Add --resume flag for quick conversation resumption by Copilot · Pull Request #84 · manthanabc/paws

Copilot · 2026-02-07T08:03:30Z

Implementation of --resume Flag - COMPLETED ✅

Summary

Successfully implemented a --resume flag that allows users to resume their last conversation with a simple command-line flag.

Changes Made

Added --resume flag to top-level CLI struct in crates/paws_main/src/cli.rs
- Flag automatically resumes the most recently updated conversation
- Added conflicts_with constraint to prevent usage with --conversation-id AND --conversation
Extracted helper method last_conversation_id_or_err() to eliminate code duplication
- Reused in three places: init_conversation(), ConversationCommand::Resume, and handle_resume_conversation()
- Ensures consistent error handling across all resume operations
Updated UI::init_conversation() in crates/paws_main/src/ui.rs
- Added logic to handle the --resume flag
- Uses helper method for clean, maintainable code
Added comprehensive tests
- Test for basic --resume flag parsing
- Test for --resume with other compatible flags
- Test for conflict between --resume and --conversation-id
- Test for conflict between --resume and --conversation
- Test for default behavior without flag
- All 72 CLI tests passing

Testing

✅ All 72 CLI tests pass (added 1 new test)
✅ All 156 unit tests in paws_main pass
✅ Entire workspace compiles successfully
✅ Help output displays flag correctly with both conflicts mentioned
✅ Conflict detection works as expected

Usage

# Resume the last conversation
paws --resume

# Error: Cannot use with --conversation-id
paws --resume --conversation-id <id>

# Error: Cannot use with --conversation
paws --resume --conversation conversation.json

# Can be used with other compatible flags
paws --resume --verbose

Code Quality Improvements

Eliminated code duplication by extracting last_conversation_id_or_err() helper
Consistent error handling across all resume operations
Clear separation of concerns with reusable helper method

Original prompt

introduce a --resume flag which would resume the last conversation

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Co-Authored-By: Paws <noreply@pawscode.dev> Co-authored-by: manthanabc <48511543+manthanabc@users.noreply.github.com>

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Pull request overview

Adds a top-level --resume flag to resume the most recently updated conversation, integrating it into the existing conversation ID resolution flow in UI::init_conversation().

Changes:

Added --resume to the CLI with a clap conflicts_with constraint against --conversation-id.
Updated UI::init_conversation() to resolve conversation ID via api.last_conversation() when --resume is set.
Added CLI parsing tests for --resume, including the conflict with --conversation-id.

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File	Description
crates/paws_main/src/ui.rs	Adds `--resume` handling in conversation initialization via `api.last_conversation()`.
crates/paws_main/src/cli.rs	Introduces the `--resume` flag and adds CLI parsing/conflict tests.

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Copilot · 2026-02-07T14:21:29Z

crates/paws_main/src/cli.rs

+    /// conversation. Cannot be used with --conversation-id.
+    #[arg(long, conflicts_with = "conversation_id")]


--resume can currently be combined with --conversation (conversation JSON path). In UI::init_conversation() the resume branch runs before conversation, so providing both silently ignores --conversation, which is confusing/ambiguous. Consider adding a clap conflict with the conversation arg (and updating the help text + tests accordingly) so the user must choose one conversation source.

Suggested change

/// conversation. Cannot be used with --conversation-id.

#[arg(long, conflicts_with = "conversation_id")]

/// conversation. Cannot be used with --conversation-id or --conversation.

#[arg(long, conflicts_with = "conversation_id", conflicts_with = "conversation")]

Added conflicts_with = "conversation" constraint and updated the help text. Also added a test to verify the conflict is enforced. (fc0a94e)

Copilot · 2026-02-07T14:21:29Z

crates/paws_main/src/ui.rs

+        } else if self.cli.resume {
+            // Resume the last conversation
+            let last_conversation = self
+                .api
+                .last_conversation()
+                .await?
+                .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("No conversation found to resume"))?;
+            last_conversation.id


This --resume branch duplicates existing “resume last conversation” logic already implemented elsewhere in ui.rs (e.g., the conversation resume subcommand path and handle_resume_conversation). Duplicating this logic in multiple places makes it easier for behavior/error handling to drift over time; consider extracting a small helper (e.g., last_conversation_id_or_err()) and reusing it here.

Extracted last_conversation_id_or_err() helper method and reused it in all three places: init_conversation(), ConversationCommand::Resume, and handle_resume_conversation(). This eliminates the duplication and ensures consistent error handling. (fc0a94e)

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crates/paws_main/src/ui.rs

+        } else if self.cli.resume {
+            // Resume the last conversation
+            let last_conversation = self
+                .api
+                .last_conversation()


Clear resume flag when starting a new conversation

The new self.cli.resume branch in init_conversation is now taken even after /new, because on_new() resets conversation and conversation_id but never resets resume before calling init_conversation. In a session launched with paws --resume, running /new will keep reopening the most recent conversation instead of creating a fresh one, so users cannot start a new session from a resumed run.

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…act helper method - Add conflicts_with constraint between --resume and --conversation flags - Extract last_conversation_id_or_err() helper to avoid code duplication - Reuse helper in init_conversation(), ConversationCommand::Resume, and handle_resume_conversation() - Add test for --resume and --conversation conflict Co-Authored-By: Paws <noreply@pawscode.dev> Co-authored-by: manthanabc <48511543+manthanabc@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-Authored-By: Paws <noreply@pawscode.dev> Co-authored-by: manthanabc <48511543+manthanabc@users.noreply.github.com>

Add conflicts_with constraint for --resume and --conversation-id

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Co-Authored-By: Paws <noreply@pawscode.dev> Co-authored-by: manthanabc <48511543+manthanabc@users.noreply.github.com>

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		/// conversation. Cannot be used with --conversation-id.
		#[arg(long, conflicts_with = "conversation_id")]

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