extrawurst
Search branch
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When viewing all the branches in gitui, I would like to have the ability to search through these branches
Describe the solution you'd like
Perhaps in the branch view, press / to start searching, similar to vim
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would be nice to reuse the fuzzy search popup we have for this already (see the file tab)
@extrawurst I have added a key ("Branch Find Toggle") which would toggle the focus to the find box in the branch list popup.
Pressing the key (Currently / by default) would shift the focus to the text input.
I didn't go the route of making it similar to the file finder, as there are no other possible inputs in the file finder. Here there are possible inputs like c for create branch, r for rename and so on.
Otherwise there would have to be a completely separate finder popup for the branches (this is also an option).
Some feature questions come to mind:
- What should be the scope of the finder? (Just the open tab or both tabs). The open tab is easier to implement as it needs lesser changes.
- Should the matches be highlighted or should only the matches be shown?
- How does the user exit the find mode? (The Escape key or backspacing the whole input)
I'll add more as they come.