# Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be # found in the LICENSE file. """Utility functions for prompting user if changes automatically applied to some user-managed files are correct. """ import logging import os import webbrowser from difflib import HtmlDiff from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile def PromptUserToAcceptDiff(old_text, new_text, prompt): """Displays a difference in two strings (old and new file contents) to the user and asks whether the new version is acceptable. Args: old_text: A string containing old file contents. new_text: A string containing new file contents. prompt: Text that should be displayed to the user, asking whether the new file contents should be accepted. Returns: True is user accepted the changes or there were no changes, False otherwise. """ logging.info('Computing diff...') if old_text == new_text: logging.info('No changes detected') return True html_diff = HtmlDiff(wrapcolumn=80).make_file( old_text.splitlines(), new_text.splitlines(), fromdesc='Original', todesc='Updated', context=True, numlines=5) temp = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.html', delete=False) try: temp.write(html_diff) temp.close() # Close the file so the browser process can access it. webbrowser.open('file://' + temp.name) print prompt response = raw_input('(Y/n): ').strip().lower() finally: temp.close() # May be called on already closed file. os.remove(temp.name) return response == 'y' or response == ''