feature: command to copy commit_id from line annotation and hyperlink commit id to external git client

[arpit-uno]

Description

Feature requests or proposals:

A command to copy the commit id from current line annotation. In the following screengrab, as you one can see the commitID, df799d7. This commit id should be able to be copied via a keyboard shortcut and if possible, can be a link, when clicked opens the commit in an external git client say Meld or git-fork or git-kraken.

Support Info

• Sublime Text 4126
• Platform: windows
• Arch: x64
• GitGutter 1.11.7
• Install via PC: True
• git version 2.32.0.windows.2
• mdpopups 4.2.1
• markdown 3.2.2
• pygments 2.1a0
• jinja2 2.10.1

[ljames8]

I just stumbled upon this, having the same idea in mind.
I successfully tried a quick and dirty proof of concept for ST4 that just copies the commit hash to the clipboard when clicking on the inline commit text

diff --git a/GitGutter.sublime-settings b/GitGutter.sublime-settings
index 058478e..53360a4 100644
--- a/GitGutter.sublime-settings
+++ b/GitGutter.sublime-settings
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     //   {{line_committer_tz}   -- the timezone string of commit
     //   {{line_summary}}       -- the first line of the commit message
     //   {{line_previous}}      -- the hash of the previous commit
-    "line_annotation_text": "{% if line_commit and line_commit[:7] != '0000000' %} {{line_commit[:7]}} | {% endif %}{{line_author}} ({{line_author_age}}) · {{line_summary}}",
+    "line_annotation_text": "{% if line_commit and line_commit[:7] != '0000000' %} <a href={{line_commit}}>{{line_commit[:7]}}</a> | {% endif %}{{line_author}} ({{line_author_age}}) · {{line_summary}}",

     //
     // Status Bar
diff --git a/modules/annotation.py b/modules/annotation.py
index b51b213..5ab9691 100644
--- a/modules/annotation.py
+++ b/modules/annotation.py
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ class GitGutterLineAnnotationST4(object):
                 annotation_color=foreground,
                 flags=(sublime.DRAW_NO_FILL | sublime.DRAW_NO_OUTLINE |
                        sublime.HIDE_ON_MINIMAP),
+                on_navigate=sublime.set_clipboard,
             )

 if int(sublime.version()) >= 4000:

[Kentzo]

I need this feature too!