changing branches works

Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # to build by hand export GO111MODULE=off
 
 all: build
+	reset
+	./autotypist
+
+only-me: build
 	reset
 	./autotypist --only-me
 

docs.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func docsBox(vbox *gui.Node) {
 		shell.Run([]string{"ping", "-c", "3", "git.wit.org"})
 	})
 
-	group.NewButton("send docs to browser (localhost:8080)", func() {
+	group.NewButton("open docs in browser (localhost:8080)", func() {
 		me.autotypistWindow.Disable()
 		defer me.autotypistWindow.Enable()
 

globalBuildOptions.go

@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ func quickCmd(fullpath string, cmd []string) bool {
 
 func globalBuildOptions(vbox *gui.Node) {
 	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("Global Build Options")
-	grid := group1.NewGrid("buildOptions", 2, 1)
+	grid := group1.NewGrid("buildOptions", 0, 0)
 
 	// me.autoWorkingPwd = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "working directory (pwd)")
 	me.userHomePwd = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "user home")
+	grid.NextRow()
 	me.goSrcPwd = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "go src home")
+	grid.NextRow()
 
 	usr, _ := user.Current()
 	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
@@ -72,61 +74,26 @@ func globalBuildOptions(vbox *gui.Node) {
 	srcDir := filepath.Join(homeDir, "go/src")
 	me.goSrcPwd.SetText(srcDir)
 
-	me.mainBranch = gadgets.NewBasicCombobox(grid, "default main branch")
-	me.mainBranch.AddText("gitea server default")
-	me.mainBranch.Disable()
-
-	me.develBranch = gadgets.NewBasicCombobox(grid, "default devel branch")
-	me.develBranch.AddText("devel")
-	me.develBranch.Disable()
-
-	me.userBranch = gadgets.NewBasicCombobox(grid, "default user branch")
-	me.userBranch.AddText(usr.Username)
-	me.userBranch.Disable()
-
-	var newBranch *gui.Node
-	var setBranchB *gui.Node
-
-	// gadgets.OneLiner(grid, "default user branch")
-
 	// select the branch you want to test, build and develop against
 	// this lets you select your user branch, but, when you are happy
 	// you can merge everything into the devel branch and make sure it actually
 	// works. Then, when that is good, merge and version everything in master
-	setBranchB = grid.NewButton("set current branch to:", func() {
-		targetName := newBranch.String()
-		log.Warn("set current branch to:", targetName)
-		/*
-			me.toMoveToBranch = guiBranch.String()
-			setCurrentBranch.SetLabel("set all branches to " + me.toMoveToBranch)
-			me.mainBranch.Disable()
-		*/
+	me.setBranchB = grid.NewButton("set current branch to:", func() {
+		targetName := me.newBranch.String()
+		log.Warn("setting all branches to", targetName)
 		for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
-			if targetName == "jcarr" {
-				if repo.status.CheckoutUser() {
-					log.Warn("set master branch worked", repo.String())
+			repo.status.CheckoutBranch(targetName)
+			repo.status.UpdateNew()
 			repo.newScan()
-				} else {
-					log.Warn("set master branch failed", repo.String())
-					repo.newScan()
-				}
-			} else {
-				if repo.status.CheckoutMaster() {
-					log.Warn("set master branch worked", repo.String())
-					repo.newScan()
-				} else {
-					log.Warn("set master branch failed", repo.String())
-					repo.newScan()
-				}
-			}
 		}
 	})
-	newBranch = grid.NewCombobox()
-	newBranch.AddText("master")
-	newBranch.AddText("devel")
-	newBranch.AddText(usr.Username)
-	newBranch.SetText(usr.Username)
-	newBranch.Custom = func() {
-		setBranchB.SetLabel("set current branches to " + newBranch.String())
-	}
+	me.newBranch = grid.NewCombobox()
+	me.newBranch.AddText("master")
+	me.newBranch.AddText("devel")
+	me.newBranch.AddText(usr.Username)
+	me.newBranch.SetText(usr.Username)
+
+	// checking this will automatically make the branches off of devel
+	me.autoCreateBranches = grid.NewCheckbox("create if missing").SetChecked(true)
+	grid.NextRow()
 }

globalDisplayOptions.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/gowit"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/logsettings"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 func globalDisplaySetRepoState() {
@@ -66,7 +67,13 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(vbox *gui.Node) {
 			globalDisplayShow()
 		}
 	}
-	me.scanEveryMinute = group1.NewCheckbox("Scan every minute").SetChecked(false)
+	scanbox := group1.Box().Horizontal()
+	me.autoScanReposCB = scanbox.NewCheckbox("auto scan").SetChecked(true)
+	scanbox.NewButton("scan now", func() {
+		log.Info("re-scanning repos now")
+		scanRepositories()
+	})
+	me.duration = scanbox.NewLabel("")
 
 	var tagsW *tagWindow
 	group1.NewButton("git tags Window", func() {

main.go

@@ -53,34 +53,39 @@ func main() {
 	// processing is done. update the repo summary box
 	me.summary.Update()
 
-	// scan repos every 30 seconds
-	// check every second for the checkbox changing
-	var i int = 60
+	// scan repos every i seconds
+	// check every 'delay seconds for the checkbox changing
+	// this logic is unintuitive because I want it to fluidly
+	// never tricker quickly but also want to print something
+	// out that the app is alive since, technically
+	// the GUI is *NOT* this app and could be alive when
+	// the application is actually stalled somewhere
+	// plus these things are fun for me and a distraction when
+	// I've been working 50 days in a row on this gui code
+
+	// this also means that if you click the checkbox after
+	// the delay, then the scan will run right away, but if
+	// you check the checkbox twice in 5 seconds, it won't
+	// rerun until the delay again
+	var delay int = 99
+	var i int = delay
 	myTicker(1*time.Second, "newScan()", func() {
 		i += 1
-		if !me.scanEveryMinute.Checked() {
-			if i < 60 {
-				i = 60
+		// check if the checkbox is checked
+		if !me.autoScanReposCB.Checked() {
+			if i < delay {
+				i = delay
 			}
-			// print every 27 seconds
-			if i%27 == 0 {
+			// print every 'delay' seconds
+			if i%delay == 0 {
 				log.Info("Not auto scanning", i)
 			}
 			return
 		}
-		if i < 60 {
+		if i < delay {
 			return
 		}
 		i = 0
-		timeFunction(func() {
-			// scanGoSum()
-			for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
-				repo.newScan()
-			}
-		})
-		/*
-			s := fmt.Sprint(duration)
-			// me.autoWorkingPwd.SetText(s)
-		*/
+		scanRepositories()
 	})
 }

repolist.go

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func repolistWindow() {
 
 	repoAllButtons(me.reposbox)
 
-	me.reposgroup = me.reposbox.NewGroup("go repositories (read from ~/.config/myrepolist)")
+	me.reposgroup = me.reposbox.NewGroup("git repositories (configure in ~/.config/myrepolist)")
 	me.reposgrid = me.reposgroup.NewGrid("test", 0, 0)
 
 	me.reposgrid.NewLabel("") // path goes here
@@ -146,14 +146,6 @@ func repoAllButtons(box *gui.Node) {
 	// hbox.Horizontal()
 	hbox.Vertical()
 
-	box1 := hbox.Box().Vertical()
-	box1.NewButton("status.Update() all", func() {
-		for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
-			repo.status.UpdateNew()
-			repo.newScan()
-		}
-	})
-
 	box2 := hbox.Box().Vertical()
 	box2.NewButton("merge all user to devel", func() {
 		me.reposwin.Disable()

scan.go

@@ -3,11 +3,24 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/user"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+func scanRepositories() {
+	log.Info("Scanned", me.summary.totalOL.String(), "repositories. todo: count/show changes")
+	t := timeFunction(func() {
+		for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
+			repo.status.UpdateNew()
+			repo.newScan()
+		}
+	})
+	s := fmt.Sprint(t)
+	me.duration.SetText(s)
+}
+
 func (r *repo) newScan() bool {
 	if r.status == nil {
 		log.Warn("repo.status = nil. not initialized for some reason")
@@ -48,8 +61,9 @@ func (r *repo) newScan() bool {
 	r.lastTag.SetLabel(lasttag)
 	r.vLabel.SetLabel(cbname + " " + cbversion)
 
-	if r.status.Changed() {
-		log.Warn("should scan here")
+	if c, ok := r.status.Changed(); ok {
+		c := strings.TrimSpace(c)
+		log.Warn("repo", r.status.Path(), "changed", c)
 	}
 	status := r.status.GetStatus()
 	r.dirtyLabel.SetLabel(status)

structs.go

@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ type autoType struct {
 	// then switch back to your 'username' branch and do a build there
 	toMoveToBranch string
 
-	// displays the preferred names used for the repo tree state
-	mainBranch  *gadgets.BasicCombobox
-	develBranch *gadgets.BasicCombobox
-	userBranch  *gadgets.BasicCombobox
-
 	// this button will regenerate everyones go.mod & go.sum
 	rerunGoMod *gui.Node
 
@@ -61,11 +56,9 @@ type autoType struct {
 	// checkbox for --dry-run
 	autoDryRun *gui.Node
 
-	// checkbox for intermittent scanning
-	scanEveryMinute *gui.Node
-
-	// The current working directory
-	// autoWorkingPwd *gadgets.OneLiner
+	// checkbox to enable intermittent scanning
+	// if checked, it will check all your repos for changes
+	autoScanReposCB *gui.Node
 
 	// what is being used as your home dir
 	userHomePwd *gadgets.OneLiner
@@ -82,6 +75,17 @@ type autoType struct {
 	// has total dirty, total read-only
 	// total patches, etc
 	summary *patchSummary
+
+	// shows how long the scan went for
+	duration *gui.Node
+
+	// when switch to user or devel branches, autocreate them
+	autoCreateBranches *gui.Node
+
+	// these hold the branches that the user can switch all
+	// the repositories to them
+	newBranch *gui.Node
+	setBranchB *gui.Node
 }
 
 type repo struct {