More compact and flexible date format

You can now configure both a time format and a short time format, where the short format kicks in
when the time is within the last day

9 files changed, 72 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index 8fafbb2a2..7424dd222 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ gui:
   expandFocusedSidePanel: false
   mainPanelSplitMode: 'flexible' # one of 'horizontal' | 'flexible' | 'vertical'
   language: 'auto' # one of 'auto' | 'en' | 'zh' | 'pl' | 'nl' | 'ja' | 'ko'
-  timeFormat: '02 Jan 06 15:04 MST' # https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Format
+  timeFormat: '02 Jan 06' # https://pkg.go.dev/time#Time.Format
+  shortTimeFormat: '3:04PM'
   theme:
     activeBorderColor:
       - green
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config.go b/pkg/config/user_config.go
index 9212a2de8..3b311c0de 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type GuiConfig struct {
 	MainPanelSplitMode          string             `yaml:"mainPanelSplitMode"`
 	Language                    string             `yaml:"language"`
 	TimeFormat                  string             `yaml:"timeFormat"`
+	ShortTimeFormat             string             `yaml:"shortTimeFormat"`
 	Theme                       ThemeConfig        `yaml:"theme"`
 	CommitLength                CommitLengthConfig `yaml:"commitLength"`
 	SkipNoStagedFilesWarning    bool               `yaml:"skipNoStagedFilesWarning"`
@@ -398,7 +399,8 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 			ExpandFocusedSidePanel: false,
 			MainPanelSplitMode:     "flexible",
 			Language:               "auto",
-			TimeFormat:             time.RFC822,
+			TimeFormat:             "02 Jan 06",
+			ShortTimeFormat:        time.Kitchen,
 			Theme: ThemeConfig{
 				ActiveBorderColor:         []string{"green", "bold"},
 				InactiveBorderColor:       []string{"default"},
diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/local_commits_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/local_commits_context.go
index efd175f98..75c2a58fb 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/local_commits_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/local_commits_context.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package context
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/types/enums"
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ func NewLocalCommitsContext(c *ContextCommon) *LocalCommitsContext {
 			c.Modes().CherryPicking.SelectedShaSet(),
 			c.Modes().Diffing.Ref,
 			c.UserConfig.Gui.TimeFormat,
+			c.UserConfig.Gui.ShortTimeFormat,
+			time.Now(),
 			c.UserConfig.Git.ParseEmoji,
 			selectedCommitSha,
 			startIdx,
diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/reflog_commits_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/reflog_commits_context.go
index 40111beea..a92d605c8 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/reflog_commits_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/reflog_commits_context.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package context
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
@@ -25,7 +27,9 @@ func NewReflogCommitsContext(c *ContextCommon) *ReflogCommitsContext {
 			c.State().GetRepoState().GetScreenMode() != types.SCREEN_NORMAL,
 			c.Modes().CherryPicking.SelectedShaSet(),
 			c.Modes().Diffing.Ref,
+			time.Now(),
 			c.UserConfig.Gui.TimeFormat,
+			c.UserConfig.Gui.ShortTimeFormat,
 			c.UserConfig.Git.ParseEmoji,
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/sub_commits_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/sub_commits_context.go
index a4d4205d1..a88d96e08 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/sub_commits_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/sub_commits_context.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package context
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ func NewSubCommitsContext(
 			c.Modes().CherryPicking.SelectedShaSet(),
 			c.Modes().Diffing.Ref,
 			c.UserConfig.Gui.TimeFormat,
+			c.UserConfig.Gui.ShortTimeFormat,
+			time.Now(),
 			c.UserConfig.Git.ParseEmoji,
 			selectedCommitSha,
 			startIdx,
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
index 6b83456b9..a2bba30ed 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package presentation
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsmiamoto/git-todo-parser/todo"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/set"
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ func GetCommitListDisplayStrings(
 	cherryPickedCommitShaSet *set.Set[string],
 	diffName string,
 	timeFormat string,
+	shortTimeFormat string,
+	now time.Time,
 	parseEmoji bool,
 	selectedCommitSha string,
 	startIdx int,
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ func GetCommitListDisplayStrings(
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet,
 			diffName,
 			timeFormat,
+			shortTimeFormat,
+			now,
 			parseEmoji,
 			getGraphLine(unfilteredIdx),
 			fullDescription,
@@ -253,6 +258,8 @@ func displayCommit(
 	cherryPickedCommitShaSet *set.Set[string],
 	diffName string,
 	timeFormat string,
+	shortTimeFormat string,
+	now time.Time,
 	parseEmoji bool,
 	graphLine string,
 	fullDescription bool,
@@ -304,7 +311,9 @@ func displayCommit(
 	cols = append(cols, shaColor.Sprint(commit.ShortSha()))
 	cols = append(cols, bisectString)
 	if fullDescription {
-		cols = append(cols, style.FgBlue.Sprint(utils.UnixToDate(commit.UnixTimestamp, timeFormat)))
+		cols = append(cols, style.FgBlue.Sprint(
+			utils.UnixToDateSmart(now, commit.UnixTimestamp, timeFormat, shortTimeFormat),
+		))
 	}
 	cols = append(
 		cols,
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
index a976d4809..31c6c813d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsmiamoto/git-todo-parser/todo"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 		cherryPickedCommitShaSet *set.Set[string]
 		diffName                 string
 		timeFormat               string
+		shortTimeFormat          string
+		now                      time.Time
 		parseEmoji               bool
 		selectedCommitSha        string
 		startIdx                 int
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			showGraph:                false,
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected:                 "",
 		},
 		{
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			showGraph:                false,
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha1 commit1
 		sha2 commit2
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			showGraph:                true,
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha1 ⏣─╮ commit1
 		sha2 ◯ │ commit2
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha1 pick  commit1
 		sha2 pick  commit2
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha2 pick  commit2
 		sha3       ◯ <-- YOU ARE HERE --- commit3
@@ -149,6 +157,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha4 ◯ commit4
 		sha5 ◯ commit5
@@ -169,6 +178,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha1 pick  commit1
 		sha2 pick  commit2
@@ -189,6 +199,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 			sha5 ◯ commit5
 				`),
@@ -208,6 +219,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      true,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 			sha1 pick  commit1
 			sha2 pick  commit2
@@ -226,6 +238,7 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
 			showYouAreHereLabel:      false,
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
 		sha1 pick  commit1
 		sha2       ◯ commit2
@@ -235,19 +248,21 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			testName: "custom time format",
 			commits: []*models.Commit{
-				{Name: "commit1", Sha: "sha1", UnixTimestamp: 1652443200, AuthorName: "Jesse Duffield"},
-				{Name: "commit2", Sha: "sha2", UnixTimestamp: 1652529600, AuthorName: "Jesse Duffield"},
+				{Name: "commit1", Sha: "sha1", UnixTimestamp: 1577844184, AuthorName: "Jesse Duffield"},
+				{Name: "commit2", Sha: "sha2", UnixTimestamp: 1576844184, AuthorName: "Jesse Duffield"},
 			},
 			fullDescription:          true,
-			timeFormat:               "2006-01-02 15:04:05",
+			timeFormat:               "2006-01-02",
+			shortTimeFormat:          "3:04PM",
 			startIdx:                 0,
 			length:                   2,
 			showGraph:                false,
 			bisectInfo:               git_commands.NewNullBisectInfo(),
 			cherryPickedCommitShaSet: set.New[string](),
+			now:                      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 5, 3, 4, 0, time.UTC),
 			expected: formatExpected(`
-		sha1 2022-05-13 12:00:00 Jesse Duffield    commit1
-		sha2 2022-05-14 12:00:00 Jesse Duffield    commit2
+		sha1 2:03AM     Jesse Duffield    commit1
+		sha2 2019-12-20 Jesse Duffield    commit2
 						`),
 		},
 	}
@@ -274,6 +289,8 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 					s.cherryPickedCommitShaSet,
 					s.diffName,
 					s.timeFormat,
+					s.shortTimeFormat,
+					s.now,
 					s.parseEmoji,
 					s.selectedCommitSha,
 					s.startIdx,
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
index 5a49f0374..65e0a27bb 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package presentation
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/set"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/slices"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyokomi/emoji/v2"
 )
 
-func GetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(commits []*models.Commit, fullDescription bool, cherryPickedCommitShaSet *set.Set[string], diffName string, timeFormat string, parseEmoji bool) [][]string {
+func GetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(commits []*models.Commit, fullDescription bool, cherryPickedCommitShaSet *set.Set[string], diffName string, now time.Time, timeFormat string, shortTimeFormat string, parseEmoji bool) [][]string {
 	var displayFunc func(*models.Commit, reflogCommitDisplayAttributes) []string
 	if fullDescription {
 		displayFunc = getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForReflogCommit
@@ -23,10 +25,12 @@ func GetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(commits []*models.Commit, fullDescription
 		cherryPicked := cherryPickedCommitShaSet.Includes(commit.Sha)
 		return displayFunc(commit,
 			reflogCommitDisplayAttributes{
-				cherryPicked: cherryPicked,
-				diffed:       diffed,
-				parseEmoji:   parseEmoji,
-				timeFormat:   timeFormat,
+				cherryPicked:    cherryPicked,
+				diffed:          diffed,
+				parseEmoji:      parseEmoji,
+				timeFormat:      timeFormat,
+				shortTimeFormat: shortTimeFormat,
+				now:             now,
 			})
 	})
 }
@@ -45,10 +49,12 @@ func reflogShaColor(cherryPicked, diffed bool) style.TextStyle {
 }
 
 type reflogCommitDisplayAttributes struct {
-	cherryPicked bool
-	diffed       bool
-	parseEmoji   bool
-	timeFormat   string
+	cherryPicked    bool
+	diffed          bool
+	parseEmoji      bool
+	timeFormat      string
+	shortTimeFormat string
+	now             time.Time
 }
 
 func getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForReflogCommit(c *models.Commit, attrs reflogCommitDisplayAttributes) []string {
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ func getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForReflogCommit(c *models.Commit, attrs ref
 
 	return []string{
 		reflogShaColor(attrs.cherryPicked, attrs.diffed).Sprint(c.ShortSha()),
-		style.FgMagenta.Sprint(utils.UnixToDate(c.UnixTimestamp, attrs.timeFormat)),
+		style.FgMagenta.Sprint(utils.UnixToDateSmart(attrs.now, c.UnixTimestamp, attrs.timeFormat, attrs.shortTimeFormat)),
 		theme.DefaultTextColor.Sprint(name),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/date.go b/pkg/utils/date.go
index 2f9812b81..0ced26172 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/date.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/date.go
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ func UnixToTimeAgo(timestamp int64) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%dy", int(delta))
 }
 
-func UnixToDate(timestamp int64, timeFormat string) string {
-	return time.Unix(timestamp, 0).Format(timeFormat)
+// formats the date in a smart way, if the date is today, it will show the time, otherwise it will show the date
+func UnixToDateSmart(now time.Time, timestamp int64, longTimeFormat string, shortTimeFormat string) string {
+	date := time.Unix(timestamp, 0)
+
+	if date.Day() == now.Day() && date.Month() == now.Month() && date.Year() == now.Year() {
+		return date.Format(shortTimeFormat)
+	}
+
+	return date.Format(longTimeFormat)
 }