feat(record)!: add default commit message for --stash

git-branchless-lib/src/git/diff.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ pub struct Diff<'repo> {
     pub(super) inner: git2::Diff<'repo>,
 }
 
+impl Diff<'_> {
+    /// TODO
+    pub fn short_stats(&self) -> eyre::Result<String> {
+        let stats = self.inner.stats()?;
+        let buf = stats.to_buf(git2::DiffStatsFormat::SHORT, usize::MAX)?;
+        Ok(buf.as_str().expect("TODO").trim().to_string())
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 struct GitHunk {
     old_start: usize,

git-branchless-record/src/lib.rs

@@ -157,6 +157,42 @@ fn record(
             )?);
         }
     } else {
+        let messages = if messages.is_empty() && stash {
+            let diff_stats = {
+                let (old_tree, new_tree) = match working_copy_changes_type {
+                    WorkingCopyChangesType::Unstaged => {
+                        let old_tree = snapshot.commit_stage0.get_tree()?;
+                        let new_tree = snapshot.commit_unstaged.get_tree()?;
+                        (Some(old_tree), new_tree)
+                    }
+                    WorkingCopyChangesType::Staged => {
+                        let old_tree = match snapshot.head_commit {
+                            None => None,
+                            Some(ref commit) => Some(commit.get_tree()?),
+                        };
+                        let new_tree = snapshot.commit_stage0.get_tree()?;
+                        (old_tree, new_tree)
+                    }
+                    WorkingCopyChangesType::None | WorkingCopyChangesType::Conflicts => {
+                        unreachable!("already handled via early exit")
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let (effects, _progress) = effects.start_operation(OperationType::CalculateDiff);
+                let diff = repo.get_diff_between_trees(
+                    &effects,
+                    old_tree.as_ref(),
+                    &new_tree,
+                    0, // we don't care about the context here
+                )?;
+
+                diff.short_stats()?
+            };
+
+            vec![format!("stash: {diff_stats}")]
+        } else {
+            messages
+        };
         let args = {
             let mut args = vec!["commit"];
             args.extend(messages.iter().flat_map(|message| ["--message", message]));

git-branchless-record/tests/test_record.rs

@@ -342,6 +342,42 @@ fn test_record_stash() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_record_stash_default_message() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let git = make_git()?;
+
+    if !git.supports_reference_transactions()? {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    git.init_repo()?;
+
+    git.commit_file("test1", 1)?;
+
+    {
+        git.write_file_txt("test1", "new test1 contents\n")?;
+
+        let (stdout, _stderr) = git.branchless("record", &["--stash"])?;
+        insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @r###"
+        [master 4f8603e] stash: 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+         1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+        branchless: running command: <git-executable> branch -f master 62fc20d2a290daea0d52bdc2ed2ad4be6491010e
+        branchless: running command: <git-executable> checkout master
+        "###);
+    }
+
+    {
+        let stdout = git.smartlog()?;
+        insta::assert_snapshot!(stdout, @r###"
+        :
+        @ 62fc20d (> master) create test1.txt
+        |
+        o 4f8603e stash: 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+        "###);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_record_create_branch() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let git = make_git()?;