An experiment in trying to make RStudio GIT_EDITOR for terminal sessions

rs_term_editor.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Put this file somewhere and run  
# export EDITOR=/path/to/rs_term_editor.sh
# export GIT_EDITOR=/path/to/rs_term_editor.sh 
# There's probably some way to set thes e in my profile to only run
# when RSTUDIO=1 

### Set initial time of file
LTIME=`stat -f "%m" $1`
ATIME=`stat -f "%m" $1`

## Open file in rstudio
curl "http://127.0.0.1:$RSTUDIO_SESSION_PORT/rpc/console_input" \
  --header "X-Shared-Secret: $RS_SHARED_SECRET" \
  --data-binary "{\"method\":\"console_input\", \"params\":[\"rstudioapi::navigateToFile(\\\"$1\\\")\",\"\"], \"clientId\":\"33e600bb-c1b1-46bf-b562-ab5cba070b0e\"}"

#Wait until file changes, then exit
while [ $ATIME == $LTIME ]    
do
  sleep 0.25
  ATIME=`stat -f "%m" $1`
done

# Close the document?  Then I'd have to open it in a way that I get its ID

Hmm, maybe:

• Run a loop pinging the RStudio session to see if the file has changed
• Return from the bash script after the file has been saved.

That worked! Didn't need to ping, just waited for file to change. Now, should I close it after it is saved? To do so I should open the file with a less hacky method so as to be able to get its ID and close it.