easier hiding of command log

pkg/config/app_config.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type AppConfigurer interface {
 	SetIsNewRepo(bool)
 	GetIsNewRepo() bool
 	ReloadUserConfig() error
+	ShowCommandLogOnStartup() bool
 }
 
 // NewAppConfig makes a new app config
@@ -276,6 +277,17 @@ func (c *AppConfig) SaveAppState() error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// originally we could only hide the command log permanently via the config
+// but now we do it via state. So we need to still support the config for the
+// sake of backwards compatibility
+func (c *AppConfig) ShowCommandLogOnStartup() bool {
+	if !c.UserConfig.Gui.ShowCommandLog {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return !c.AppState.HideCommandLog
+}
+
 // loadAppState loads recorded AppState from file
 func loadAppState() (*AppState, error) {
 	filepath, err := configFilePath("state.yml")
@@ -314,6 +326,7 @@ type AppState struct {
 
 	// these are for custom commands typed in directly, not for custom commands in the lazygit config
 	CustomCommandsHistory []string
+	HideCommandLog        bool
 }
 
 func getDefaultAppState() *AppState {

pkg/config/dummies.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func NewDummyAppConfig() *AppConfig {
 		Debug:       false,
 		BuildSource: "",
 		UserConfig:  GetDefaultConfig(),
+		AppState:    &AppState{},
 	}
 	_ = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte{}, appConfig.AppState)
 	return appConfig

pkg/gui/extras_panel.go

@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateExtrasMenuPanel() error {
 						return err
 					}
 				}
-				gui.ShowExtrasWindow = !gui.ShowExtrasWindow
+				show := !gui.ShowExtrasWindow
+				gui.ShowExtrasWindow = show
+				gui.Config.GetAppState().HideCommandLog = !show
+				_ = gui.Config.SaveAppState()
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			displayString: gui.Tr.FocusCommandLog,
-			onPress: func() error {
-				return gui.handleFocusCommandLog()
-			},
+			onPress:       gui.handleFocusCommandLog,
 		},
 	}
 

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func NewGui(log *logrus.Entry, gitCommand *commands.GitCommand, oSCommand *oscom
 		RepoPathStack:           []string{},
 		RepoStateMap:            map[Repo]*guiState{},
 		CmdLog:                  []string{},
-		ShowExtrasWindow:        config.GetUserConfig().Gui.ShowCommandLog,
+		ShowExtrasWindow:        config.ShowCommandLogOnStartup(),
 		suggestionsAsyncHandler: tasks.NewAsyncHandler(),
 	}
 

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ func englishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		CommandLog:                          "Command Log",
 		ToggleShowCommandLog:                "Toggle show/hide command log",
 		FocusCommandLog:                     "Focus command log",
-		CommandLogHeader:                    "You can hide/focus this panel by pressing '%s' or hide it permanently in your config with `gui.showCommandLog: false`\n",
+		CommandLogHeader:                    "You can hide/focus this panel by pressing '%s'\n",
 		RandomTip:                           "Random Tip",
 		SelectParentCommitForMerge:          "Select parent commit for merge",
 		ToggleWhitespaceInDiffView:          "Toggle whether or not whitespace changes are shown in the diff view",