claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [FEATURE] Warn before processing a very large paste [1 participants]

It would be helpful to warn before accepting an extremely large paste incase there was an error in copying too much. Today I meant to copy just a couple of lines from the chrome dev tools console but ended up copying the entire 12,000 line log. When I pasted I didn't notice so submitting it caused a lot of unnecessary context usage. A quick "You have pasted 12,023 lines - are you sure you wish to proceed" warning would be helpful. Some arbitrary limit of say 500 lines before warning or have this configurable. And of course you could offer a "Do not warn about large pastes again in the future which would appease users who do this regularly.

TL;DR

Implement a warning prompt when a user pastes an excessively large amount of text, such as over 500 lines, to prevent accidental submissions.

Guidance

• Determine an appropriate line limit (e.g., 500 lines) for triggering the warning prompt.
• Design a user-friendly warning message, such as "You have pasted [X] lines - are you sure you wish to proceed?"
• Consider adding an option for users to disable the warning for future large pastes.
• Evaluate the feasibility of making the line limit configurable to accommodate different user needs.

Example

def check_paste_length(text):
    line_limit = 500
    if len(text.splitlines()) > line_limit:
        response = input(f"You have pasted {len(text.splitlines())} lines - are you sure you wish to proceed? (y/n): ")
        if response.lower() != 'y':
            return False
    return True

Notes

The proposed solution focuses on adding a warning prompt, but the implementation details may vary depending on the specific application or framework being used.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Implement the warning prompt as described, allowing users to confirm or cancel the submission of large pastes, to improve the user experience and prevent accidental submissions.