Simpler GraphQL syntax?

Thinking out loud…

What if we went from:

repository() {
	ref(qualifiedName: "${branch}") {
		target {
			... on Commit {
				history(first: 1, path: "${filePath}") {
					nodes {
						oid
						commitDate
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

To:

repository()
ref(qualifiedName: "${branch}")
target
... on Commit
history(first: 1, path: "${filePath}")
nodes
oid commitDate

where every line break is a { and every missing } is appended.

Most of our queries are allowed with this syntax. Others can keep using the native syntax.

It would be its own helper like:

api.v4(ql`
	  repository()
	  ref(qualifiedName: "${branch}")
	  target
	  ... on Commit
	  history(first: 1, path: "${filePath}")
	  nodes
	  oid commitDate
`)

and multiple queries can be concatenated as strings too:

api.v4(ql`
	  repository()
	  ref(qualifiedName: "${branch}")
	  target
	  ... on Commit
	  history(first: 1, path: "${filePath}")
	  nodes
	  oid commitDate
` + ql`
	  query2: repository()
	  name
`)

Thoughts? Worth it? 😂

[sindresorhus]

I find the original syntax more readable.

[yakov116]

• console.debug for every call in api.v4 when installed locally

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