Refactor ask() to use Highline; support echo:false.

Note: a gem dependency for highline has been added by this commit.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/compare/v3.2.0...HEAD
   * Changed asking question to more standard format (like common unix commandline tools) (@sponomarev)
   * Fixed typos in the README. (@sponomarev)
   * Added `keys` method to Configuration to allow introspection of configuration options. (@juanibiapina)
+  * The `ask` method now supports the `echo: false` option. (@mbrictson)
+  * Capistrano now depends on the `highline` gem.
 
 ## `3.2.0`
 

README.md

@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ end
 
 Perfect, who needs telephones.
 
+When using `ask` to get user input, you can pass `echo: false` to prevent the input from being displayed:
+
+```ruby
+ask(:database_passsword, "default", echo: false)
+```
 
 ## Using password authentication
 

capistrano.gemspec

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ eos
   gem.add_dependency 'sshkit', '~> 1.3'
   gem.add_dependency 'rake', '>= 10.0.0'
   gem.add_dependency 'i18n'
+  gem.add_dependency 'highline'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'mocha'

lib/capistrano/all.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'rake'
 require 'sshkit'
 require 'sshkit/dsl'
+require 'highline'
 
 Rake.application.options.trace = true
 

lib/capistrano/configuration.rb

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ module Capistrano
       end
     end
 
-    def ask(key, default=nil)
-      question = Question.new(self, key, default)
+    def ask(key, default=nil, options={})
+      question = Question.new(self, key, default, options)
       set(key, question)
     end
 

lib/capistrano/configuration/question.rb

@@ -2,27 +2,23 @@ module Capistrano
   class Configuration
     class Question
 
-      def initialize(env, key, default)
-        @env, @key, @default = env, key, default
+      def initialize(env, key, default, options)
+        @env, @key, @default, @options = env, key, default, options
       end
 
       def call
-        ask_question
-        save_response
+        response = highline_ask(question) { |q| q.echo = echo? }
+        save_response(value_or_default(response))
       end
 
       private
-      attr_reader :env, :key, :default
+      attr_reader :env, :key, :default, :options
 
-      def ask_question
-        $stdout.print question
-      end
-
-      def save_response
+      def save_response(value)
         env.set(key, value)
       end
 
-      def value
+      def value_or_default(response)
         if response.empty?
           default
         else
@@ -30,13 +26,19 @@ module Capistrano
         end
       end
 
-      def response
-        @response ||= $stdin.gets.chomp
-      end
-
       def question
         I18n.t(:question, key: key, default_value: default, scope: :capistrano)
       end
+
+      def echo?
+        (options || {}).fetch(:echo, true)
+      end
+
+      def highline_ask(question, &block)
+        # For compatibility, we call #to_s to unwrap HighLine::String and
+        # return a regular String.
+        HighLine.new.ask(question, &block).to_s
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/capistrano/dsl/env.rb

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ module Capistrano
         env.delete(key)
       end
 
-      def ask(key, value)
-        env.ask(key, value)
+      def ask(key, value, options={})
+        env.ask(key, value, options)
       end
 
       def role(name, servers, options={})

spec/lib/capistrano/configuration/question_spec.rb

@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ module Capistrano
 
     describe Question do
 
-      let(:question) { Question.new(env, key, default) }
+      let(:question) { Question.new(env, key, default, options) }
       let(:default) { :default }
       let(:key) { :branch }
       let(:env) { stub }
+      let(:options) { nil }
 
       describe '.new' do
-        it 'takes a key, default' do
+        it 'takes a key, default, options' do
           question
         end
       end
@@ -47,6 +48,33 @@ module Capistrano
           end
 
         end
+
+        describe 'highline behavior' do
+          let(:highline) { stub }
+
+          before do
+            question.expects(:highline_ask).yields(highline).returns("answer")
+            env.expects(:set).with(key, "answer")
+          end
+
+          context 'with no options' do
+            let(:options) { nil }
+
+            it 'passes echo: true to HighLine' do
+              highline.expects(:"echo=").with(true)
+              question.call
+            end
+          end
+
+          context 'with echo: false' do
+            let(:options) { { echo: false } }
+
+            it 'passes echo: false to HighLine' do
+              highline.expects(:"echo=").with(false)
+              question.call
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
 

spec/lib/capistrano/configuration_spec.rb

@@ -138,14 +138,15 @@ module Capistrano
 
     describe 'asking' do
       let(:question) { stub }
+      let(:options) { Hash.new }
 
       before do
-        Configuration::Question.expects(:new).with(config, :branch, :default).
+        Configuration::Question.expects(:new).with(config, :branch, :default, options).
           returns(question)
       end
 
       it 'prompts for the value when fetching' do
-        config.ask(:branch, :default)
+        config.ask(:branch, :default, options)
         expect(config.fetch(:branch)).to eq question
       end
     end