Merge pull request #74 from tomasriveral/flake-update/2026-09-28

[Automated] Weekly flake update 2026-08-24

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This project aims to remain minimal, terminal-focused, and easy to extend. Contr
 
 Please use the standardized debugging and error-handling functions defined in [/src/utils.c](./src/utils.c):
 
-* `debug(...)`
+* `debug("message", ...)`
   Used for formatted debugging output (printf-style formatting).
 
 * `altDebug(...)`
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Please use the standardized debugging and error-handling functions defined in [/
 
   * `"user"`: errors caused by user input or configuration
   * `"program"`: internal or unexpected program errors
+* `warn(condition, "message", ...)`
+  Used for formatted warning (printf-style formatting).
 
 ---
 

README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Note: This project fullfills all my usecases for now, so my main source for feat
 
 [![Ask DeepWiki](https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg)](https://deepwiki.com/tomasriveral/notewrapper)
 
+![demo.gif](demo.gif)
+
 ## Why?
 
 I started journaling and note-taking with **[Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/)** but wanted to use only free software. I also tried **[Logseq](https://logseq.com/)** and **[Joplin](https://github.com/laurent22/joplin)**, but I preferred a terminal-based workflow.
@@ -229,17 +231,18 @@ Edit `~/.config/notewrapper/config.json`. If it does not exist, it will be creat
 * `git.enable`: enable git version control for backups
 * `git.name` and `git.email` are for the commits signature
 
-Note: 
+> [!NOTE]
-* Directories must end with `/`.
+> * The git backup implementation relies a lot on the IO speed of your drive. A low speed one (or a web mounted one) could create blanks between closing a document and the TUI opening.
-* All directories used must exist.
+> * Directories must end with `/`.
-* Elements of `directory` and `backup.directory` must match exactly.  
+> * All directories used must exist.
-* Directories set in `directory` but not in `backup.directory` won't be backed up.
+> * Elements of `directory` and `backup.directory` must match exactly.  
-* Directories set in `backup.directory` but not in `directory` will be ignored.
+> * Directories set in `directory` but not in `backup.directory` won't be backed up.
-* `journalRegex` must match if the file name ends with `.md` and if it doesn't.
+> * Directories set in `backup.directory` but not in `directory` will be ignored.
-* It is recommended to keep `-q` or `--quiet` flag in `rsyncArgs` to avoid interference with `ncurses`.
+> * `journalRegex` must match if the file name ends with `.md` and if it doesn't.
-* If `rsync` fails, you will see it inside `ncurses`.
+> * It is recommended to keep `-q` or `--quiet` flag in `rsyncArgs` to avoid interference with `ncurses`.
-* If you want the git backup but without rsync, you can leave `backup.directory` empty or map each directory to itself. When enabled, git will apply to all your vaults.
+> * If `rsync` fails, you will see it inside `ncurses`.
-* Each vault gets its own git repository that will be created the first time you select the vault with the option enabled.
+> * If you want the git backup but without rsync, you can leave `backup.directory` empty or map each directory to itself. When enabled, git will apply to all your vaults.
+> * Each vault gets its own git repository that will be created the first time you select the vault with the option enabled.
 
 ---
 

demo.tape

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+Require echo
+
+Set Shell "zsh"
+Set TypingSpeed 35ms
+Set FontSize 18
+Set Width 1800
+Set Height 900
+
+Output demo.gif
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Introduction
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Type "echo 'Welcome to NoteWrapper!'"
+Sleep 800ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+Type "notewrapper --help"
+Sleep 500ms
+Enter
+Sleep 4000ms
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Create / open a unified journal
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Type "notewrapper"
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 700ms
+
+Enter
+Sleep 1200ms
+
+Down
+Sleep 600ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+# Enter the editor
+Type "i"
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type "NoteWrapper uses standard Markdown files, so you can open your notes in any other application that supports Markdown."
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type "This is a unified journal: all your daily entries live in the same file. You can also configure NoteWrapper to use monthly or other time-based entries."
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type "And, although you can't see it in this demo, this Markdown file is rendered live in my browser thanks to Vivify!"
+Sleep 1500ms
+Sleep 3000ms
+
+# Leave the editor
+Escape
+Sleep 500ms
+Type ":q!"
+Sleep 800ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Create / open a divided journal
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 700ms
+
+Enter
+Sleep 2000ms
+
+Enter
+Sleep 1000ms
+
+Type "i"
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type "And this is a divided journal."
+Sleep 500ms
+Type " It uses one file per entry."
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1000ms
+
+Type "Find the dates and journal divisions a little too cumbersome?"
+Sleep 700ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+Type "Don't worry: NoteWrapper also works with basic notes."
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type " It distinguishes them using a regular expression, which defaults to `.*journal.*`."
+Sleep 800ms
+Enter
+Sleep 700ms
+
+Type " The unified or divided journal mode is chosen when you first create the journal."
+Sleep 1000ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Search
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Type "Let me show you one last cool feature."
+Sleep 1000ms
+
+Type " Have you ever forgotten when or where you wrote something?"
+Sleep 1000ms
+Enter
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Type "Well ... NoteWrapper was made for you!"
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+Escape
+Sleep 500ms
+Type ":q!"
+Sleep 800ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+# Navigate to search
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Enter
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+Down
+Sleep 500ms
+Down
+Sleep 800ms
+
+Enter
+Sleep 2000ms
+
+# Search all notes with fzf
+Type "c"
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "o"
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "o"
+Sleep 300ms
+Type "l"
+Sleep 1500ms
+
+# Show the search result / preview
+Up
+Sleep 2000ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1000ms
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Final note
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+Type "i"
+Sleep 700ms
+
+Type "Never lose a note."
+Sleep 1500ms
+Enter
+Sleep 1000ms
+
+Type "P. S. Don't mind the broken fzf preview. Normally, you'll see the context around your search result, but sometimes `sed` breaks when fzf is opened for the first time."
+Sleep 5000ms

flake.lock

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1786106723,
+        "lastModified": 1790463110,
-        "narHash": "sha256-zDSUbpoeo/9ZmD2+wXnzxoo1+uhL8vxc0b8yuYMKYq0=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-hKlVl12B1dF0Q5vd9dY3lIJM5mFGWYSlXwSLAqHZ1+s=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "f13ff45afd1bb73e640eaa08a7066dbed07e3238",
+        "rev": "e158d9ed9b51c98974c5e66e1ba1c9e0255fecaa",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
             clang-tools
             gnumake
             libgit2
+            vhs
           ];
         };
 

src/main.c

@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ backup_config_end:
                         openEditor(fullPath, editorToOpen, shouldRender, shouldJumpToEnd, shouldDebug);
                         free(fullPath);
                     }
-                    openEditor(fullPath, editorToOpen, shouldRender, shouldJumpToEnd, shouldDebug);
+                    free(returnNoteSelection);
                     if (gitEnabled) { // After closing a file, we need to update the git repo (if git is enable
                         char *date = getDateAndTime();
                         char *commitMsg = malloc(29);
@@ -775,7 +775,6 @@ backup_config_end:
                         free(date);
                         free(commitMsg);
                     }
-                    free(fullPath);
                 } else if (strcmp(noteSelected, "Create new note") == 0) {
                 note_creation:
                     noteSelected = createNewNote(notesDirectoryString, vaultSelected, bypassSelectionNote, bypassSelectionNoteValue, journalRegex, shouldDebug);

src/utils.c

@@ -71,6 +71,26 @@ void _error(const int shouldDebug, const int condition, const char *type, const
         exit(1);
     }
 }
+void _warn(const int condition, const char *file, const int line, const char *function, const char *message, ...) { // use for warnings that should always be shown
+    if (condition) {
+        fflush(stdout);
+        fflush(stderr);
+
+        va_list args;
+        va_start(args, message);
+
+        int h, m, s;
+        getCurrentTime(&h, &m, &s);
+
+        fprintf(stdout, "\e[0;33m[WARNING -- %d:%d:%d] From file %s line %d function %s:\e[0m\n", h, m, s, file, line, function);
+
+        vfprintf(stdout, message, args);
+
+        fprintf(stdout, "\e[0m\n");
+
+        va_end(args);
+    }
+}
 
 static void copyDir(const char *source, const char *destination, const char **rsyncArgs, const int rsyncArgsNumber, const int shouldDebug) {
     debug("Backuping... source: %s and destination: %s", source, destination);
@@ -113,6 +133,20 @@ static void ensureDir(const char *path, const int shouldDebug) {
     }
 }
 
+static void slowGitWarning(struct timespec start, int *wasShown) {
+    if (!*wasShown) {
+        struct timespec now;
+        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
+
+        double elapsed = (double)(now.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) + (double)(now.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec) / 1e9;
+
+        warn(elapsed > 0.3, "Git operations are taking too much time. You drive might be slow. Please do not stop the program.");
+        if (elapsed > 0.3) {
+            *wasShown = 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 void ensureGitDirectory(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureName, const char *signatureEmail, const int shouldDebug) {
     git_repository *repo = NULL;
     char *fullPath = malloc(PATH_MAX);
@@ -151,6 +185,10 @@ void ensureGitDirectory(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatu
 }
 
 void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureName, const char *signatureEmail, const char *commitMsg, const int shouldDebug) {
+    // on slow drive or WebDav mounted drive this git operations are pretty slow. We'll just show a warning to avoid the user closing the program.
+    struct timespec start;
+    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
+
     git_repository *repo = NULL;
     git_index *index = NULL;
     git_tree *tree = NULL;
@@ -162,6 +200,8 @@ void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureN
     git_oid tree_id;
     git_oid commit_id;
 
+    int slowGitWarningAlreadyShown = 0;
+
     char *fullPath = malloc(PATH_MAX);
 
     error(fullPath == NULL, "program", "Failed to allocate path");
@@ -172,17 +212,21 @@ void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureN
     int return_code = git_repository_open(&repo, fullPath);
 
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to open Git repository\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     /* Get the index */
     return_code = git_repository_index(&index, repo);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to get Git index\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     /* git add . */
     return_code = git_index_add_all(index, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to add files\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     return_code = git_index_write(index);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to write index\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     /*
      * Check whether there are changes to commit.
@@ -199,16 +243,19 @@ void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureN
 
         return_code = git_reference_name_to_id(&head_oid, repo, "HEAD");
         error(return_code, "program", "Failed to get HEAD\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+        slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
         return_code = git_commit_lookup(&head_commit, repo, &head_oid);
         error(return_code, "program", "Failed to lookup HEAD commit\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+        slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
         return_code = git_commit_tree(&head_tree, head_commit);
         error(return_code, "program", "Failed to get HEAD tree\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+        slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
         return_code = git_diff_tree_to_index(&diff, repo, head_tree, index, NULL);
-
         error(return_code, "program", "Failed to create diff\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+        slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
         has_changes = git_diff_num_deltas(diff) > 0;
     }
@@ -222,13 +269,16 @@ void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureN
     /* index → tree */
     return_code = git_index_write_tree(&tree_id, index);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to write tree\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     return_code = git_tree_lookup(&tree, repo, &tree_id);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to lookup tree\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     /* Author/committer */
     return_code = git_signature_now(&signature, signatureName, signatureEmail);
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to create signature\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     /* Create commit */
     if (git_repository_head_unborn(repo)) {
@@ -237,6 +287,7 @@ void gitBackupUpdate(const char *path, const char *vault, const char *signatureN
         return_code = git_commit_create_v(&commit_id, repo, "HEAD", signature, signature, NULL, commitMsg, tree, 1, head_commit);
     }
     error(return_code, "program", "Failed to create commit\n%s", git_error_last()->message);
+    slowGitWarning(start, &slowGitWarningAlreadyShown);
 
     debug("Created commit %s in %s", commitMsg, fullPath);
 
@@ -315,7 +366,7 @@ char *getDateAndTime() {
     struct tm tm_now;
     localtime_r(&now, &tm_now);
 
-    strftime(return_value, sizeof(return_value), "%Y-%m-%%d %H:%M:%%S", &tm_now);
+    strftime(return_value, 20, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", &tm_now);
     return return_value;
 }
 

src/utils.h

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define debug(message, ...) _debug(shouldDebug, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, message, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define altDebug(message, ...) _altDebug(shouldDebug, message, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define error(condition, type, message, ...) _error(shouldDebug, condition, type, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, message, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define warn(condition, message, ...) _warn(condition, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__, message, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 // you must edit this two values if you want to add suport for an editor
 extern const char *supportedEditor[]; // array of supported editors
 extern const int numEditors;          // number of supported editors
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ void _debug(const int d, const char *file, const int line, const char *function,
 void _altDebug(const int d, const char *message, ...);
 // formated error.
 void _error(const int shouldDebug, const int condition, const char *type, const char *file, const int line, const char *function, const char *message, ...);
+// formated warn
+void _warn(const int condition, const char *file, const int line, const char *function, const char *message, ...);
 // Returns 1 if the string is in the array.
 // Returns 0 if the string is not in the array.
 // If you want to only check the first n elements of the array, pass n as len.