[mini.pick] fossil file picker

[minusf]

Hello, here is a very simple file picker for fossil (https://fossil-scm.org/home) shamelessly stolen from #1131

MiniPick.registry.fossil = function(local_opts)
  local_opts.command = { 'fossil', 'ls', '-t' }
  return MiniPick.builtin.cli(local_opts, {})
end

I am a longterm fzf user but hacking on it makes my brain hurt a bit, I was pleasantly surprised how clean and extensible and minimalistic mini.pick is, it's great for my ocd.

command! -bang FFiles call fzf#run(fzf#wrap(fzf#vim#with_preview({'source': 'fossil ls -t'}), <bang>0))

thank you for this amazing framework/toolkit/plugin system.

[minusf]

This simply calls fossil ls -t, so I was thinking that if Pick files tool=... would allow any executables with a couple of parameters, this would be even easier.

[echasnovski]

Judging by the implementation, it is not quite like :Pick files as it executes wt_switch (i.e. "work tree switch") and not opens a file.

But even then, I don't really think that 'fossil' is that popular to be built-in (although I personally really admire SQLite and Fossil as projects).

[echasnovski]

thank you for this amazing framework/toolkit/plugin system.

Thank you for sharing this!

Although you do link to #1131, I'd recommend to provide fully working, copy-pasteable implementation of a picker. So it would need a wt_switch definition.

Also, it is a personal preference, but I'd not put cwd in a picker's name. It is usually obvious when calling picker; if not - it is available in info view after <S-Tab>.

[minusf]

Although you do link to #1131, I'd recommend to provide fully working, copy-pasteable implementation of a picker. So it would need a wt_switch definition.

tbh that was my intention and i missed the wt_switch part 😅
however when i tested it, it worked...

I am not advocating for fossil's inclusion, it's pretty niche, i was just wondering if tool could be generalized to "any executable that gives back a list of items", but MiniPick.builtin.cli() seems to do the job.

[minusf]

the wt_switch kind of functionality will come in handy when i implement a git branch chooser that actually switches to the branch and sets it to remote tracking, as tbh I dont find the default action of git_branches that useful 😸

[echasnovski]

I am not advocating for fossil's inclusion, it's pretty niche, i was just wondering if tool could be generalized to "any executable that gives back a list of items", but MiniPick.builtin.cli() seems to do the job.

Yeah, cli picker was designed to be a more universal counter part to "make too in files more general".