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-rw-r--r--libbe/command/commit.py24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/command/commit.py b/libbe/command/commit.py
index a450c4b..32ca3ef 100644
--- a/libbe/command/commit.py
+++ b/libbe/command/commit.py
@@ -60,16 +60,19 @@ class Commit (libbe.command.Command):
])
self.args.extend([
libbe.command.Argument(
- name='comment', metavar='COMMENT', default=None),
+ name='summary', metavar='SUMMARY', default=None,
+ optional=True),
])
def _run(self, **params):
- if params['comment'] == '-': # read summary from stdin
+ if params['summary'] == '-': # read summary from stdin
assert params['body'] != 'EDITOR', \
'Cannot spawn and editor when the summary is using stdin.'
summary = sys.stdin.readline()
else:
- summary = params['comment']
+ summary = params['summary']
+ if summary == None and params['body'] == None:
+ params['body'] = 'EDITOR'
storage = self._get_storage()
if params['body'] == None:
body = None
@@ -80,6 +83,10 @@ class Commit (libbe.command.Command):
self._check_restricted_access(storage, params['body'])
body = libbe.util.encoding.get_file_contents(
params['body'], decode=True)
+ if summary == None: # use the first body line as the summary
+ lines = body.splitlines()
+ summary = lines[0]
+ body = '\n'.join(lines[1:]).strip() + '\n'
try:
revision = storage.commit(summary, body=body,
allow_empty=params['allow-empty'])
@@ -90,7 +97,12 @@ class Commit (libbe.command.Command):
def _long_help(self):
return """
-Commit the current repository status. The summary specified on the
-commandline is a string (only one line) that describes the commit
-briefly or "-", in which case the string will be read from stdin.
+Commit the current repository status.
+
+The summary specified on the commandline is a string (only one line)
+that describes the commit briefly or "-", in which case the string
+will be read from stdin. If no summary is given, the first line from
+the body message is used instead. If no summary or body is given, we
+spawn an editor without needing the special "EDITOR" value for the
+"--body" option.
"""