feat: A --quote-to flag to quote the replied to content in the editor

Signed-off-by: Awiteb <a@4rs.nl>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Read the `nostr-address` file in `repo view` command - by Awiteb
 - Read the `nostr-address` file in `issue new` command - by Awiteb
 - Read the `nostr-address` file in `reply` command - by Awiteb
+- A `--quote-to` flag to quote the replied to content in the editor - by Awiteb
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Add `chrono@0.4.41` to the dependencies - by Awiteb
 
 ## [0.1.0] - 2025-05-21
 

src/cli/commands/issue/new.rs

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl NewArgs {
             return Ok((None, content.trim().to_owned()));
         }
         // If the `self.content` is `None` then the `self.editor` is `true`
-        let file_content = utils::read_editor(".md")?;
+        let file_content = utils::read_editor(None, ".md")?;
         if file_content.contains('\n') {
             Ok(file_content
                 .split_once('\n')

src/cli/commands/reply.rs

@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ use std::{fs, str::FromStr};
 
 use clap::{ArgGroup, Args};
 use nostr::{
-    event::{EventBuilder, EventId, Kind, Tag},
+    event::{Event, EventBuilder, EventId, Kind, Tag},
     filter::Filter,
-    nips::nip19::{self, FromBech32, Nip19Coordinate},
+    nips::{
+        nip01::Metadata,
+        nip19::{self, FromBech32, Nip19Coordinate, ToBech32},
+    },
     types::RelayUrl,
 };
 
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ use crate::{
     nostr_utils::{NostrClient, utils},
 };
 
+/// Length of a Nostr npub (public key) in characters.
+const NPUB_LEN: usize = 63;
+/// The max date "9999-01-01 at 00:00 UTC"
+const MAX_DATE: i64 = 253370764800;
+
 /// Parses and represents a Nostr `nevent1` or `note1`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct NostrEvent {
@@ -74,12 +82,19 @@ impl FromStr for NostrEvent {
         ArgGroup::new("comment-content")
             .args(["comment", "editor"])
             .required(true)
+    ),
+    group(
+        ArgGroup::new("quote-reply-to")
+            .args(["comment", "quote_to"])
     )
 )]
 pub struct ReplyArgs {
     /// The issue, patch, or comment to reply to
     #[arg(long)]
     to:       NostrEvent,
+    /// Quote the replied-to event in the editor
+    #[arg(long)]
+    quote_to: bool,
     /// Repository address in `naddr` format.
     ///
     /// If not provided, `n34` will look for the `nostr-address` file and if not
@@ -148,7 +163,13 @@ impl CommandRunner for ReplyArgs {
                 .await;
         }
 
-        let content = utils::get_content(self.comment.as_ref(), ".txt")?;
+        let quoted_content = if self.quote_to {
+            Some(quote_reply_to_content(&client, &reply_to).await)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        let content = utils::get_content(self.comment.as_ref(), quoted_content.as_ref(), ".txt")?;
         let content_details = client.parse_content(&content).await;
         write_relays.extend(content_details.write_relays.clone());
 
@@ -184,3 +205,44 @@ impl CommandRunner for ReplyArgs {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+/// Creates a quoted reply string in the format "On yyyy-mm-dd at hh:mm UTC,
+/// <author> wrote:" followed by the event content. Uses display name if
+/// available, otherwise falls back to a shortened npub string. Dates are
+/// formatted in UTC.
+async fn quote_reply_to_content(client: &NostrClient, quoted_event: &Event) -> String {
+    let author_name = client
+        .fetch_event(
+            Filter::new()
+                .kind(Kind::Metadata)
+                .author(quoted_event.pubkey),
+        )
+        .await
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .and_then(|e| Metadata::try_from(&e).ok())
+        .and_then(|m| m.display_name.or(m.name))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            let pubkey = quoted_event
+                .pubkey
+                .to_bech32()
+                .expect("The error is `Infallible`");
+            format!("{}...{}", &pubkey[..8], &pubkey[NPUB_LEN - 8..])
+        });
+
+    let fdate = chrono::DateTime::from_timestamp(
+        quoted_event
+            .created_at
+            .as_u64()
+            .try_into()
+            .unwrap_or(MAX_DATE),
+        0,
+    )
+    .map(|datetime| datetime.format("On %F at %R UTC, ").to_string())
+    .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    format!(
+        "{fdate}{author_name} wrote:\n> {}",
+        quoted_event.content.trim().replace("\n", "\n> ")
+    )
+}

src/nostr_utils/utils.rs

@@ -162,13 +162,17 @@ pub fn add_read_relays(mut vector: Vec<RelayUrl>, event: Option<&Event>) -> Vec<
 /// Opens the user's default editor ($EDITOR) to edit a temporary file with
 /// given suffix, then reads and returns the file contents. The temporary file
 /// is automatically deleted.
-pub fn read_editor(file_suffix: &str) -> N34Result<String> {
+pub fn read_editor(file_pre_content: Option<&str>, file_suffix: &str) -> N34Result<String> {
     let Ok(editor) = std::env::var("EDITOR") else {
         return Err(N34Error::EditorNotFound);
     };
 
     let temp_path = tempfile::NamedTempFile::with_suffix(file_suffix)?.into_temp_path();
 
+    if let Some(pre_content) = file_pre_content {
+        fs::write(&temp_path, pre_content)?;
+    }
+
     // Disable the logs to not show up in a terminal text editor
     crate::EDITOR_OPEN.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
     let exit_status = std::process::Command::new(editor)
@@ -195,14 +199,18 @@ pub fn read_editor(file_suffix: &str) -> N34Result<String> {
 }
 
 /// Returns the given content if it's `Option::Some` or call [`read_editor`]
-pub fn get_content<S>(content: Option<S>, file_suffix: &str) -> N34Result<String>
-where
-    S: AsRef<str>,
-{
+pub fn get_content(
+    content: Option<impl AsRef<str>>,
+    quoted_content: Option<impl AsRef<str>>,
+    file_suffix: &str,
+) -> N34Result<String> {
     if let Some(content) = content {
         return Ok(content.as_ref().trim().to_owned());
     }
-    read_editor(file_suffix)
+    read_editor(
+        quoted_content.map(|s| s.as_ref().to_owned()).as_deref(),
+        file_suffix,
+    )
 }
 
 /// Path to the `nostr-address` file in current directory.