smarter refreshing for tags and remotes

pkg/gui/branches_panel.go

@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleBranchSelect(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 // gui.refreshStatus is called at the end of this because that's when we can
 // be sure there is a state.Branches array to pick the current branch from
 func (gui *Gui) refreshBranches() {
-	_ = gui.refreshRemotes()
-	_ = gui.refreshTags()
-
 	builder, err := commands.NewBranchListBuilder(gui.Log, gui.GitCommand, gui.State.ReflogCommits)
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = gui.createErrorPanel(gui.g, err.Error())

pkg/gui/commits_panel.go

@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitSelect(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// whenever we change commits, we should update branches because the upstream/downstream
+// counts can change. Whenever we change branches we should probably also change commits
+// e.g. in the case of switching branches. We also need the status to be refreshed whenever
+// the working tree status changes or the branch upstream/downstream value changes.
+// Given how fast the refreshStatus method is, we should really just call it every time
+// we refresh, but I'm not sure how to do that asynchronously that prevents a race condition
+// other than a mutex.
 func (gui *Gui) refreshCommits() error {
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(2)
@@ -78,6 +85,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshCommits() error {
 	go func() {
 		gui.refreshReflogCommits()
 		gui.refreshBranches()
+		gui.refreshStatus()
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
 
@@ -91,8 +99,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshCommits() error {
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
-	gui.refreshStatus()
-
 	return nil
 }
 

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -179,34 +179,35 @@ type searchingState struct {
 }
 
 type guiState struct {
-	Files                []*commands.File
-	Branches             []*commands.Branch
-	Commits              []*commands.Commit
-	StashEntries         []*commands.StashEntry
-	CommitFiles          []*commands.CommitFile
-	ReflogCommits        []*commands.Commit
-	DiffEntries          []*commands.Commit
-	Remotes              []*commands.Remote
-	RemoteBranches       []*commands.RemoteBranch
-	Tags                 []*commands.Tag
-	MenuItemCount        int // can't store the actual list because it's of interface{} type
-	PreviousView         string
-	Platform             commands.Platform
-	Updating             bool
-	Panels               *panelStates
-	MainContext          string // used to keep the main and secondary views' contexts in sync
-	CherryPickedCommits  []*commands.Commit
-	SplitMainPanel       bool
-	RetainOriginalDir    bool
-	IsRefreshingFiles    bool
-	RefreshingFilesMutex sync.Mutex
-	Searching            searchingState
-	ScreenMode           int
-	SideView             *gocui.View
-	Ptmx                 *os.File
-	PrevMainWidth        int
-	PrevMainHeight       int
-	OldInformation       string
+	Files                 []*commands.File
+	Branches              []*commands.Branch
+	Commits               []*commands.Commit
+	StashEntries          []*commands.StashEntry
+	CommitFiles           []*commands.CommitFile
+	ReflogCommits         []*commands.Commit
+	DiffEntries           []*commands.Commit
+	Remotes               []*commands.Remote
+	RemoteBranches        []*commands.RemoteBranch
+	Tags                  []*commands.Tag
+	MenuItemCount         int // can't store the actual list because it's of interface{} type
+	PreviousView          string
+	Platform              commands.Platform
+	Updating              bool
+	Panels                *panelStates
+	MainContext           string // used to keep the main and secondary views' contexts in sync
+	CherryPickedCommits   []*commands.Commit
+	SplitMainPanel        bool
+	RetainOriginalDir     bool
+	IsRefreshingFiles     bool
+	RefreshingFilesMutex  sync.Mutex
+	RefreshingStatusMutex sync.Mutex
+	Searching             searchingState
+	ScreenMode            int
+	SideView              *gocui.View
+	Ptmx                  *os.File
+	PrevMainWidth         int
+	PrevMainHeight        int
+	OldInformation        string
 }
 
 // for now the split view will always be on

pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleDeleteRemoteBranch(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			return gui.refreshRemotes()
+			return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{BRANCHES, REMOTES}})
 		})
 	}, nil)
 }

pkg/gui/remotes_panel.go

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleAddRemote(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			if err := gui.GitCommand.AddRemote(remoteName, remoteUrl); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return gui.refreshRemotes()
+			return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{REMOTES}})
 		})
 	})
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleRemoveRemote(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		return gui.refreshRemotes()
+		return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{BRANCHES, REMOTES}})
 
 	}, nil)
 }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleEditRemote(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			if err := gui.GitCommand.UpdateRemoteUrl(updatedRemoteName, updatedRemoteUrl); err != nil {
 				return gui.createErrorPanel(gui.g, err.Error())
 			}
-			return gui.refreshRemotes()
+			return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{BRANCHES, REMOTES}})
 		})
 	})
 }
@@ -190,6 +190,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleFetchRemote(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		return gui.refreshRemotes()
+		return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{BRANCHES, REMOTES}})
 	})
 }

pkg/gui/status_panel.go

@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import (
 
 // never call this on its own, it should only be called from within refreshCommits()
 func (gui *Gui) refreshStatus() {
+	gui.State.RefreshingStatusMutex.Lock()
+	defer gui.State.RefreshingStatusMutex.Unlock()
 
 	currentBranch := gui.currentBranch()
+	if currentBranch == nil {
+		// need to wait for branches to refresh
+		return
+	}
 	status := ""
 
 	if currentBranch.Pushables != "" && currentBranch.Pullables != "" {

pkg/gui/view_helpers.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshSidePanels(options refreshOptions) error {
 			scopeMap = intArrToMap(options.scope)
 		}
 
-		if scopeMap[COMMITS] || scopeMap[BRANCHES] || scopeMap[REFLOG] || scopeMap[TAGS] || scopeMap[REMOTES] {
+		if scopeMap[COMMITS] || scopeMap[BRANCHES] || scopeMap[REFLOG] {
 			wg.Add(1)
 			func() {
 				if options.mode == ASYNC {
@@ -97,8 +97,34 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshSidePanels(options refreshOptions) error {
 			}()
 		}
 
+		if scopeMap[TAGS] {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			func() {
+				if options.mode == ASYNC {
+					go gui.refreshTags()
+				} else {
+					gui.refreshTags()
+				}
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+		}
+
+		if scopeMap[REMOTES] {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			func() {
+				if options.mode == ASYNC {
+					go gui.refreshRemotes()
+				} else {
+					gui.refreshRemotes()
+				}
+				wg.Done()
+			}()
+		}
+
 		wg.Wait()
 
+		gui.refreshStatus()
+
 		if options.then != nil {
 			options.then()
 		}