Company backend for assignees and topics from forge
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Description
===========
The `company-forge' is a [company-mode] completion backend for [forge]. It
uses current `forge' repository data to offer completions for assignees
(`@' mentions of users and teams) and topics (`#' references to issues,
discussions, and pull requests).
[company-mode]
[forge]
Features
========
- Offer completion after entering `@' and `#'
- Support for users, teams, issues, discussions, and pull requests.
- Suppoet for different matching types (see `company-forge-match-type').
- Display [octicons] for candidates (see `company-forge-icons-mode').
- Display issues, discussions, and pull-request text as a documentation
with `quickhelp-string' and `doc-buffer' `company' commands.
[octicons]
Installation
============
Installing from MELPA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The easiest way to install and keep `company-forge' up-to-date is using
Emacs' built-in package manager. `company-forge' is available in the MELPA
repository. Refer to for how to
install a package from MELPA.
Please see [Configuration] section for example configuration.
You can use any of the package managers that supports installation from
MELPA. It can be one of (but not limited to): one of the built-in
`package', `use-package', or any other package manger that handles
autoloads generation, for example (in alphabetical order) [Borg], [Elpaca],
[Quelpa], or [straight.el].
[Configuration] See section Configuration
[Borg]
[Elpaca]
[Quelpa]
[straight.el]
Installing from GitHub
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The preferred method is to use built-in `use-package'. Add the following
to your Emacs configuration file (usually `~/.emacs' or
`~/.emacs.d/init.el'):
(use-package company-forge
:vc (:url "https://github.com/pkryger/company-forge.el.git"
:rev :newest)))
Please refer to [Configuration] section for example configuration.
[Configuration] See section Configuration
Configuration
=============
This section assumes you have `company-forge''s autoloads set up at Emacs
startup. If you have installed `company-forge' using built-in `package' or
`use-package' then you should be all set.
(use-package company-forge
:config
(company-forge-icons-mode) ;; Display icons
(advice-add #'forge--pull ;; Reset cache after forge pull
:filter-args #'company-forge-reset-cache-after-pull)
(add-to-list 'company-backends 'company-forge))
Customization
=============
Below is a list of configuration options and optional functions with their
synopses that can be used to customize `company-forge' behavior. Please
refer to documentation of respective symbol for more details.
- user option: `company-forge-match-type': define how to match candidates
- user option: `company-forge-predicate': a buffer predicate to control if
the backend is enabled
- user option: `company-forge-use-cache': control whether cache is used for
candidates retrieval
- minor mode: `comany-forge-icons-mode': control whether to display icons
for candidates
- function: `company-forge-reset-cache-after-pull': designed as a
`:filter-args' advice for `forge--pull'
Contributing
============
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues and pull requests on
the [GitHub repository].
[GitHub repository]
Testing
~~~~~~~
When creating a pull request make sure all tests in
are passing. When adding a new
functionality, please strive to add tests for it as well.
To run tests:
- open the
- type `M-x eval-buffer '
- type `M-x ert t '
Documentation autoring
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This package uses [org-commentary.el] (different from the one available on
MELPA!) to generate and validate commentary section in `company-forge.el'.
Please see the package documentation for usage instructions.
[org-commentary.el]