# vim: ft=zsh

## Author:  druckdev
## Created: 2019-10-21
##
## An ls wrapper that adds the -A flag (show hidden files except . and ..) when
## there are no visible files or the directory matches the pattern (POSIX ERE)
## defined in $LS_SHOW_ALL_DIRS.

# Do not include hidden files and expand to an empty string instead of giving an
# error when globbing.
builtin emulate -L zsh -o no_glob_dots -o null_glob

# Overwrite here or before calling to change the directories in which hidden
# files should always be listed.
builtin local LS_SHOW_ALL_DIRS=${LS_SHOW_ALL_DIRS:-"dotfiles|\.config"}

builtin local -a dirs files
# Pop files and folders from arguments and put them in the corresponding array.
# All other arguments are kept.
for arg in "$@"; do
	shift
	if [ -d "$arg" ]; then
		dirs+="$arg"
	elif [ -e "$arg" ]; then
		files+="$arg"
	else
		set -- "$@" "$arg"
	fi
done

# Print working directory when only flags were given as arguments.
if ! (( ${#dirs} + ${#files} )); then
	dirs+="$PWD"
fi

builtin local separator=""

# Print files.
if (( ${#files} )); then
	command ls "$@" -- "${files[@]}"
	# Print a newline between files and folder segment.
	separator="\n"
fi

# Print directories.
builtin local all_flag
builtin local -a content
for dir in ${(@f)dirs}; do
	content=( "$dir"/* )
	# If the directory contains no visible files or it matches a pattern, then
	# show hidden files when listing
	if (( ! ${#content} )) || [[ "${dir:A}" =~ "${LS_SHOW_ALL_DIRS:-^$}" ]]; then
		all_flag="-A"
	else
		all_flag=
	fi
	# If there are multiple items to list, print a newline (if ls was already
	# executed) followed by the dir-name.
	! (( ${#dirs} + ${#files} - 1 )) || echo "$separator$dir:"
	# Print directory. $all_flag has to be unquoted else ls will fail.
	command ls "$@" $all_flag -- "$dir"
	separator="\n"
done