always hide rather than delete the credentials view, and don't log on error in case there is a user password in the error

pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ func RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c *OSCommand, command string, output func(s
 			cmdOutput = append(cmdOutput, toOutput)
 			toWrite := output(toOutput)
 			if len(toWrite) > 0 {
-				// don't do -1 because the next value is the username / password
+				// don't do len(cmdOutput)-1 because the next value is the username / password
 				cmdOutputOffset = len(cmdOutput)
-				_, _ = tty.Write([]byte(toWrite + "\n"))
+				_, _ = tty.WriteString(toWrite + "\n")
 			}
 		}
 		waitForBufio.Done()
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ func RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c *OSCommand, command string, output func(s
 	tty.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		waitForBufio.Wait()
-		if len(cmdOutput) == cmdOutputOffset {
+		if cmdOutputOffset > len(cmdOutput)-1 {
-			cmdOutputOffset--
+			cmdOutputOffset = len(cmdOutput) - 1
 		}
 		return errors.New(err.Error() + ", " + strings.Join(cmdOutput[cmdOutputOffset:], " "))
 	}

pkg/commands/os.go

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (c *OSCommand) CreateTempFile(filename, content string) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if _, err := tmpfile.Write([]byte(content)); err != nil {
+	if _, err := tmpfile.WriteString(content); err != nil {
 		c.Log.Error(err)
 		return "", err
 	}

pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go

@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) waitForPassUname(g *gocui.Gui, currentView *gocui.View, passOrUn
 		credentialsView.Mask = '*'
 	}
 	g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
-		_, err := g.SetViewOnTop("credentials")
+		err := gui.switchFocus(g, currentView, credentialsView)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		err = gui.switchFocus(g, currentView, credentialsView)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -124,7 +120,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handlePushClose(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return gui.switchFocus(g, nil, gui.getFilesView(g))
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) handlePushFocused(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+func (gui *Gui) handleCredentialsViewFocused(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if _, err := g.SetViewOnTop("credentials"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) onNewPopupPanel() {
 	_, _ = gui.g.SetViewOnBottom("credentials")
 }
 
+// it is very important that within this function we never include the original prompt in any error messages, because it may contain e.g. a user password
 func (gui *Gui) createConfirmationPanel(g *gocui.Gui, currentView *gocui.View, title, prompt string, handleConfirm, handleClose func(*gocui.Gui, *gocui.View) error) error {
 	gui.onNewPopupPanel()
 	g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
@@ -138,7 +139,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) createMessagePanel(g *gocui.Gui, currentView *gocui.View, title,
 	return gui.createConfirmationPanel(g, currentView, title, prompt, nil, nil)
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) createErrorPanel(g *gocui.Gui, message string) error {
+// createSpecificErrorPanel allows you to create an error popup, specifying the
+//  view to be focused when the user closes the popup, and a boolean specifying
+// whether we will log the error. If the message may include a user password,
+// this function is to be used over the more generic createErrorPanel, with
+// willLog set to false
+func (gui *Gui) createSpecificErrorPanel(message string, nextView *gocui.View, willLog bool) error {
+	if willLog {
 		go func() {
 			// when reporting is switched on this log call sometimes introduces
 			// a delay on the error panel popping up. Here I'm adding a second wait
@@ -146,10 +153,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) createErrorPanel(g *gocui.Gui, message string) error {
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 			gui.Log.Error(message)
 		}()
+	}
 
-	// gui.Log.WithField("staging", "staging").Info("creating confirmation panel")
-	currentView := g.CurrentView()
 	colorFunction := color.New(color.FgRed).SprintFunc()
 	coloredMessage := colorFunction(strings.TrimSpace(message))
-	return gui.createConfirmationPanel(g, currentView, gui.Tr.SLocalize("Error"), coloredMessage, nil, nil)
+	return gui.createConfirmationPanel(gui.g, nextView, gui.Tr.SLocalize("Error"), coloredMessage, nil, nil)
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) createErrorPanel(g *gocui.Gui, message string) error {
+	return gui.createSpecificErrorPanel(message, g.CurrentView(), true)
 }

pkg/gui/view_helpers.go

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) newLineFocused(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	case "commitMessage":
 		return gui.handleCommitFocused(g, v)
 	case "credentials":
-		return gui.handlePushFocused(g, v)
+		return gui.handleCredentialsViewFocused(g, v)
 	case "main":
 		// TODO: pull this out into a 'view focused' function
 		gui.refreshMergePanel(g)
@@ -316,14 +316,15 @@ func (gui *Gui) resizeCurrentPopupPanel(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 // HandleCredentialsPopup handles the views after executing a command that might ask for credentials
 func (gui *Gui) HandleCredentialsPopup(g *gocui.Gui, popupOpened bool, cmdErr error) {
 	if popupOpened {
-		_ = g.DeleteView("credentials")
+		_, _ = gui.g.SetViewOnBottom("credentials")
 	}
 	if cmdErr != nil {
 		errMessage := cmdErr.Error()
 		if strings.Contains(errMessage, "exit status 128") {
 			errMessage = gui.Tr.SLocalize("PassUnameWrong")
 		}
-		_ = gui.createErrorPanel(g, errMessage)
+		// we are not logging this error because it may contain a password
+		_ = gui.createSpecificErrorPanel(errMessage, gui.getFilesView(gui.g), false)
 	} else {
 		_ = gui.closeConfirmationPrompt(g)
 		_ = gui.refreshSidePanels(g)