# by ChatGPT import curses import subprocess import sys def get_commits(filename): cmd = ['git', 'log', '--pretty=format:%h %ad %s', '--date=short', '--', filename] result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True) return result.stdout.splitlines() def get_file_at_commit(commit_hash, filename): cmd = ['git', 'show', f'{commit_hash}:{filename}'] result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True) return result.stdout.splitlines() def main(stdscr, filename): curses.curs_set(0) curses.mousemask(curses.ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS) stdscr.keypad(True) commits = get_commits(filename) selected_commit = 0 divider_col = 40 focus = "left" scroll_offset = 0 while True: stdscr.clear() height, width = stdscr.getmaxyx() # Fetch file content for selected commit commit_hash = commits[selected_commit].split()[0] file_lines = get_file_at_commit(commit_hash, filename) max_scroll = max(0, len(file_lines) - (height - 1)) scroll_offset = min(scroll_offset, max_scroll) visible_lines = file_lines[scroll_offset:scroll_offset + height - 1] # Draw commit list (left pane) for i in range(min(len(commits), height - 1)): line = commits[i] if i == selected_commit: stdscr.attron(curses.A_REVERSE) # Highlight selected commit stdscr.addnstr(i, 0, line, divider_col - 1) if i == selected_commit: stdscr.attroff(curses.A_REVERSE) # Vertical divider for y in range(height): stdscr.addch(y, divider_col, '│') # Draw file content (right pane) for i, line in enumerate(visible_lines): stdscr.addnstr(i, divider_col + 2, line, width - divider_col - 3) # Status bar for right pane (line N/M) status = f"line {scroll_offset + 1}/{len(file_lines)}" stdscr.addnstr(height - 1, divider_col + 2, status, width - divider_col - 3, curses.A_DIM) stdscr.refresh() key = stdscr.getch() # Mouse click changes focus if key == curses.KEY_MOUSE: try: _, mx, my, _, bstate = curses.getmouse() if bstate & curses.BUTTON1_CLICKED: focus = "left" if mx <= divider_col else "right" except curses.error: pass elif key in [ord('q'), 27]: break # Left pane movement elif focus == "left": if key in [curses.KEY_DOWN, ord('j')]: if selected_commit < len(commits) - 1: selected_commit += 1 scroll_offset = 0 elif key in [curses.KEY_UP, ord('k')]: if selected_commit > 0: selected_commit -= 1 scroll_offset = 0 # Right pane scrolling elif focus == "right": if key in [curses.KEY_DOWN, ord('j')]: if scroll_offset < max_scroll: scroll_offset += 1 elif key in [curses.KEY_UP, ord('k')]: if scroll_offset > 0: scroll_offset -= 1 elif key in [curses.KEY_NPAGE, ord(' ')]: scroll_offset = min(scroll_offset + height - 1, max_scroll) elif key in [curses.KEY_PPAGE, 8, 127]: # Page Up or Shift+Space (some terminals) scroll_offset = max(0, scroll_offset - (height - 1)) # Pane switching if key in [curses.KEY_LEFT, ord('h')]: focus = "left" elif key in [curses.KEY_RIGHT, ord('l')]: focus = "right" if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 2: print("Usage: python git_time_machine.py path/to/file") sys.exit(1) filename = sys.argv[1] curses.wrapper(main, filename)