdout $@\\\")) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
+}
+
 mode_diff() {
 	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
 	perl -ne '

@@ -79,6 +84,12 @@ if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacsclient >/dev/null; then
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	open_emacsclient "$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
 type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }

gitgitgadget

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v2:

1: e56858a3eb2 ! 1: ccfea26de33 git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'
@@ Metadata
Author: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

## Commit message ##
- git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'
+ git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

@@ contrib/git-jump/README: git jump grep -i foo_bar
git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
--------------------------------------------------

-+You can use the optional argument 'stdout' to print the listing to -+standard output. You can use it with M-x grep on Emacs. ++You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to ++standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the ++argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
-+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump stdout <mode>" -+Run grep (like this): git jump stdout diff
++# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>" ++Run grep (like this): git jump --stdout diff
+--------------------------------------------------

Related Programs
@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump
usage() {
cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
-+usage: git jump [stdout] <mode> [<args>]
++usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]

Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
The <mode> parameter is one of:
@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to

ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
-+If the optional argument stdout is given, print the quickfix -+lines to standard output.
++If the optional argument --stdout is given, print the quickfix ++lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
EOF
}

@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test $# -lt 1; then
exit 1
fi
mode=$1; shift
-+if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
++if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
+ mode=$1; shift
+ type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+ "mode_$mode" "$@" 2>/dev/null
2: 72c4fd5532b ! 2: b4ad4c083c9 git-jump: invoke emacsclient

     @@ Metadata
      Author: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    git-jump: invoke emacsclient
     +    git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient
      
     -    It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient" or GIT_EDITOR="emacsclient -t"
     +    It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"
      
          Signed-off-by: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>
      
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: open_editor() {
       	eval "$editor -q \$1"
       }
       
     -+open_emacsclient() {
     ++open_emacs() {
      +	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
     -+	eval "$editor -e \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (grep \\\"git jump stdout $@\\\")) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
     ++	eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"git jump --stdout $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
      +}
      +
       mode_diff() {
       	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
       	perl -ne '
     -@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test "$mode" = "stdout"; then
     +@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
       	exit 0
       fi
       
     -+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacsclient >/dev/null; then
     ++# For emacs/emacsclient, call "git jump --stdout" from inside of them.
     ++if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacs >/dev/null; then
      +	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
     -+	open_emacsclient "$mode" "$@"
     ++	open_emacs "$mode" "$@"
      +	exit 0
      +fi
      +

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..0340980959b 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+Run grep (like this): git jump --stdout diff
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..091d1add0ec 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
+	mode=$1; shift
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	"mode_$mode" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

Thanks, I like what this feature is doing overall, but I have some small nits about the implementation.

  $ ./git-jump --stdout
  ./git-jump: 76: shift: can't shift that many

index b9cc602ebf..05a0ff1430 100755
@@ -67,15 +67,38 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		shift
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
+
 mode=$1; shift
+type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
 open_editor "$tmp"

Yes. "M-x" gives Emacs users a command line prompt to type (and tab complete) an Emacs command, and in the above explanation, the user is running the "grep" command of Emacs, which in turn prompts for a shell command that produces series of <filename>:<lineno>:<cruft> to jump around [*].

"M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>" is what I would have written on the second line instead of "Run grep (like this)...".

[Footnote]

* People often run "grep -n -r -e <pattern>" but you can run things like "git grep -n -e <pattern> -- <pathspec>" and "find -name \*.h | xargs grep -n -e <pattern>".

I think Junio's suggestion of "M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>" is concise and understandable to most Emacs users, so I'd like to adopt it.

Below are the details of what I thought:

By M-x grep<RET>, Emacs displays

      Run grep (like this): grep --color=auto -nH --null -e

where
- "Run grep (like this): " is a prompt (like "$ " in bash).
- "grep --color=auto -nH --null -e " is a part of search command (missing keyword part). We can supply "keyword<RET>" to execute the search. We can also remove the whole command and replace it with the command like "git jump --stdout diff".

So "M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>" does not represent the complete procedure. It lacks the operation to remove the default command (controlled by the grep-command setting). For example, adding C-a C-k after "M-x grep<RET>" is more accurate, but it feels a bit redundant.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Ah, OK. I am happy with anything that emacs users will understand, and I trust the two of you to come up with something there. :)

-Peff

Thanks. I've applied it.

I was throwing away stderr because Emacs' M-x grep inserted both stdout and stderr into the output destination, and a perl warning was issued. However, the warning itself is meaningful, and I thought it would be very bad not to know the reason when an error occurred, so I came to the conclusion that stderr should be left as is.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

index 091d1add0ec..43ca8bb1ee7 100755
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ open_editor() {
 	eval "$editor -q \$1"
 }
 
+open_emacs() {
+	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
+	eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"git jump --stdout $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
+}
+
 mode_diff() {
 	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
 	perl -ne '

@@ -79,6 +84,13 @@ if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+# For emacs/emacsclient, call "git jump --stdout" from inside of them.
+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacs >/dev/null; then
+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+	open_emacs "$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
 type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }

gitgitgadget

As you pointed out, the previous implementation has a problem in cases such as:
git jump grep "hello world"

The reason I avoided using temporary files in the previous implementation was a race condition when editor="emacsclient" (emacsclient exits without waiting for
the asynchronous execution of the external command). But I found a way around the race condition, so I'll change to use cat on a temporary file.

Thanks,

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v4
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v4
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v3:

1: ccfea26de33 ! 1: 446777d300d git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'

     @@ contrib/git-jump/README: git jump grep -i foo_bar
      +
      +--------------------------------------------------
      +# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
     -+Run grep (like this): git jump --stdout diff
     ++M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
      +--------------------------------------------------
       
       Related Programs
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to
       EOF
       }
       
     -@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test $# -lt 1; then
     +@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: mode_ws() {
     + 	git diff --check "$@"
     + }
     + 
     ++use_stdout=
     ++while test $# -gt 0; do
     ++	case "$1" in
     ++	--stdout)
     ++		use_stdout=t
     ++		shift
     ++		;;
     ++	--*)
     ++		usage >&2
     ++		exit 1
     ++		;;
     ++	*)
     ++		break
     ++		;;
     ++	esac
     ++done
     + if test $# -lt 1; then
     + 	usage >&2
       	exit 1
       fi
       mode=$1; shift
     -+if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
     -+	mode=$1; shift
     -+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
     -+	"mode_$mode" "$@" 2>/dev/null
     ++if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
     ++	"mode_$mode" "$@"
      +	exit 0
      +fi

2: b4ad4c083c9 ! 2: 2f0bffb484b git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: open_editor() {
       }
       
      +open_emacs() {
     ++	# Supported editor values are:
     ++	# - emacs
     ++	# - emacsclient
     ++	# - emacsclient -t
      +	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
     -+	eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"git jump --stdout $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
     ++	# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
     ++	# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
     ++	eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (sleep-for 0.1)) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
      +}
      +
       mode_diff() {
       	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
       	perl -ne '
     -@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test "$mode" = "--stdout"; then
     - 	exit 0
     - fi
     - 
     -+# For emacs/emacsclient, call "git jump --stdout" from inside of them.
     +@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
     + type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
     + "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
     + test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
      +if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacs >/dev/null; then
     -+	type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
     -+	open_emacs "$mode" "$@"
     ++	open_emacs "$tmp"
      +	exit 0
      +fi
     -+
     - trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
     - tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
     - type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
     + open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..3211841305f 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..babb3b5c68d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -64,11 +67,31 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		shift
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

index babb3b5c68d..bfd759aa4b2 100755
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ open_editor() {
 	eval "$editor -q \$1"
 }
 
+open_emacs() {
+	# Supported editor values are:
+	# - emacs
+	# - emacsclient
+	# - emacsclient -t
+	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
+	# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
+	# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
+	eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (sleep-for 0.1)) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
+}
+
 mode_diff() {
 	git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
 	perl -ne '

@@ -98,4 +109,8 @@ tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
 type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacs >/dev/null; then
+	open_emacs "$tmp"
+	exit 0
+fi
 open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

Hi Yoichi

Thanks for working on this, I'm looking forward to being able to use "git jump" with emacs.

Thanks for your feedback.

The first point is that you want to keep the same window configuration as before you do git jump, and reuse existing window (like M-x grep), right?

I think "(delete-other-windows)" was superfluous, so I'll remove it. Will it do what you want?
- In case of editor="emacsclient", it will try to keep window configuration.
- In case of editor="emacsclient -t" and editor="emacs", it will create two window
configuration (up and down).

I've also seen a new frame being created unintentionally. It is caused by the wrong use of switch-to-buffer-other-frame. I'll try to fix.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Right. But the problem is not specific to emacs (it happens in vim too). Let's fix it another time (as you noted, that's pretty unlikely, and we may not even need to fix it).

Sure.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Good point. The vim version is easier to fix (we just need to double-quote \$1 inside the eval), but the fact that nobody has complained is an indication that it does not really matter.

-Peff

I've confirmed the vim version is fixed by

    eval "$editor -q \"\$1\""

With your hint, I found the emacs version can be fixed by single-quoting the variable (I found a mistake in the emacs version. Since there is only one argument, I should use $1 instead of $@. I'll fix it.), and the vim version can be also in the similar form with single quote:

    eval "$editor -q '$1'"

The original vim version used the notation \$1 instead of $1. I'm worried that the emacs version might need the backslash. What does the backslash mean? Is it necessary?

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

I found the answer myself. The backslash is to leave the evaluation of the argument to the 'eval' execution. And another question arose. Why do we use eval? What is the difference from running it directly like below?

    $editor -q $1

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

The value of $editor is not a single program name, but is itself a shell command. So you could imagine:

  git config core.editor "some_command --with --args"

or even more complicated shell hackery. From within Git, we'd run it as:

  sh -c "some_command --with --args"

but when you are in a shell already, "eval" is a more efficient way of doing the same.

-Peff

This isn't quite a full solution, though. The "$1" is expanded by the outer double-quoted string, which is then fed to eval. The inner single-quotes make most characters literally except for single-quotes themselves. So if $1 has single-quotes, the eval will barf due to bad syntax.

As you figured out in the other email, it inhibits the outer layer of expansion, and lets the eval expand it. This is the easiest way to pass things through levels of shell evals (since otherwise you have to actually quote, which is a real pain).

None of this is sufficient for your emacs example, though. There you have three levels of quoting:

- getting the argument intact into the eval; this can use the "\$" trick

- the argument then appears inside a double-quoted string which will be evaluated by emacs. You'd want to protect it against double-quotes and presumably backslashes.

- emacs will then execute the final command, presumably you a shell. So you'd want to protect against expansion in that shell. The easiest way to do that is usually to wrap each argument in single-quotes, and quoting against interior single quotes (by ending single-quote, adding a single backslashed single-quote, and then re-opening the single-quote). It's horribly ugly, but is (AFAIK) the shortest way to quote shell arguments, and what we usually do in Git.

Those are the three tricks I sent in the earlier email (though looking at it again, I think the single-quote bits need to come first, so their backslashes are then quoted to protect against emacs evaluation).

It's all quite confusing, which is why I am OK with just skipping it for now. ;) The nice thing, though, is that doing the quoting right means it's safe to get rid of the "cat", which solves your race problems in a more direct and robust way.

-Peff

Thank you for taking the time to explain the details. I don't fully understand it yet, but I know it's hard to deal with properly.

In PATCH v7, I made it the same level as the vim version (although it is not strictly at the same level because there is a Emacs Lisp processing). I skip futher treatment of temporary file paths.

Regards,

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Jeff King (1):
git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v5
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v5
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v4:

 1:  446777d300d = 1:  446777d300d git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
 2:  2f0bffb484b ! 2:  972d51888ba git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

@@
## Metadata ##
-Author: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]> +Author: Jeff King <[email protected]>

## Commit message ##
- git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient
+ git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier

- It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"
+ We check if the "mode" argument supplied by the user is valid by seeing
+ if we have a mode_$mode function defined. But we don't do that until
+ after creating the tempfile. This is wasteful (we create a tempfile but
+ never use it), and makes it harder to add new options (the recent stdout
+ option exits before creating the tempfile, so it misses the check and
+ "git jump --stdout foo" will produce "git-jump: 92: mode_foo: not found"
+ rather than the regular usage message).

- Signed-off-by: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>
+ Signed-off-by: Jeff King <[email protected]>

## contrib/git-jump/git-jump ##
-@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: open_editor() {
- eval "$editor -q \$1"
- }
-
-+open_emacs() {
-+ # Supported editor values are:
-+ # - emacs
-+ # - emacsclient
-+ # - emacsclient -t
-+ editor=git var GIT_EDITOR
-+ # Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
-+ # to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
-+ eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (switch-to-buffer-other-frame (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (delete-other-windows) (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (sleep-for 0.1)) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
-+}
+@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: if test $# -lt 1; then
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ mode=$1; shift
++type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
- mode_diff() {
- git diff --no-prefix --relative "$@" |
- perl -ne '
-@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: tmp=mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX || exit 1
- type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+ if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+ "mode_$mode" "$@"
+ exit 0
+@@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: fi
+
+ trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
+ tmp=mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX || exit 1
+-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
"mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
-+if git var GIT_EDITOR | grep emacs >/dev/null; then
-+ open_emacs "$tmp"
-+ exit 0
-+fi
open_editor "$tmp"
-: ----------- > 3: ad7c299cb0f git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..3211841305f 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..babb3b5c68d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -64,11 +67,31 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		shift
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

From: Jeff King <[email protected]>

We check if the "mode" argument supplied by the user is valid by seeing if we have a mode_$mode function defined. But we don't do that until after creating the tempfile. This is wasteful (we create a tempfile but never use it), and makes it harder to add new options (the recent stdout option exits before creating the tempfile, so it misses the check and "git jump --stdout foo" will produce "git-jump: 92: mode_foo: not found" rather than the regular usage message).

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index babb3b5c68d..cc97b0dcf02 100755
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
 if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
 	"mode_$mode" "$@"
 	exit 0

@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
 open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index cc97b0dcf02..316e9628725 100755
@@ -23,7 +23,22 @@ EOF
 
 open_editor() {
 	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
-	eval "$editor -q \$1"
+	case "$editor" in
+	*emacs*)
+		# Supported editor values are:
+		# - emacs
+		# - emacsclient
+		# - emacsclient -t
+		#
+		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
+		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
+		eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (pop-to-buffer (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (sleep-for 0.1)) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
+		;;
+	*)
+		# assume anything else is vi-compatible
+		eval "$editor -q \$1"
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 mode_diff() {

gitgitgadget

Hi Yoichi

As I wrote in the code comment, there is a race condition in editor="emacsclient" case.
You can observe it by removing the while loop and insert "sleep 1 &&" before cat command.
However, the while loop can be moved to the end, which reduces latency. So, I'll change its position.

In editor="emacsclient" case, we can stop emacsclient from printing anything in the
terminal by redirecting stdout to /dev/null. But it causes following error with editor="emacsclient -t" case:
emacsclient: could not get terminal name
You can use editor="emacsclient -u" to suppress output.

Best Wishes,

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Thanks, this version looks fine to me. I see your response to Phillip may result in a v6 where the loop within the emacs code is moved, but I have no opinion on that. :) So assuming that is the only change, my review will still stand.

-Peff

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Jeff King (1):
git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v6
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v6
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v5:

 1:  446777d300d = 1:  446777d300d git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
 2:  972d51888ba = 2:  972d51888ba git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier
 3:  ad7c299cb0f ! 3:  446d39f62fb git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: EOF
      +		#
      +		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
      +		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
     -+		eval "$editor --eval \"(prog1 (pop-to-buffer (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode)) (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)) (sleep-for 0.1)) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)))\""
     ++		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
      +		;;
      +	*)
      +		# assume anything else is vi-compatible

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..3211841305f 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..babb3b5c68d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -64,11 +67,31 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		shift
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

From: Jeff King <[email protected]>

We check if the "mode" argument supplied by the user is valid by seeing if we have a mode_$mode function defined. But we don't do that until after creating the tempfile. This is wasteful (we create a tempfile but never use it), and makes it harder to add new options (the recent stdout option exits before creating the tempfile, so it misses the check and "git jump --stdout foo" will produce "git-jump: 92: mode_foo: not found" rather than the regular usage message).

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index babb3b5c68d..cc97b0dcf02 100755
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
 if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
 	"mode_$mode" "$@"
 	exit 0

@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
 open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index cc97b0dcf02..3e3911b1f9d 100755
@@ -23,7 +23,22 @@ EOF
 
 open_editor() {
 	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
-	eval "$editor -q \$1"
+	case "$editor" in
+	*emacs*)
+		# Supported editor values are:
+		# - emacs
+		# - emacsclient
+		# - emacsclient -t
+		#
+		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
+		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
+		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
+		;;
+	*)
+		# assume anything else is vi-compatible
+		eval "$editor -q \$1"
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 mode_diff() {

gitgitgadget

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Jeff King (1):
git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v7
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v7
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v6:

 1:  446777d300d = 1:  446777d300d git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
 2:  972d51888ba = 2:  972d51888ba git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier
 3:  446d39f62fb ! 3:  d8233f96175 git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: EOF
      +		#
      +		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
      +		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
     -+		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat $@\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
     ++		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat \$1\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
      +		;;
      +	*)
      +		# assume anything else is vi-compatible

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..3211841305f 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..babb3b5c68d 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -64,11 +67,31 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		shift
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+done
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

Thanks. I'll apply this.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

From: Jeff King <[email protected]>

We check if the "mode" argument supplied by the user is valid by seeing if we have a mode_$mode function defined. But we don't do that until after creating the tempfile. This is wasteful (we create a tempfile but never use it), and makes it harder to add new options (the recent stdout option exits before creating the tempfile, so it misses the check and "git jump --stdout foo" will produce "git-jump: 92: mode_foo: not found" rather than the regular usage message).

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index babb3b5c68d..cc97b0dcf02 100755
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
 if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
 	"mode_$mode" "$@"
 	exit 0

@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
 open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index cc97b0dcf02..eef9cda832f 100755
@@ -23,7 +23,22 @@ EOF
 
 open_editor() {
 	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
-	eval "$editor -q \$1"
+	case "$editor" in
+	*emacs*)
+		# Supported editor values are:
+		# - emacs
+		# - emacsclient
+		# - emacsclient -t
+		#
+		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
+		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
+		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat \$1\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
+		;;
+	*)
+		# assume anything else is vi-compatible
+		eval "$editor -q \$1"
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 mode_diff() {

gitgitgadget

There are two reasons.

First, I want to reuse the modes that git-jump already have. In addition to mode_grep,
mode_{diff,merge,ws} exist, and if we re-implement each for editor support, I think it will be
difficult to maintain.

Second, there is a difficulty passing arbitrary arguments properly to Emacs Lisp properly.
For example, your version will cause error with
git jump grep "hello world"
My early patch was doing something similar. But the second problem was hard to deal with,
so I switched to using a temporary file.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Yeah, maybe that'll be painful. I haven't poked much at it...

To the extent that that's painful couldn't we write the grep expression / arguments to the tempfile, then feed the tempfile to the ad-hoc elisp code?

It would then read it, get the argument to grep for, and we'd call (grep that-argument).

You'd still need to quote the arguments, since you'll be reading potentially multiple arguments out of the bytestream of the file[1].

If you're not going to quote, the simplest thing is to generate the line-oriented output and read that.

If you are going to quote, then you don't need the tempfile at all. You can shove the command into the eval, as if git-jump were run from emacs directly (but you want to use the --stdout mode introduced in this series, and not the git commands directly, because of course they're non-trivial).

I showed how to do the quoting earlier in the thread. But it is ugly, and this tempfile hack should work (modulo the gross wait loop afterwards).

-Peff

[1] Of course you could have a stripped-down version that only greps and only takes one argument, but then why are you using git-jump in the first place?

Thanks, I'd missed
https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/

I think the case where the temporary directory itself has spaces in it isn't worth worrying about.

So, all we'd need to worry about is getting the arguments to be grep'd to emacs.

That should be simpler & bug-free with some equivalent of

echo "args" >$tmpfile

then in Emacs, given some "<tmpfile>" variable:

(with-temp-buffer

    (insert-file-contents <tempfile>)
    (buffer-string)))

We'd then invoke M-x grep with that.

I think getting rid of the tempfile isn't worth it, or worth worrying about, what I was pointing out is that the implementation as it stands works notably differently than if you invoked M-x grep itself.

I.e. it doesn't do highlighting, and (I didn't note this before) if it takes a while we'll "hang", if we had emacs itself invoke the "git grep" we'd stream out grep results as they came in.

In PATCH v8, we stopped imitating the grep function and changed it to call the grep function.

About the first problem,
I still don't understand what you mean by highlighting problem. On my environment, the "*grep*" buffer is colored (i.e. filnemame:line_number part on each line is colored).

About the second problem,
If the "hang" is until writing to tempfile is completed, it is unavoidable as long as tempfile is used.
If the "hang" is no response from Emacs when "cat tempfile" takes a long time, we can reduce the duration by detecting a change in (point-max) and exiting the loop.

--
Yoichi NAKAYAMA

But even in that case it was fine to use the original grep function defined in grep.el.
I'll fix it in v8.

--
Yoichi NAKAYAMA

Add an optional argument 'stdout' to print the quickfix lines to standard output. It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

Detect emacsclient by GIT_EDITOR and invoke the function. Tested with EDITOR="emacsclient" and EDITOR="emacsclient -t".

Jeff King (1):
git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier

Yoichi Nakayama (2):
git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'
git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient

 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 ++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

base-commit: eea7033409a0ed713c78437fc76486983d211e25
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1423%2Fyoichi%2Fgit-jump-emacs-support-v8
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1423/yoichi/git-jump-emacs-support-v8
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1423

Range-diff vs v7:

1: 446777d300d ! 1: afface9b010 git-jump: add an optional argument '--stdout'

     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: mode_ws() {
      +	case "$1" in
      +	--stdout)
      +		use_stdout=t
     -+		shift
      +		;;
      +	--*)
      +		usage >&2
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: mode_ws() {
      +		break
      +		;;
      +	esac
     ++	shift
      +done
       if test $# -lt 1; then
       	usage >&2
 2:  972d51888ba = 2:  e9aa6fdf836 git-jump: move valid-mode check earlier
 3:  d8233f96175 ! 3:  048f508ca99 git-jump: invoke emacs/emacsclient
     @@ contrib/git-jump/git-jump: EOF
      +		#
      +		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
      +		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
     -+		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (compilation-start \\\"cat \$1\\\" 'grep-mode))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
     ++		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (grep \\\"cat \$1\\\"))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
      +		;;
      +	*)
      +		# assume anything else is vi-compatible

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It can be used with M-x grep on Emacs.

---
 contrib/git-jump/README   | 10 +++++++++-
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 8bcace29d21..3211841305f 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ git jump grep -i foo_bar
 git config jump.grepCmd "ag --column"
 --------------------------------------------------
 
+You can use the optional argument '--stdout' to print the listing to
+standard output instead of feeding it to the editor. You can use the
+argument with M-x grep on Emacs:
+
+--------------------------------------------------
+# In Emacs, M-x grep and invoke "git jump --stdout <mode>"
+M-x grep<RET>git jump --stdout diff<RET>
+--------------------------------------------------
 
 Related Programs
 ----------------

@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ Limitations
 -----------
 
 This script was written and tested with vim. Given that the quickfix
-format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect emacs users have a
+format is the same as what gcc produces, I expect other tools have a
 similar feature for iterating through the list, but I know nothing about
 how to activate it.
 

index 92dbd4cde18..be0642bbe34 100755
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 usage() {
 	cat <<\EOF
-usage: git jump <mode> [<args>]
+usage: git jump [--stdout] <mode> [<args>]
 
 Jump to interesting elements in an editor.
 The <mode> parameter is one of:

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ grep: elements are grep hits. Arguments are given to git grep or, if
       configured, to the command in `jump.grepCmd`.
 
 ws: elements are whitespace errors. Arguments are given to diff --check.
+
+If the optional argument `--stdout` is given, print the quickfix
+lines to standard output instead of feeding it to the editor.
 EOF
 }
 

@@ -64,11 +67,31 @@ mode_ws() {
 	git diff --check "$@"
 }
 
+use_stdout=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--stdout)
+		use_stdout=t
+		;;
+	--*)
+		usage >&2
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
 if test $# -lt 1; then
 	usage >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
+	"mode_$mode" "$@"
+	exit 0
+fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1

gitgitgadget

From: Jeff King <[email protected]>

We check if the "mode" argument supplied by the user is valid by seeing if we have a mode_$mode function defined. But we don't do that until after creating the tempfile. This is wasteful (we create a tempfile but never use it), and makes it harder to add new options (the recent stdout option exits before creating the tempfile, so it misses the check and "git jump --stdout foo" will produce "git-jump: 92: mode_foo: not found" rather than the regular usage message).

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index be0642bbe34..a5a8a77e20e 100755
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ if test $# -lt 1; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 mode=$1; shift
+type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
+
 if test "$use_stdout" = "t"; then
 	"mode_$mode" "$@"
 	exit 0

@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ fi
 
 trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' 0 1 2 3 15
 tmp=`mktemp -t git-jump.XXXXXX` || exit 1
-type "mode_$mode" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { usage >&2; exit 1; }
 "mode_$mode" "$@" >"$tmp"
 test -s "$tmp" || exit 0
 open_editor "$tmp"

gitgitgadget

From: Yoichi Nakayama <[email protected]>

It works with GIT_EDITOR="emacs", "emacsclient" or "emacsclient -t"

---
 contrib/git-jump/git-jump | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index a5a8a77e20e..40c4b0d1110 100755
@@ -23,7 +23,22 @@ EOF
 
 open_editor() {
 	editor=`git var GIT_EDITOR`
-	eval "$editor -q \$1"
+	case "$editor" in
+	*emacs*)
+		# Supported editor values are:
+		# - emacs
+		# - emacsclient
+		# - emacsclient -t
+		#
+		# Wait for completion of the asynchronously executed process
+		# to avoid race conditions in case of "emacsclient".
+		eval "$editor --eval \"(let ((buf (grep \\\"cat \$1\\\"))) (pop-to-buffer buf) (select-frame-set-input-focus (selected-frame)) (while (get-buffer-process buf) (sleep-for 0.1)))\""
+		;;
+	*)
+		# assume anything else is vi-compatible
+		eval "$editor -q \$1"
+		;;
+	esac
 }
 
 mode_diff() {

gitgitgadget

Hi Yoichi

I've tested this version and it addresses all of my previous concerns, thanks for working on it.

Best Wishes

Phillip

Thanks.

Hi Phillip

Thank you for confirming.
Your feedback has allowed us to refine the implementation.

Yoichi NAKAYAMA