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      1 # Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 # found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 """Utility functions for prompting user if changes automatically applied to some
      6 user-managed files are correct.
      7 """
      8 
      9 import logging
     10 import os
     11 import webbrowser
     12 
     13 from difflib import HtmlDiff
     14 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
     15 
     16 
     17 def PromptUserToAcceptDiff(old_text, new_text, prompt):
     18   """Displays a difference in two strings (old and new file contents) to the
     19   user and asks whether the new version is acceptable.
     20 
     21   Args:
     22     old_text: A string containing old file contents.
     23     new_text: A string containing new file contents.
     24     prompt: Text that should be displayed to the user, asking whether the new
     25             file contents should be accepted.
     26 
     27   Returns:
     28     True is user accepted the changes or there were no changes, False otherwise.
     29   """
     30   logging.info('Computing diff...')
     31   if old_text == new_text:
     32     logging.info('No changes detected')
     33     return True
     34   html_diff = HtmlDiff(wrapcolumn=80).make_file(
     35       old_text.splitlines(), new_text.splitlines(), fromdesc='Original',
     36       todesc='Updated', context=True, numlines=5)
     37   temp = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.html', delete=False)
     38   try:
     39     temp.write(html_diff)
     40     temp.close()  # Close the file so the browser process can access it.
     41     webbrowser.open('file://' + temp.name)
     42     print prompt
     43     response = raw_input('(Y/n): ').strip().lower()
     44   finally:
     45     temp.close()  # May be called on already closed file.
     46     os.remove(temp.name)
     47   return response == 'y' or response == ''
     48