Adds splatting support to ViewNode

src/views/nodes/viewNode.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ export abstract class ViewNode {
 		return node instanceof ViewNode;
 	}
 
+	protected splatted = false;
+
 	constructor(uri: GitUri, public readonly view: TView, protected readonly parent?: ViewNode) {
 		this._uri = uri;
 	}
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ export abstract class ViewNode {
 	abstract getChildren(): ViewNode[] | Promise<ViewNode[]>;
 
 	getParent(): ViewNode | undefined {
+		// If this node has been splatted (e.g. not shown itself, but its children are), then return its grandparent
+		if (this.splatted) {
+			return this.parent?.getParent() ?? this.parent;
+		}
+
 		return this.parent;
 	}
 
@@ -95,8 +102,13 @@ export abstract class ViewNode {
 
 	@gate()
 	@debug()
-	triggerChange(reset: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
-		return this.view.refreshNode(this, reset);
+	triggerChange(reset: boolean = false, force: boolean = false): Promise<void> {
+		// If this node has been splatted (e.g. not shown itself, but its children are), then delegate the change to its parent
+		if (this.splatted && this.parent != null) {
+			return this.parent.triggerChange(reset, force);
+		}
+
+		return this.view.refreshNode(this, reset, force);
 	}
 }
 

src/views/viewBase.ts

@@ -460,11 +460,9 @@ export abstract class ViewBase<
 	@debug({
 		args: { 0: (n: ViewNode) => n.toString() },
 	})
-	async refreshNode(node: ViewNode, reset: boolean = false) {
-		if (node.refresh != null) {
-			const cancel = await node.refresh(reset);
-			if (cancel === true) return;
-		}
+	async refreshNode(node: ViewNode, reset: boolean = false, force: boolean = false) {
+		const cancel = await node.refresh?.(reset);
+		if (!force && cancel === true) return;
 
 		this.triggerNodeChange(node);
 	}