Gitlinker won't copy to OSC52

[hqkhan]

Hey, for some reason, gitlinker now refuses to copy lines or files to clipboard. My config hasn't changed in a while. Used to work fine, now it doesn't copy anymore :(. I do have custom routers that I can't share but this is essentially the setup:

return {
  "linrongbin16/gitlinker.nvim",
  cmd = "GitLink",
  opts = {},
  keys = {
    {
      "<leader>gy",
      function()
        require("gitlinker").link({
          file = file_on_bcommit(),
          rev = rev_on_bcommit(),
          remote = get_remote(),
        })
      end,
      mode = { "n", "v" },
      desc = "Yank git link or fzf-lua bcommit"
    },
  },
  config = function(opts)
    opts = opts or {}
    opts.debug = true
    opts.file_log = true
    opts.router = {
      browse = {
        ["^...] = _router
      },
      file_only = {
        ["^..."] = _router_file_only
      },
    }
    require "gitlinker".setup(opts)
  end
}

When I hit my hotkey, I do see it in :messages and the URL looks correct but it doesn't automatically copy it. What am I missing?

It doesn't work on repos that are not from my work either.

Thanks!

[linrongbin16]

I think OSC52 is first supported in this PR: #280

Document is added here: https://github.com/linrongbin16/gitlinker.nvim?tab=readme-ov-file#alternative-clipboard

Can you try this config?

[hqkhan]

I'll give it a shot soon! I remember it working perfectly fine before until it just broke randomly. Either way, will be trying soon

[linrongbin16]

Not sure about OSC52, I didn't use it....

[hqkhan]

I tried:

return {
  "linrongbin16/gitlinker.nvim",
  cmd = "GitLink",
  opts = {},
  keys = {
    {
      "<leader>gy",
      function()
        require("gitlinker").link({
          file = file_on_bcommit(),
          rev = rev_on_bcommit(),
          remote = get_remote(),
        })
      end,
      mode = { "n", "v" },
      desc = "Yank git link or fzf-lua bcommit"
    },
  },
  config = function(opts)
    opts = opts or {}
    opts.debug = true
    opts.file_log = true
    opts.router = {
      browse = {
        ["^...] = _router
      },
      file_only = {
        ["^..."] = _router_file_only
      },
    }
    opts.clipboard_override = function(url)
      require('vim.ui.clipboard.osc52').copy('+')({url})
    end
    require("gitlinker").setup(opts)
  end
}

This still didn't work. I see the URL in :messages but it doesn't get copied for some reason. Clearly, it's some passing of URL between gitlinker and neovim because I can copy everything just fine.

Also, I am on a remote server through ssh connection and am using tmux there if it helps :(

[linrongbin16]

Hi @hqkhan ,

I use set clipboard^=unnamedplus for my Neovim, and Neovim uses some tools to sync with system clipboard: https://neovim.io/doc/user/provider.html#provider-clipboard

It says:

g:clipboard="tmux" forces tmux clipboard and skips auto-detection

[hqkhan]

Ah ok, you mentioned that you don't use OSC52. I have this in my settings:

if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.10") == 1 and vim.env.SSH_TTY then
  vim.g.clipboard = {
    name = "OSC 52",
    copy = {
      ["+"] = require("vim.ui.clipboard.osc52").copy("+"),
      ["*"] = require("vim.ui.clipboard.osc52").copy("*"),
    },
    paste = {
      ["+"] = require("vim.ui.clipboard.osc52").paste("+"),
      ["*"] = require("vim.ui.clipboard.osc52").paste("*"),
    },
  }
end

I'll try a few more things

[linrongbin16]

hi @hqkhan

you can try v5.2.1, it is the last version before the clipboard feature get merged. See if it works for you

[hqkhan]

Hi @linrongbin16, that did work. Swapped to v5.2.1 and after I issue <leader>gy, my system clipboard (not neovim register) has the copied line.

I also figured out how to make it work on the latest version:

    {
      "<leader>gy",
      function()
        require("gitlinker").link({
          file = file_on_bcommit(),
          rev = rev_on_bcommit(),
          remote = get_remote(),
          action = function(url)
            -- Store URL in a scratch buffer and yank it
            local bufnr = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
            vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(bufnr, 0, -1, false, {url})

            -- Save current buffer
            local current_buf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()

            -- Switch to scratch buffer, yank to + register, switch back
            vim.api.nvim_set_current_buf(bufnr)
            vim.cmd('normal! gg"+yy')
            vim.api.nvim_set_current_buf(current_buf)

            -- Clean up
            vim.api.nvim_buf_delete(bufnr, {force = true})
          end,
        })
      end,
      mode = { "n", "v" },
      desc = "Yank git link or fzf-lua bcommit"
    },

I got some help from AI. It recommended to create a temp buffer with url and force it to go through neovim's "yank pipeline" since yanking worked fine for OSC52. This made it work with latest version.

[linrongbin16]

@hqkhan

v5.2.1 is fine to use, I didn't add big features since that.

Let me take a look into the root cause later

[hqkhan]

Appreciate it. Thanks!