zed/crates/proto
Priyadharshan c6b01d8a20
Add optional message support to git stash (#62439)
Show a modal when invoking the stash action to allow users to provide an
optional custom message for the stash entry.

Closes #62430 


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# Objective

Zed's stash action runs `git stash push --quiet --include-untracked --`
with no `-m`, so every stash is labelled with git's auto-generated `WIP
on <branch>: <sha> <subject>`. That text describes the commit you were
sitting on, not what you stashed — so two stashes taken from the same
commit are indistinguishable.

This undercuts the stash picker (`git::ViewStash`), which lists entries
as `#<index>: <message>` and fuzzy-searches over exactly that string.
The search box already exists; there is just nothing meaningful to
search, because every candidate is a variation of the same
auto-generated line.

## Solution

`git::StashAll` now opens a single-line modal ("Optionally provide a
stash message") before stashing.

- Confirming with text passes `--message <text>` to `git stash push`.
- Confirming with the field empty omits the flag entirely, keeping git's
default description — so the prompt is a one-keystroke pass-through and
existing muscle memory still works.
- Cancelling aborts the stash, so the prompt doubles as a confirmation
step.

Implementation:

- `StashMessageModal` (`Editor::single_line`) in `git_panel.rs`, toggled
from `GitPanel::stash_all`. `menu::Confirm` trims the input and maps
empty to `None`.
- `message: Option<String>` threaded through `Repository::stash_all` →
`stash_entries` → `GitRepository::stash_paths`. The flag is appended
before the `--` separator so a message is never parsed as a pathspec.
- New `message` field on the `Stash` proto message, so remote and collab
projects behave identically.

One non-obvious detail: the modal is opened via `cx.defer_in` rather
than inline. `git::StashAll` is registered on the workspace
(`git_ui.rs`) as well as on the panel element, and
`Workspace::register_action` dispatches while `Workspace` is leased — so
opening the modal inline re-enters that update and hits GPUI's
`double_lease_panic`. This only reproduces when focus is *outside* the
Git Panel, which makes it easy to miss.

`Option<String>` rather than `String` is deliberate: `--message ""`
produces a blank stash description, which is strictly worse than git's
default.

## Testing

Manually verified the modal in a local build on macOS: the prompt
appears on `git::StashAll`, accepts a message, and the named entry shows
up in the stash picker.

Also verified at the git level by replaying the exact argument vector
`stash_paths` builds against a scratch repo with mixed staged / unstaged
/ untracked changes:

| Case | Result |
|---|---|
| `stash push --quiet --include-untracked --message "my named stash" --
<paths>` | `stash@{0}: my named stash`; worktree clean, untracked file
included |
| same, without `--message` | `stash@{0}: <sha> <subject>` — git's
default text |
| `--message "x" --` with no paths (clean repo) | exit 0, no stash
created — the empty pathspec does **not** stash everything |

`cargo fmt --check` clean, `./script/clippy -p git -p fs -p project -p
git_ui` passes with `--deny warnings`, and the existing suites pass
(`cargo test -p project -p git_ui`, 436 tests).

Worth a reviewer's attention: trigger `git::StashAll` with focus in the
**editor** rather than the Git Panel. That routes through the workspace
action registration and is the case the `cx.defer_in` deferral exists to
keep from panicking.

No new automated tests — the behavior is testable with the existing
`git_panel.rs` harness (`init_test`, `GitPanel::new`) if reviewers would
prefer coverage over a manual check.

## Self-Review Checklist:

- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments — n/a, no unsafe
added
- [x] The content adheres to Zed's UI standards
([UX/UI](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
and
[icon](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/crates/icons/README.md)
guidelines)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior — no new tests; see Testing
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable — one
extra process argument; no new work on any hot path


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Release Notes:

- Added an optional stash message prompt when stashing changes
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Co-authored-by: Chris Biscardi <chris@christopherbiscardi.com>
2026-08-11 04:38:21 +00:00
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proto Add optional message support to git stash (#62439) 2026-08-11 04:38:21 +00:00
src project: Track inlay hint / code lens / document symbol registrations by ID (#55340) 2026-07-23 07:53:30 +00:00
build.rs Inject venv environment via the toolchain (#36576) 2025-08-28 14:40:43 +00:00
Cargo.toml Remove unreferenced dev dependencies (#51093) 2026-03-09 13:22:12 +01:00
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