Make `git2` an *optional* dependency of `radicle-cob`, and refactor
`radicle` to depend on crates that in turn do not depend on `git2`
*non-optionally*
The main offending dependency of `radicle-cob` is `radicle-git-ext`
from the `radicle-git` workspace in repository
(rad:z6cFWeWpnZNHh9rUW8phgA3b5yGt) which *non-optionally* depends on
`git2`.
So, to achieve removal of this dependency:
1. The crate is refactored to depend on the new crates
`radicle-git-ref-format` `radicle-git-metadata`, and
`radicle-oid` introduced in the previous commits, instead of
`radicle-git-ext`.
2. Some code from the `radicle-git-ext` crate in the `radicle-git`
workspace in repository (rad:z6cFWeWpnZNHh9rUW8phgA3b5yGt) is
copied. See `crates/radicle-cob/src/backend/git/commit.rs`.
This cascades to `radicle` and its dependents.
Firstly, the there is an
`impl Deref<Target=git2::Oid> for radicle_git_ext::Oid`. This made
it very convenient to just deref to obtain the wrapped `git2::Oid`,
so there are many expressions of the shape `*oid` in `radicle` and
its dependents. However `radicle-oid` does not provide
`impl Deref<Target=git2::Oid> for radicle_oid::Oid`, as notably,
`Target` is an associated type, and not a type parameter, so an
implementation of `Deref` would tie the new `Oid` too tightly to a
particular implementation.
Instead, work with `impl From<radicle_oid::Oid> for git2::Oid`
(which can be enabled using the feature flag `radicle-oid/git2`).
This explains the changes from `*oid` to `oid.into()` at every
transition to "`git2` land".
Secondly, `radicle` and its dependents are refactored to also depend
on `radicle-git-ref-format` and (much less prominently)
`radicle-git-metadata` instead of `radicle-git-ext`
This is to avoid pulling in `git2` via these dependencies.
Thirdly, as the re-exports in `crates/radicle/src/git.rs` change,
they are at the same time also cleaned up. Notably, the types from
`radicle-git-ref-format` are re-exported under `fmt` only, not "twice".
While overall this obviously is very much a breaking change, these
changes should mostly amount to changing from `Deref` to `Into`, i.e.,
`*oid` → `oid.into()` and rewriting imports for `radicle::fmt`.
This is indicated by the mostly mechanical nature of the changes to
`crates/radicle-{cli,node,remote-helper}`.
This is morally a revert of 70fb0d3fef
while additionally getting to compile
`crates/radicle-term/src/editor.rs` on Windows.
To get the changes that were made on top of the revert, check
git diff 70fb0d3fef~1 <this commit> -- crates/radicle-term/src/editor.rs
There were reports of the inquire editor being unrealiable.
`radicle-term` includes quite a lot of rather "low-level" logic to spawn
the preferred editor of the user. In particular, this logic is
platform-dependent and only works on Unix-like platforms.
Also, `radicle-term` already depends on `inquire` which features an
editor prompt. It is a cross-platform solution to spawn the editor.
This commit changes the implementation of `Editor` to be a wrapper of
`inquire::Editor`, keeping the interface mostly intact.
Downsides:
- We cannot edit a file "in place" this way, instead we have to read
it, as `inquire` only supports editing temporary files. This can also
be viewed as a benefit, as we lessen the risk of corruption of these
files.
- `inquire::Editor` contains borrows, so it is quite cumbersome to
extend it with a custom mechanism for looking up the preferred
editor. The lookup logic was kept, but needs to be invoked by the
caller. In the future we might consider just using the logic provided
by `inquire` or requesting a change to `inquire`.
- The prompt is a bit strange. It does not show the current state of
the output, see <https://github.com/mikaelmello/inquire/issues/280>
and <https://github.com/mikaelmello/inquire/pull/271>.
Adrian Duke
Lorenz Leutgeb
Lorenz Leutgeb
