only re-use repo state when jumping in and out of submodules

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -352,16 +352,28 @@ type guiState struct {
 	ViewsSetup bool
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) resetState(filterPath string) {
+// reuseState determines if we pull the repo state from our repo state map or
+// just re-initialize it. For now we're only re-using state when we're going
+// in and out of submodules, for the sake of having the cursor back on the submodule
+// when we return.
+//
+// I tried out always reverting to the repo's original state but found that in fact
+// it gets a bit confusing to land back in the status panel when visiting a repo
+// you've already switched from. There's no doubt some easy way to make the UX
+// optimal for all cases but I'm too lazy to think about what that is right now
+func (gui *Gui) resetState(filterPath string, reuseState bool) {
 	currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err == nil {
-		if state := gui.RepoStateMap[Repo(currentDir)]; state != nil {
-			gui.State = state
-			gui.State.ViewsSetup = false
-			return
+
+	if reuseState {
+		if err == nil {
+			if state := gui.RepoStateMap[Repo(currentDir)]; state != nil {
+				gui.State = state
+				gui.State.ViewsSetup = false
+				return
+			}
+		} else {
+			gui.Log.Error(err)
 		}
-	} else {
-		gui.Log.Error(err)
 	}
 
 	showTree := gui.Config.GetUserConfig().Gui.ShowFileTree
@@ -443,7 +455,7 @@ func NewGui(log *logrus.Entry, gitCommand *commands.GitCommand, oSCommand *oscom
 		RepoStateMap:         map[Repo]*guiState{},
 	}
 
-	gui.resetState(filterPath)
+	gui.resetState(filterPath, false)
 
 	gui.watchFilesForChanges()
 

pkg/gui/quitting.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleTopLevelReturn() error {
 
 		gui.RepoPathStack = repoPathStack[:n]
 
-		return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(path)
+		return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(path, true)
 	}
 
 	if gui.Config.GetUserConfig().QuitOnTopLevelReturn {

pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateRecentReposMenu() error {
 				// if we were in a submodule, we want to forget about that stack of repos
 				// so that hitting escape in the new repo does nothing
 				gui.RepoPathStack = []string{}
-				return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(path)
+				return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(path, false)
 			},
 		}
 	}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleShowAllBranchLogs() error {
 	})
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) dispatchSwitchToRepo(path string) error {
+func (gui *Gui) dispatchSwitchToRepo(path string, reuse bool) error {
 	env.UnsetGitDirEnvs()
 	originalPath, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) dispatchSwitchToRepo(path string) error {
 		gui.Mutexes.RefreshingFilesMutex.Lock()
 		defer gui.Mutexes.RefreshingFilesMutex.Unlock()
 
-		gui.resetState("")
+		gui.resetState("", reuse)
 
 		return nil
 	})

pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) enterSubmodule(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 	}
 	gui.RepoPathStack = append(gui.RepoPathStack, wd)
 
-	return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(submodule.Path)
+	return gui.dispatchSwitchToRepo(submodule.Path, true)
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) removeSubmodule(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {