Remove getLocalGitConfig

.github/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_API_TOKEN}}
       - name: Bump Homebrew
-        uses: dawidd6/action-homebrew-bump-formula@v2
+        uses: dawidd6/action-homebrew-bump-formula@v3
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_API_TOKEN}}
           formula: lazygit

docs/Config.md

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Default path for the config file:
       optionsTextColor:
         - blue
       selectedLineBgColor:
-        - bold
+        - default
+      selectedRangeBgColor:
+        - blue
     commitLength:
       show: true
     mouseEvents: true
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ Default path for the config file:
       args: ""
     skipHookPrefix: WIP
     autoFetch: true
+    branchLogCmd: "git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium {{branchName}} --"
   update:
     method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
     days: 14 # how often an update is checked for
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ Default path for the config file:
       prevScreenMode: '_'
       undo: 'z'
       redo: '<c-z>'
-      filteringMenu: <c-s>
+      filteringMenu: '<c-s>'
       diffingMenu: '<c-e>'
       copyToClipboard: '<c-o>'
     status:
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ If you have issues with a light terminal theme where you can't read / see the te
       inactiveBorderColor:
         - black
       selectedLineBgColor:
-        - bold
+        - default
 ```
 
 ## Struggling to see selected line
@@ -228,6 +231,8 @@ If you struggle to see the selected line I recomment using the reverse attribute
     theme:
       selectedLineBgColor:
         - reverse
+      selectedRangeBgColor:
+        - reverse
 ```
 
 ## Example Coloring
@@ -256,14 +261,18 @@ For all possible keybinding options, check [Custom_Keybindings.md](https://githu
       scrollDownMain-alt1: 'E'
       scrollUpMain-alt2: '<c-u>'
       scrollDownMain-alt2: '<c-e>'
+      undo: 'l'
+      redo: '<c-r>'
+      diffingMenu: 'M'
+      filteringMenu: '<c-f>'
     files:
       ignoreFile: 'I'
     commits:
       moveDownCommit: '<c-e>'
       moveUpCommit: '<c-u>'
-      toggleDiffCommit: 'l'
     branches:
       viewGitFlowOptions: 'I'
+      setUpstream: 'U'
 ```
 
 ## Custom pull request URLs

pkg/app/app.go

@@ -131,9 +131,16 @@ func NewApp(config config.AppConfigurer, filterPath string) (*App, error) {
 func (app *App) setupRepo() error {
 	// if we are not in a git repo, we ask if we want to `git init`
 	if err := app.OSCommand.RunCommand("git status"); err != nil {
-		if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Not a git repository") {
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		info, _ := os.Stat(filepath.Join(cwd, ".git"))
+		if info != nil && info.IsDir() {
+			return err // Current directory appears to be a git repository.
+		}
+
+		// Offer to initialize a new repository in current directory.
 		fmt.Print(app.Tr.SLocalize("CreateRepo"))
 		response, _ := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadString('\n')
 		if strings.Trim(response, " \n") != "y" {

pkg/commands/branch_list_builder.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (b *BranchListBuilder) obtainBranches() []*Branch {
 
 		split := strings.Split(line, SEPARATION_CHAR)
 
-		name := split[1]
+		name := strings.TrimPrefix(split[1], "heads/")
 		branch := &Branch{
 			Name:      name,
 			Pullables: "?",

pkg/commands/dummies.go

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ func NewDummyOSCommand() *OSCommand {
 
 // NewDummyAppConfig creates a new dummy AppConfig for testing
 func NewDummyAppConfig() *config.AppConfig {
+	userConfig := viper.New()
+	userConfig.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	if err := config.LoadDefaults(userConfig, config.GetDefaultConfig()); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	appConfig := &config.AppConfig{
 		Name:        "lazygit",
 		Version:     "unversioned",
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ func NewDummyAppConfig() *config.AppConfig {
 		BuildDate:   "",
 		Debug:       false,
 		BuildSource: "",
-		UserConfig:  viper.New(),
+		UserConfig:  userConfig,
 	}
 	_ = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte{}, appConfig.AppState)
 	return appConfig

pkg/commands/git.go

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ type GitCommand struct {
 	DotGitDir            string
 	onSuccessfulContinue func() error
 	PatchManager         *PatchManager
+
+	// Push to current determines whether the user has configured to push to the remote branch of the same name as the current or not
+	PushToCurrent bool
 }
 
 // NewGitCommand it runs git commands
@@ -92,6 +95,15 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer,
 	var worktree *gogit.Worktree
 	var repo *gogit.Repository
 
+	// see what our default push behaviour is
+	output, err := osCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git config --get push.default")
+	pushToCurrent := false
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("error reading git config: %v", err)
+	} else {
+		pushToCurrent = strings.TrimSpace(output) == "current"
+	}
+
 	fs := []func() error{
 		func() error {
 			return verifyInGitRepo(osCommand.RunCommand)
@@ -128,6 +140,7 @@ func NewGitCommand(log *logrus.Entry, osCommand *OSCommand, tr *i18n.Localizer,
 		getLocalGitConfig:  gitconfig.Local,
 		removeFile:         os.RemoveAll,
 		DotGitDir:          dotGitDir,
+		PushToCurrent:      pushToCurrent,
 	}
 
 	gitCommand.PatchManager = NewPatchManager(log, gitCommand.ApplyPatch)
@@ -622,7 +635,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) ShowCmdStr(sha string, filterPath string) string {
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchGraphCmdStr(branchName string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium %s --", branchName)
+	branchLogCmdTemplate := c.Config.GetUserConfig().GetString("git.branchLogCmd")
+	templateValues := map[string]string{
+		"branchName": branchName,
+	}
+	return utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(branchLogCmdTemplate, templateValues)
 }
 
 // GetRemoteURL returns current repo remote url

pkg/commands/git_test.go

@@ -1387,10 +1387,8 @@ func TestGitCommandGetBranchGraph(t *testing.T) {
 	gitCmd.OSCommand.command = func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 		assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
 		assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"log", "--graph", "--color=always", "--abbrev-commit", "--decorate", "--date=relative", "--pretty=medium", "test", "--"}, args)
-
 		return exec.Command("echo")
 	}
-
 	_, err := gitCmd.GetBranchGraph("test")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
@@ -1410,7 +1408,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"Default case",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1426,7 +1424,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"cached",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1458,7 +1456,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"File not tracked and file has no staged changes",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color=always", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},

pkg/commands/os.go

@@ -132,11 +132,12 @@ func (c *OSCommand) DetectUnamePass(command string, ask func(string) string) err
 		ttyText = ttyText + " " + word
 
 		prompts := map[string]string{
-			"password": `Password\s*for\s*'.+':`,
-			"username": `Username\s*for\s*'.+':`,
+			`.+'s password:`:         "password",
+			`Password\s*for\s*'.+':`: "password",
+			`Username\s*for\s*'.+':`: "username",
 		}
 
-		for askFor, pattern := range prompts {
+		for pattern, askFor := range prompts {
 			if match, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, ttyText); match {
 				ttyText = ""
 				return ask(askFor)

pkg/commands/patch_parser.go

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func coloredString(colorAttr color.Attribute, str string, selected bool, include
 	var cl *color.Color
 	attributes := []color.Attribute{colorAttr}
 	if selected {
-		attributes = append(attributes, theme.SelectedLineBgColor)
+		attributes = append(attributes, theme.SelectedRangeBgColor)
 	}
 	cl = color.New(attributes...)
 	var clIncluded *color.Color

pkg/config/app_config.go

@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() []byte {
     optionsTextColor:
       - blue
     selectedLineBgColor:
-      - bold
+      - default
+    selectedRangeBgColor:
+      - blue
   commitLength:
     show: true
 git:
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ git:
     args: ""
   skipHookPrefix: 'WIP'
   autoFetch: true
+  branchLogCmd: "git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium {{branchName}} --"
 update:
   method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
   days: 14 # how often a update is checked for

pkg/gui/files_panel.go

@@ -398,25 +398,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshStateFiles() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) catSelectedFile(g *gocui.Gui) (string, error) {
-	item, err := gui.getSelectedFile()
-	if err != nil {
-		if err != gui.Errors.ErrNoFiles {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", gui.Tr.SLocalize("NoFilesDisplay"))
-	}
-	if item.Type != "file" {
-		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", gui.Tr.SLocalize("NotAFile"))
-	}
-	cat, err := gui.GitCommand.CatFile(item.Name)
-	if err != nil {
-		gui.Log.Error(err)
-		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", err.Error())
-	}
-	return cat, nil
-}
-
 func (gui *Gui) handlePullFiles(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	// if we have no upstream branch we need to set that first
 	currentBranch := gui.currentBranch()
@@ -497,9 +478,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) pushFiles(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("EnterUpstream"), "origin "+currentBranch.Name, func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-			return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, gui.trimmedContent(v), "")
-		})
+		if gui.GitCommand.PushToCurrent {
+			return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, "", "--set-upstream")
+		} else {
+			return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("EnterUpstream"), "origin "+currentBranch.Name, func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+				return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, gui.trimmedContent(v), "")
+			})
+		}
 	} else if currentBranch.Pullables == "0" {
 		return gui.pushWithForceFlag(g, v, false, "", "")
 	}

pkg/gui/global_handlers.go

@@ -65,10 +65,18 @@ func (gui *Gui) scrollDownView(viewName string) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) scrollUpMain(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	if gui.canScrollMergePanel() {
+		gui.State.Panels.Merging.UserScrolling = true
+	}
+
 	return gui.scrollUpView("main")
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) scrollDownMain(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	if gui.canScrollMergePanel() {
+		gui.State.Panels.Merging.UserScrolling = true
+	}
+
 	return gui.scrollDownView("main")
 }
 

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ type mergingPanelState struct {
 	ConflictTop   bool
 	Conflicts     []commands.Conflict
 	EditHistory   *stack.Stack
+
+	// UserScrolling tells us if the user has started scrolling through the file themselves
+	// in which case we won't auto-scroll to a conflict.
+	UserScrolling bool
 }
 
 type filePanelState struct {

pkg/gui/keybindings.go

@@ -1287,6 +1287,14 @@ func (gui *Gui) GetInitialKeybindings() []*Binding {
 			Handler:     gui.handleCheckoutRemoteBranch,
 			Description: gui.Tr.SLocalize("checkout"),
 		},
+		{
+			ViewName:    "branches",
+			Contexts:    []string{"remote-branches"},
+			Key:         gui.getKey("universal.new"),
+			Handler:     gui.handleNewBranchOffRemote,
+			Description: gui.Tr.SLocalize("newBranch"),
+		},
+
 		{
 			ViewName:    "branches",
 			Contexts:    []string{"remote-branches"},

pkg/gui/layout.go

@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		searchPrefixView.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault
 		searchPrefixView.FgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 		searchPrefixView.Frame = false
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.g, searchPrefixView, searchPrefix)
+		gui.setViewContent(searchPrefixView, searchPrefix)
 	}
 
 	if searchView, err := g.SetView("search", appStatusOptionsBoundary-1+searchViewOffset+len(searchPrefix), height-2+searchViewOffset, optionsVersionBoundary+searchViewOffset, height+searchViewOffset, 0); err != nil {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if gui.State.OldInformation != information {
-		gui.setViewContent(g, informationView, information)
+		gui.setViewContent(informationView, information)
 		gui.State.OldInformation = information
 	}
 

pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshLineByLinePanel(diff string, secondaryDiff string, second
 	}
 
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.g, gui.getSecondaryView(), secondaryPatchParser.Render(-1, -1, nil))
+		gui.setViewContent(gui.getSecondaryView(), secondaryPatchParser.Render(-1, -1, nil))
 		return nil
 	})
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshMainView() error {
 	mainView.Wrap = false
 
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.g, gui.getMainView(), colorDiff)
+		gui.setViewContent(gui.getMainView(), colorDiff)
 		return nil
 	})
 

pkg/gui/merge_panel.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) coloredConflictFile(content string, conflicts []commands.Conflic
 		colour := color.New(colourAttr)
 		if hasFocus && conflictIndex < len(conflicts) && conflicts[conflictIndex] == conflict && gui.shouldHighlightLine(i, conflict, conflictTop) {
 			colour.Add(color.Bold)
-			colour.Add(theme.SelectedLineBgColor)
+			colour.Add(theme.SelectedRangeBgColor)
 		}
 		if i == conflict.End && len(remainingConflicts) > 0 {
 			conflict, remainingConflicts = gui.shiftConflict(remainingConflicts)
@@ -69,17 +69,24 @@ func (gui *Gui) coloredConflictFile(content string, conflicts []commands.Conflic
 	return outputBuffer.String(), nil
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) takeOverScrolling() {
+	gui.State.Panels.Merging.UserScrolling = false
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) handleSelectTop(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
 	gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictTop = true
 	return gui.refreshMergePanel()
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleSelectBottom(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
 	gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictTop = false
 	return gui.refreshMergePanel()
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleSelectNextConflict(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
 	if gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictIndex >= len(gui.State.Panels.Merging.Conflicts)-1 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleSelectNextConflict(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleSelectPrevConflict(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
 	if gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictIndex <= 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -160,6 +168,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) handlePopFileSnapshot(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handlePickHunk(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
+
 	conflict := gui.State.Panels.Merging.Conflicts[gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictIndex]
 	if err := gui.pushFileSnapshot(g); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -184,6 +194,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) handlePickHunk(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handlePickBothHunks(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
+
 	conflict := gui.State.Panels.Merging.Conflicts[gui.State.Panels.Merging.ConflictIndex]
 	if err := gui.pushFileSnapshot(g); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -222,20 +234,44 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshMergePanel() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	mainView := gui.getMainView()
-	mainView.Wrap = false
-	if err := gui.newStringTask("main", content); err != nil {
+	if err := gui.scrollToConflict(gui.g); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := gui.scrollToConflict(gui.g); err != nil {
+	mainView := gui.getMainView()
+	mainView.Wrap = false
+
+	if err := gui.newStringTaskWithoutScroll("main", content); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) catSelectedFile(g *gocui.Gui) (string, error) {
+	item, err := gui.getSelectedFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		if err != gui.Errors.ErrNoFiles {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", gui.Tr.SLocalize("NoFilesDisplay"))
+	}
+	if item.Type != "file" {
+		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", gui.Tr.SLocalize("NotAFile"))
+	}
+	cat, err := gui.GitCommand.CatFile(item.Name)
+	if err != nil {
+		gui.Log.Error(err)
+		return "", gui.newStringTask("main", err.Error())
+	}
+	return cat, nil
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) scrollToConflict(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+	if gui.State.Panels.Merging.UserScrolling {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	panelState := gui.State.Panels.Merging
 	if len(panelState.Conflicts) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -263,6 +299,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) renderMergeOptions() error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleEscapeMerge(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
+
 	gui.State.Panels.Merging.EditHistory = stack.New()
 	if err := gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{scope: []int{FILES}}); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -296,7 +334,23 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCompleteMerge() error {
 
 // promptToContinue asks the user if they want to continue the rebase/merge that's in progress
 func (gui *Gui) promptToContinue() error {
+	gui.takeOverScrolling()
+
 	return gui.createConfirmationPanel(gui.g, gui.getFilesView(), true, "continue", gui.Tr.SLocalize("ConflictsResolved"), func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		return gui.genericMergeCommand("continue")
 	}, nil)
 }
+
+func (gui *Gui) canScrollMergePanel() bool {
+	currentViewName := gui.currentViewName()
+	if currentViewName != "main" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	file, err := gui.getSelectedFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return file.HasInlineMergeConflicts
+}

pkg/gui/patch_building_panel.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshSecondaryPatchPanel() error {
 		secondaryView.Wrap = false
 
 		gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-			gui.setViewContent(gui.g, gui.getSecondaryView(), gui.GitCommand.PatchManager.RenderAggregatedPatchColored(false))
+			gui.setViewContent(gui.getSecondaryView(), gui.GitCommand.PatchManager.RenderAggregatedPatchColored(false))
 			return nil
 		})
 	} else {

pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go

@@ -139,3 +139,26 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateResetToRemoteBranchMenu(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View)
 
 	return gui.createResetMenu(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", selectedBranch.RemoteName, selectedBranch.Name))
 }
+
+func (gui *Gui) handleNewBranchOffRemote(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	branch := gui.getSelectedRemoteBranch()
+	if branch == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	message := gui.Tr.TemplateLocalize(
+		"NewBranchNameBranchOff",
+		Teml{
+			"branchName": branch.FullName(),
+		},
+	)
+	return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, message, branch.FullName(), func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+		if err := gui.GitCommand.NewBranch(gui.trimmedContent(v), branch.FullName()); err != nil {
+			return gui.surfaceError(err)
+		}
+		gui.State.Panels.Branches.SelectedLine = 0
+		if err := gui.switchBranchesPanelContext("local-branches"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{mode: ASYNC})
+	})
+}

pkg/gui/status_panel.go

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshStatus() {
 	status += fmt.Sprintf("%s → %s ", repoName, name)
 
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.g, gui.getStatusView(), status)
+		gui.setViewContent(gui.getStatusView(), status)
 		return nil
 	})
 }

pkg/gui/tasks_adapter.go

@@ -70,6 +70,26 @@ func (gui *Gui) newStringTask(viewName string, str string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) newStringTaskWithoutScroll(viewName string, str string) error {
+	view, err := gui.g.View(viewName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil // swallowing for now
+	}
+
+	manager := gui.getManager(view)
+
+	f := func(stop chan struct{}) error {
+		gui.setViewContent(view, str)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := manager.NewTask(f); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) getManager(view *gocui.View) *tasks.ViewBufferManager {
 	manager, ok := gui.viewBufferManagerMap[view.Name()]
 	if !ok {

pkg/gui/view_helpers.go

@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) cleanString(s string) string {
 	return utils.NormalizeLinefeeds(output)
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) setViewContent(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View, s string) {
+func (gui *Gui) setViewContent(v *gocui.View, s string) {
 	v.Clear()
 	fmt.Fprint(v, gui.cleanString(s))
 }
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) renderString(g *gocui.Gui, viewName, s string) {
 		if err := v.SetCursor(0, 0); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.g, v, s)
+		gui.setViewContent(v, s)
 		return nil
 	})
 }

pkg/theme/theme.go

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ var (
 	// SelectedLineBgColor is the background color for the selected line
 	SelectedLineBgColor color.Attribute
 
+	// SelectedRangeBgColor is the background color of the selected range of lines
+	SelectedRangeBgColor color.Attribute
+
 	// GocuiSelectedLineBgColor is the background color for the selected line in gocui
 	GocuiSelectedLineBgColor gocui.Attribute
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ func UpdateTheme(userConfig *viper.Viper) {
 	ActiveBorderColor = GetGocuiColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.activeBorderColor"))
 	InactiveBorderColor = GetGocuiColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.inactiveBorderColor"))
 	SelectedLineBgColor = GetBgColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.selectedLineBgColor"))
+	SelectedRangeBgColor = GetBgColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.selectedRangeBgColor"))
 	GocuiSelectedLineBgColor = GetGocuiColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.selectedLineBgColor"))
 	OptionsColor = GetGocuiColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.optionsTextColor"))
 	OptionsFgColor = GetFgColor(userConfig.GetStringSlice("gui.theme.optionsTextColor"))