attach: enable path globbing

Enable path globbing using Go's standard library globbing capabilities,
which allows for attaching multiple files at once.

Suggested-by: Anderson John Njahi <johnjahi55@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Moritz Poldrack <git@moritz.sh>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   BSD.
 - `outgoing-cred-cmd` execution is now deferred until a message needs to be sent.
 - `next-message-on-delete` now also applies to `:archive`.
+- `:attach` now supports path globbing (`:attach *.log`)
 
 ### Fixed
 

commands/compose/attach.go

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package compose
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/commands"
+	"git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/logging"
 	"git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/widgets"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
@@ -31,26 +34,45 @@ func (Attach) Execute(aerc *widgets.Aerc, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	path := strings.Join(args[1:], " ")
-
 	path, err := homedir.Expand(path)
 	if err != nil {
+		logging.Errorf("failed to expand path '%s': %v", path, err)
 		aerc.PushError(err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
 
-	pathinfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	logging.Debugf("attaching %s", path)
-	if err != nil {
+
-		aerc.PushError(err.Error())
+	attachments, err := filepath.Glob(path)
-		return err
+	if err != nil && errors.Is(err, filepath.ErrBadPattern) {
-	} else if pathinfo.IsDir() {
+		logging.Warnf("failed to parse as globbing pattern: %v", err)
-		aerc.PushError("Attachment must be a file, not a directory")
+		attachments = []string{path}
-		return nil
 	}
 
+	logging.Debugf("filenames: %v", attachments)
+
 	composer, _ := aerc.SelectedTabContent().(*widgets.Composer)
-	composer.AddAttachment(path)
+	for _, attach := range attachments {
+		logging.Debugf("attaching '%s'", attach)
 
-	aerc.PushSuccess(fmt.Sprintf("Attached %s", pathinfo.Name()))
+		pathinfo, err := os.Stat(attach)
+		if err != nil {
+			logging.Errorf("failed to stat file: %v", err)
+			aerc.PushError(err.Error())
+			return err
+		} else if pathinfo.IsDir() && len(attachments) == 1 {
+			aerc.PushError("Attachment must be a file, not a directory")
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		composer.AddAttachment(attach)
+	}
+
+	if len(attachments) == 1 {
+		aerc.PushSuccess(fmt.Sprintf("Attached %s", path))
+	} else {
+		aerc.PushSuccess(fmt.Sprintf("Attached %d files", len(attachments)))
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }

doc/aerc.1.scd

@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ message list, the message in the message viewer, etc).
 	Close the composer without sending, discarding the message in progress.
 
 *attach* <path>
-	Attaches the file at the given path to the email.
+	Attaches the file at the given path to the email. The path can contain
+	globbing syntax described at https://godocs.io/path/filepath#Match.
 
 *attach-key*
 	Attaches the public key for the configured account to the email.