From 06eaf1d48d927b79e0d0b69af3bb79e76f462028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Moritz=20von=20G=C3=B6wels?= <moritz@tarn-vedra.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:10:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] `runCommitLikeCommand`: Open COMMIT_EDITMSG in the current
 workspace

Fixes #301
---
 src/commands/commitCommands.ts | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/commitCommands.ts b/src/commands/commitCommands.ts
index 688a289..a1e33ce 100644
--- a/src/commands/commitCommands.ts
+++ b/src/commands/commitCommands.ts
@@ -122,10 +122,24 @@ export async function runCommitLikeCommand(repository: MagitRepository, args: st
       stagedEditorTask = Diffing.showDiffSection(repository, Section.Staged, true);
     }
 
-    const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { 'GIT_EDITOR': `"${codePath}" --wait` };
+    // This passes the path to (the first) open workspace as the first command
+    // to the `code` command when invoked as `GIT_EDITOR`. This together with
+    // `--reuse-window` forces VSCode to open COMMIT_EDITMSG in the current
+    // workspace even if the file is more closely related to a different
+    // window/workspace.
+    // 
+    // https://github.com/kahole/edamagit/issues/301
+    let currentInstancePath = '';
+    if (vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders?.at(0)) {
+      currentInstancePath = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0].uri.fsPath;
+    }
+
+    const cmd = `"${codePath}" --wait --reuse-window ${currentInstancePath} `;
+
+    const env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { 'GIT_EDITOR': cmd };
 
     if (editor) {
-      env[editor] = `"${codePath}" --wait`;
+      env[editor] = cmd;
     }
 
     const commitSuccessMessageTask = gitRun(repository.gitRepository, args, { env });