Support for show
[tig] / tig.c
diff --git a/tig.c b/tig.c
index aa62a8f..c210699 100644 (file)
--- a/tig.c
+++ b/tig.c
  * tig [options] [--] [git log options]
  * tig [options] log  [git log options]
  * tig [options] diff [git diff options]
- * tig [options] <    [git log or git diff output]
+ * tig [options] show [git show options]
+ * tig [options] <    [git command output]
  *
  * DESCRIPTION
  * -----------
  * Browse changes in a git repository.
  **/
 
-#ifndef DEBUG
-#define NDEBUG
-#endif
-
 #ifndef        VERSION
 #define VERSION        "tig-0.1"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef DEBUG
+#define NDEBUG
+#endif
+
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 #include <curses.h>
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ static void set_nonblocking_input(int boolean);
 
 #define        SCALE_SPLIT_VIEW(height)        ((height) * 2 / 3)
 
-/* Some ascii-shorthands that fit into the ncurses namespace. */
+/* Some ascii-shorthands fitted into the ncurses namespace. */
 #define KEY_TAB                '\t'
 #define KEY_RETURN     '\r'
 #define KEY_ESC                27
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ enum request {
        REQ_VIEW_DIFF,
        REQ_VIEW_LOG,
        REQ_VIEW_HELP,
+       REQ_VIEW_PAGER,
 
        REQ_ENTER,
        REQ_QUIT,
@@ -179,12 +182,10 @@ static int opt_line_number        = FALSE;
 static int opt_num_interval    = NUMBER_INTERVAL;
 static enum request opt_request = REQ_VIEW_MAIN;
 static char opt_cmd[SIZEOF_CMD]        = "";
-
-char ref_head[SIZEOF_REF]      = "HEAD";
-char ref_commit[SIZEOF_REF]    = "HEAD";
+static FILE *opt_pipe          = NULL;
 
 /* Returns the index of log or diff command or -1 to exit. */
-static int
+static bool
 parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
        int i;
@@ -193,20 +194,6 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
                char *opt = argv[i];
 
                /**
-                * log [options]::
-                *      git log options.
-                *
-                * diff [options]::
-                *      git diff options.
-                **/
-               if (!strcmp(opt, "log") ||
-                   !strcmp(opt, "diff")) {
-                       opt_request = opt[0] == 'l'
-                                   ? REQ_VIEW_LOG : REQ_VIEW_DIFF;
-                       return i;
-               }
-
-               /**
                 * -l::
                 *      Start up in log view.
                 **/
@@ -230,7 +217,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
                 *      Optionally, with interval different than each line.
                 **/
                if (!strncmp(opt, "-n", 2) ||
-                          !strncmp(opt, "--line-number", 13)) {
+                   !strncmp(opt, "--line-number", 13)) {
                        char *num = opt;
 
                        if (opt[1] == 'n') {
@@ -252,34 +239,109 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
                 *      Show version and exit.
                 **/
                if (!strcmp(opt, "-v") ||
-                          !strcmp(opt, "--version")) {
+                   !strcmp(opt, "--version")) {
                        printf("tig version %s\n", VERSION);
-                       return -1;
+                       return FALSE;
                }
 
                /**
                 * \--::
-                *      End of tig options. Useful when specifying commands
+                *      End of tig(1) options. Useful when specifying commands
                 *      for the main view. Example:
                 *
-                *              $ tig -- --pretty=raw tag-1.0..HEAD
+                *              $ tig -- --since=1.month
                 **/
-               if (!strcmp(opt, "--"))
-                       return i + 1;
+               if (!strcmp(opt, "--")) {
+                       i++;
+                       break;
+               }
 
-                /* Make stuff like:
-                 *
+               /**
+                * log [options]::
+                *      Open log view using the given git log options.
+                *
+                * diff [options]::
+                *      Open diff view using the given git diff options.
+                *
+                * show [options]::
+                *      Open diff view using the given git show options.
+                **/
+               if (!strcmp(opt, "log") ||
+                   !strcmp(opt, "diff") ||
+                   !strcmp(opt, "show")) {
+                       opt_request = opt[0] == 'l'
+                                   ? REQ_VIEW_LOG : REQ_VIEW_DIFF;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               /* Make stuff like:
+                *
                 *      $ tig tag-1.0..HEAD
                 *
-                * work.
-                */
+                * work. */
                if (opt[0] && opt[0] != '-')
-                       return i;
+                       break;
 
                die("unknown command '%s'", opt);
        }
 
-       return i;
+       if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+               /**
+                * Pager mode
+                * ~~~~~~~~~~
+                * If stdin is a pipe, any log or diff options will be ignored and the
+                * pager view will be opened loading data from stdin. The pager mode
+                * can be used for colorizing output from various git commands.
+                *
+                * Example on how to colorize the output of git-show(1):
+                *
+                *      $ git show | tig
+                **/
+               opt_request = REQ_VIEW_PAGER;
+               opt_pipe = stdin;
+
+       } else if (i < argc) {
+               size_t buf_size;
+
+               /**
+                * Git command options
+                * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+                *
+                * All git command options specified on the command line will
+                * be passed to the given command and all will be shell quoted
+                * before used.
+                *
+                * NOTE: It is possible to specify options even for the main
+                * view. If doing this you should not touch the --pretty
+                * option.
+                *
+                * Example on how to open the log view and show both author and
+                * committer information:
+                *
+                *      $ tig log --pretty=fuller
+                **/
+
+               if (opt_request == REQ_VIEW_MAIN)
+                       /* XXX: This is vulnerable to the user overriding
+                        * options required for the main view parser. */
+                       string_copy(opt_cmd, "git log --stat --pretty=raw");
+               else
+                       string_copy(opt_cmd, "git");
+               buf_size = strlen(opt_cmd);
+
+               while (buf_size < sizeof(opt_cmd) && i < argc) {
+                       opt_cmd[buf_size++] = ' ';
+                       buf_size = sq_quote(opt_cmd, buf_size, argv[i++]);
+               }
+
+               if (buf_size >= sizeof(opt_cmd))
+                       die("command too long");
+
+               opt_cmd[buf_size] = 0;
+
+       }
+
+       return TRUE;
 }
 
 
@@ -305,6 +367,8 @@ struct keymap keymap[] = {
         *      Switch to log view.
         * m::
         *      Switch to main view.
+        * p::
+        *      Switch to pager view.
         * h::
         *      Show man page.
         * Return::
@@ -316,6 +380,7 @@ struct keymap keymap[] = {
        { 'm',          REQ_VIEW_MAIN },
        { 'd',          REQ_VIEW_DIFF },
        { 'l',          REQ_VIEW_LOG },
+       { 'p',          REQ_VIEW_PAGER },
        { 'h',          REQ_VIEW_HELP },
 
        { KEY_TAB,      REQ_VIEW_NEXT },
@@ -377,7 +442,11 @@ struct keymap keymap[] = {
         * n::
         *      Toggle line numbers on/off.
         * ':'::
-        *      Open prompt.
+        *      Open prompt. This allows you to specify what git command to run.
+        *      Example:
+        *
+        *      :log -p
+        *
         **/
        { KEY_ESC,      REQ_QUIT },
        { 'q',          REQ_QUIT },
@@ -413,7 +482,7 @@ get_request(int key)
  *   ---------     ---------------      ----------      ----------      ---------- */ \
 /* Diff markup */ \
 LINE(DIFF,        "diff --git ",       COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
-LINE(INDEX,       "index ",            COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(DIFF_INDEX,   "index ",           COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(DIFF_CHUNK,   "@@",               COLOR_MAGENTA,  COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(DIFF_ADD,    "+",                 COLOR_GREEN,    COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(DIFF_DEL,    "-",                 COLOR_RED,      COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
@@ -424,14 +493,17 @@ LINE(DIFF_RENAME,  "rename ",             COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(DIFF_SIM,    "similarity ",       COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(DIFF_DISSIM,  "dissimilarity ",   COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 /* Pretty print commit header */ \
-LINE(AUTHOR,      "Author: ",          COLOR_CYAN,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
-LINE(MERGE,       "Merge: ",           COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
-LINE(DATE,        "Date:   ",          COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_AUTHOR,           "Author: ",          COLOR_CYAN,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_COMMIT,           "Commit: ",          COLOR_MAGENTA,  COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_MERGE,    "Merge: ",           COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_DATE,     "Date:   ",          COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_ADATE,    "AuthorDate: ",      COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(PP_CDATE,    "CommitDate: ",      COLOR_YELLOW,   COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 /* Raw commit header */ \
 LINE(COMMIT,      "commit ",           COLOR_GREEN,    COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(PARENT,      "parent ",           COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(TREE,        "tree ",             COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
-LINE(AUTHOR_IDENT, "author ",          COLOR_CYAN,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
+LINE(AUTHOR,      "author ",           COLOR_CYAN,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 LINE(COMMITTER,           "committer ",        COLOR_MAGENTA,  COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
 /* Misc */ \
 LINE(DIFF_TREE,           "diff-tree ",        COLOR_BLUE,     COLOR_DEFAULT,  0), \
@@ -519,24 +591,26 @@ init_colors(void)
 
 struct view {
        const char *name;       /* View name */
-       const char *defcmd;     /* Default command line */
+       const char *cmdfmt;     /* Default command line format */
        char *id;               /* Points to either of ref_{head,commit} */
        size_t objsize;         /* Size of objects in the line index */
 
        struct view_ops {
+               /* Draw one line; @lineno must be < view->height. */
                bool (*draw)(struct view *view, unsigned int lineno);
+               /* Read one line; updates view->line. */
                bool (*read)(struct view *view, char *line);
+               /* Depending on view, change display based on current line. */
                bool (*enter)(struct view *view);
        } *ops;
 
        char cmd[SIZEOF_CMD];   /* Command buffer */
-       char ref[SIZEOF_REF];   /* Hovered Commit reference */
-       /* The view reference that describes the content of this view. */
-       char vref[SIZEOF_REF];
+       char ref[SIZEOF_REF];   /* Hovered commit reference */
+       char vid[SIZEOF_REF];   /* View ID. Set to id member when updating. */
 
-       WINDOW *win;
-       WINDOW *title;
-       int height, width;
+       int height, width;      /* The width and height of the main window */
+       WINDOW *win;            /* The main window */
+       WINDOW *title;          /* The title window living below the main window */
 
        /* Navigation */
        unsigned long offset;   /* Offset of the window top */
@@ -544,7 +618,8 @@ struct view {
 
        /* Buffering */
        unsigned long lines;    /* Total number of lines */
-       void **line;            /* Line index */
+       void **line;            /* Line index; each line contains user data */
+       unsigned int digits;    /* Number of digits in the lines member. */
 
        /* Loading */
        FILE *pipe;
@@ -555,8 +630,7 @@ static struct view_ops pager_ops;
 static struct view_ops main_ops;
 
 #define DIFF_CMD \
-       "git log --stat -n1 %s ; echo; " \
-       "git diff --find-copies-harder -B -C %s^ %s"
+       "git show --patch-with-stat --find-copies-harder -B -C %s"
 
 #define LOG_CMD        \
        "git log --cc --stat -n100 %s"
@@ -567,11 +641,15 @@ static struct view_ops main_ops;
 #define HELP_CMD \
        "man tig 2> /dev/null"
 
+char ref_head[SIZEOF_REF]      = "HEAD";
+char ref_commit[SIZEOF_REF]    = "HEAD";
+
 static struct view views[] = {
-       { "main",  MAIN_CMD,   ref_head,    sizeof(struct commit), &main_ops },
-       { "diff",  DIFF_CMD,   ref_commit,  sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
-       { "log",   LOG_CMD,    ref_head,    sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
-       { "help",  HELP_CMD,   ref_head,    sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
+       { "main",  MAIN_CMD,  ref_head,   sizeof(struct commit), &main_ops },
+       { "diff",  DIFF_CMD,  ref_commit, sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
+       { "log",   LOG_CMD,   ref_head,   sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
+       { "help",  HELP_CMD,  ref_head,   sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
+       { "pager", "",        "static",   sizeof(char),          &pager_ops },
 };
 
 #define VIEW(req) (&views[(req) - REQ_OFFSET - 1])
@@ -669,7 +747,12 @@ update_view_title(struct view *view)
        wmove(view->title, 0, 0);
 
        /* [main] ref: 334b506... - commit 6 of 4383 (0%) */
-       wprintw(view->title, "[%s] ref: %s", view->name, view->ref);
+
+       if (*view->ref)
+               wprintw(view->title, "[%s] ref: %s", view->name, view->ref);
+       else
+               wprintw(view->title, "[%s]", view->name);
+
        if (view->lines) {
                char *type = view == VIEW(REQ_VIEW_MAIN) ? "commit" : "line";
 
@@ -811,7 +894,7 @@ move_view(struct view *view, enum request request)
                report("Already on first line");
                return;
 
-       } else if (steps >= 0 && view->lineno + 1 == view->lines) {
+       } else if (steps >= 0 && view->lineno + 1 >= view->lines) {
                report("Already on last line");
                return;
        }
@@ -869,13 +952,23 @@ begin_update(struct view *view)
        if (opt_cmd[0]) {
                string_copy(view->cmd, opt_cmd);
                opt_cmd[0] = 0;
+               /* When running random commands, the view ref could have become
+                * invalid so clear it. */
+               view->ref[0] = 0;
        } else {
-               if (snprintf(view->cmd, sizeof(view->cmd), view->defcmd,
+               if (snprintf(view->cmd, sizeof(view->cmd), view->cmdfmt,
                             id, id, id) >= sizeof(view->cmd))
                        return FALSE;
        }
 
-       view->pipe = popen(view->cmd, "r");
+       /* Special case for the pager view. */
+       if (opt_pipe) {
+               view->pipe = opt_pipe;
+               opt_pipe = NULL;
+       } else {
+               view->pipe = popen(view->cmd, "r");
+       }
+
        if (!view->pipe)
                return FALSE;
 
@@ -884,6 +977,7 @@ begin_update(struct view *view)
        view->offset = 0;
        view->lines  = 0;
        view->lineno = 0;
+       string_copy(view->vid, id);
 
        if (view->line) {
                int i;
@@ -920,7 +1014,7 @@ update_view(struct view *view)
        /* The number of lines to read. If too low it will cause too much
         * redrawing (and possible flickering), if too high responsiveness
         * will suffer. */
-       int lines = view->height;
+       unsigned long lines = view->height;
        int redraw_from = -1;
 
        if (!view->pipe)
@@ -950,6 +1044,20 @@ update_view(struct view *view)
                        break;
        }
 
+       {
+               int digits;
+
+               lines = view->lines;
+               for (digits = 0; lines; digits++)
+                       lines /= 10;
+
+               /* Keep the displayed view in sync with line number scaling. */
+               if (digits != view->digits) {
+                       view->digits = digits;
+                       redraw_from = 0;
+               }
+       }
+
        /* CPU hogilicious! */
        update_view_title(view);
 
@@ -991,10 +1099,19 @@ end:
        return FALSE;
 }
 
+enum open_flags {
+       OPEN_DEFAULT = 0,       /* Use default view switching. */
+       OPEN_SPLIT = 1,         /* Split current view. */
+       OPEN_BACKGROUNDED = 2,  /* Backgrounded. */
+       OPEN_RELOAD = 4,        /* Reload view even if it is the current. */
+};
+
 static void
-switch_view(struct view *prev, enum request request,
-           bool backgrounded, bool split)
+open_view(struct view *prev, enum request request, enum open_flags flags)
 {
+       bool backgrounded = !!(flags & OPEN_BACKGROUNDED);
+       bool split = !!(flags & OPEN_SPLIT);
+       bool reload = !!(flags & OPEN_RELOAD);
        struct view *view = VIEW(request);
        struct view *displayed;
        int nviews;
@@ -1003,7 +1120,7 @@ switch_view(struct view *prev, enum request request,
        foreach_view (displayed, nviews) {
                if (prev != view &&
                    view == displayed &&
-                   !strcmp(view->id, prev->id)) {
+                   !strcmp(view->vid, prev->vid)) {
                        current_view = nviews;
                        /* Blur out the title of the previous view. */
                        update_view_title(prev);
@@ -1012,12 +1129,12 @@ switch_view(struct view *prev, enum request request,
                }
        }
 
-       if (view == prev && nviews == 1) {
+       if (view == prev && nviews == 1 && !reload) {
                report("Already in %s view", view->name);
                return;
        }
 
-       if (strcmp(view->vref, view->id) &&
+       if ((reload || strcmp(view->vid, view->id)) &&
            !begin_update(view)) {
                report("Failed to load %s view", view->name);
                return;
@@ -1096,10 +1213,15 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
        case REQ_VIEW_DIFF:
        case REQ_VIEW_LOG:
        case REQ_VIEW_HELP:
-               switch_view(view, request, FALSE, FALSE);
+       case REQ_VIEW_PAGER:
+               open_view(view, request, OPEN_DEFAULT);
                break;
 
        case REQ_ENTER:
+               if (!view->lines) {
+                       report("Nothing to enter");
+                       break;
+               }
                return view->ops->enter(view);
 
        case REQ_VIEW_NEXT:
@@ -1124,7 +1246,8 @@ view_driver(struct view *view, enum request request)
                break;
 
        case REQ_PROMPT:
-               switch_view(view, opt_request, FALSE, FALSE);
+               /* Always reload^Wrerun commands from the prompt. */
+               open_view(view, opt_request, OPEN_RELOAD);
                break;
 
        case REQ_STOP_LOADING:
@@ -1194,13 +1317,17 @@ pager_draw(struct view *view, unsigned int lineno)
        linelen = MIN(linelen, view->width);
 
        if (opt_line_number) {
-               unsigned int real_lineno = view->offset + lineno + 1;
+               static char indent[] = "                    ";
+               unsigned long real_lineno = view->offset + lineno + 1;
                int col = 0;
 
                if (real_lineno == 1 || (real_lineno % opt_num_interval) == 0)
-                       mvwprintw(view->win, lineno, 0, "%4d: ", real_lineno);
-               else
-                       mvwaddstr(view->win, lineno, 0, "    : ");
+                       mvwprintw(view->win, lineno, 0, "%.*d", view->digits, real_lineno);
+
+               else if (view->digits < sizeof(indent))
+                       mvwaddnstr(view->win, lineno, 0, indent, view->digits);
+
+               waddstr(view->win, ": ");
 
                while (line) {
                        if (*line == '\t') {
@@ -1243,6 +1370,14 @@ pager_draw(struct view *view, unsigned int lineno)
 static bool
 pager_read(struct view *view, char *line)
 {
+       /* For some reason the piped man page has many empty lines
+        * so skip successive emptys lines to work around it. */
+       if (view == VIEW(REQ_VIEW_HELP) &&
+           !*line &&
+           view->lines &&
+           !*((char *) view->line[view->lines - 1]))
+               return TRUE;
+
        view->line[view->lines] = strdup(line);
        if (!view->line[view->lines])
                return FALSE;
@@ -1257,7 +1392,7 @@ pager_enter(struct view *view)
        char *line = view->line[view->lineno];
 
        if (get_line_type(line) == LINE_COMMIT) {
-               switch_view(view, REQ_VIEW_DIFF, FALSE, FALSE);
+               open_view(view, REQ_VIEW_DIFF, OPEN_DEFAULT);
        }
 
        return TRUE;
@@ -1288,6 +1423,7 @@ main_draw(struct view *view, unsigned int lineno)
 
        if (view->offset + lineno == view->lineno) {
                string_copy(view->ref, commit->id);
+               string_copy(ref_commit, view->ref);
                type = LINE_CURSOR;
        } else {
                type = LINE_MAIN_COMMIT;
@@ -1341,7 +1477,7 @@ main_read(struct view *view, char *line)
                string_copy(commit->id, line);
                break;
 
-       case LINE_AUTHOR_IDENT:
+       case LINE_AUTHOR:
        {
                char *ident = line + STRING_SIZE("author ");
                char *end = strchr(ident, '<');
@@ -1410,7 +1546,7 @@ main_read(struct view *view, char *line)
 static bool
 main_enter(struct view *view)
 {
-       switch_view(view, REQ_VIEW_DIFF, TRUE, TRUE);
+       open_view(view, REQ_VIEW_DIFF, OPEN_SPLIT | OPEN_BACKGROUNDED);
        return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -1424,6 +1560,9 @@ static struct view_ops main_ops = {
  * Status management
  */
 
+/* Whether or not the curses interface has been initialized. */
+bool cursed = FALSE;
+
 /* The status window is used for polling keystrokes. */
 static WINDOW *status_win;
 
@@ -1469,7 +1608,19 @@ init_display(void)
 {
        int x, y;
 
-       initscr();      /* Initialize the curses library */
+       /* Initialize the curses library */
+       if (isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+               cursed = !!initscr();
+       } else {
+               /* Leave stdin and stdout alone when acting as a pager. */
+               FILE *io = fopen("/dev/tty", "r+");
+
+               cursed = !!newterm(NULL, io, io);
+       }
+
+       if (!cursed)
+               die("Failed to initialize curses");
+
        nonl();         /* Tell curses not to do NL->CR/NL on output */
        cbreak();       /* Take input chars one at a time, no wait for \n */
        noecho();       /* Don't echo input */
@@ -1495,12 +1646,9 @@ init_display(void)
 static void
 quit(int sig)
 {
-       if (status_win)
-               delwin(status_win);
-       endwin();
-
-       /* FIXME: Shutdown gracefully. */
-
+       /* XXX: Restore tty modes and let the OS cleanup the rest! */
+       if (cursed)
+               endwin();
        exit(0);
 }
 
@@ -1523,36 +1671,12 @@ int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
        enum request request;
-       int git_arg;
 
        signal(SIGINT, quit);
 
-       git_arg = parse_options(argc, argv);
-       if (git_arg < 0)
+       if (!parse_options(argc, argv))
                return 0;
 
-       if (git_arg < argc) {
-               size_t buf_size;
-
-               /* XXX: This is vulnerable to the user overriding options
-                * required for the main view parser. */
-               if (opt_request == REQ_VIEW_MAIN)
-                       string_copy(opt_cmd, "git log --stat --pretty=raw");
-               else
-                       string_copy(opt_cmd, "git");
-               buf_size = strlen(opt_cmd);
-
-               while (buf_size < sizeof(opt_cmd) && git_arg < argc) {
-                       opt_cmd[buf_size++] = ' ';
-                       buf_size = sq_quote(opt_cmd, buf_size, argv[git_arg++]);
-               }
-
-               if (buf_size >= sizeof(opt_cmd))
-                       die("command too long");
-
-               opt_cmd[buf_size] = 0;
-       }
-
        request = opt_request;
 
        init_display();
@@ -1570,13 +1694,21 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                request = get_request(key);
 
                if (request == REQ_PROMPT) {
+                       report(":");
+                       /* Temporarily switch to line-oriented and echoed
+                        * input. */
                        nocbreak();
                        echo();
-                       report(":");
-                       if (wgetnstr(status_win, opt_cmd, sizeof(opt_cmd)) == OK)
-                               die("%s", opt_cmd);
-                       cbreak();       /* Take input chars one at a time, no wait for \n */
-                       noecho();       /* Don't echo input */
+
+                       if (wgetnstr(status_win, opt_cmd + 4, sizeof(opt_cmd) - 4) == OK) {
+                               memcpy(opt_cmd, "git ", 4);
+                               opt_request = REQ_VIEW_PAGER;
+                       } else {
+                               request = ERR;
+                       }
+
+                       noecho();
+                       cbreak();
                }
        }
 
@@ -1590,13 +1722,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
  * ----
  * Features that should be explored.
  *
- * - Dynamic scaling of line number indentation.
- *
- * - Internal command line (exmode-inspired) which allows to specify what git
- *   log or git diff command to run. Example:
- *
- *     :log -p
- *
  * - Terminal resizing support. I am yet to figure out whether catching
  *   SIGWINCH is preferred over using ncurses' built-in support for resizing.
  *