fix(resurrection): plugin alias resurrection (#3673)

* fix(resurrection): make sure plugin aliases are serialized properly

* style(fmt): rustfmt

3 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs b/zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs
index 7f412d52..564af769 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/plugins/mod.rs
@@ -552,21 +552,33 @@ pub(crate) fn plugin_thread_main(
                 )?;
             },
             PluginInstruction::DumpLayout(mut session_layout_metadata, client_id) => {
-                populate_session_layout_metadata(&mut session_layout_metadata, &wasm_bridge);
+                populate_session_layout_metadata(
+                    &mut session_layout_metadata,
+                    &wasm_bridge,
+                    &plugin_aliases,
+                );
                 drop(bus.senders.send_to_pty(PtyInstruction::DumpLayout(
                     session_layout_metadata,
                     client_id,
                 )));
             },
             PluginInstruction::ListClientsMetadata(mut session_layout_metadata, client_id) => {
-                populate_session_layout_metadata(&mut session_layout_metadata, &wasm_bridge);
+                populate_session_layout_metadata(
+                    &mut session_layout_metadata,
+                    &wasm_bridge,
+                    &plugin_aliases,
+                );
                 drop(bus.senders.send_to_pty(PtyInstruction::ListClientsMetadata(
                     session_layout_metadata,
                     client_id,
                 )));
             },
             PluginInstruction::DumpLayoutToPlugin(mut session_layout_metadata, plugin_id) => {
-                populate_session_layout_metadata(&mut session_layout_metadata, &wasm_bridge);
+                populate_session_layout_metadata(
+                    &mut session_layout_metadata,
+                    &wasm_bridge,
+                    &plugin_aliases,
+                );
                 match session_serialization::serialize_session_layout(
                     session_layout_metadata.into(),
                 ) {
@@ -592,7 +604,11 @@ pub(crate) fn plugin_thread_main(
                 }
             },
             PluginInstruction::LogLayoutToHd(mut session_layout_metadata) => {
-                populate_session_layout_metadata(&mut session_layout_metadata, &wasm_bridge);
+                populate_session_layout_metadata(
+                    &mut session_layout_metadata,
+                    &wasm_bridge,
+                    &plugin_aliases,
+                );
                 drop(
                     bus.senders
                         .send_to_pty(PtyInstruction::LogLayoutToHd(session_layout_metadata)),
@@ -871,6 +887,7 @@ pub(crate) fn plugin_thread_main(
 fn populate_session_layout_metadata(
     session_layout_metadata: &mut SessionLayoutMetadata,
     wasm_bridge: &WasmBridge,
+    plugin_aliases: &PluginAliases,
 ) {
     let plugin_ids = session_layout_metadata.all_plugin_ids();
     let mut plugin_ids_to_cmds: HashMap<u32, RunPlugin> = HashMap::new();
@@ -884,6 +901,7 @@ fn populate_session_layout_metadata(
         }
     }
     session_layout_metadata.update_plugin_cmds(plugin_ids_to_cmds);
+    session_layout_metadata.update_plugin_aliases_in_default_layout(plugin_aliases);
 }
 
 fn pipe_to_all_plugins(
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/session_layout_metadata.rs b/zellij-server/src/session_layout_metadata.rs
index 706d75a1..1faa9f6b 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/session_layout_metadata.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/session_layout_metadata.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use zellij_utils::pane_size::PaneGeom;
 use zellij_utils::{
     input::command::RunCommand,
     input::layout::{Layout, Run, RunPlugin, RunPluginOrAlias},
+    input::plugins::PluginAliases,
     session_serialization::{
         extract_command_and_args, extract_edit_and_line_number, extract_plugin_and_config,
         GlobalLayoutManifest, PaneLayoutManifest, TabLayoutManifest,
@@ -278,6 +279,10 @@ impl SessionLayoutMetadata {
         });
         self.default_editor = Some(default_editor);
     }
+    pub fn update_plugin_aliases_in_default_layout(&mut self, plugin_aliases: &PluginAliases) {
+        self.default_layout
+            .populate_plugin_aliases_in_layout(&plugin_aliases);
+    }
 }
 
 impl Into<GlobalLayoutManifest> for SessionLayoutMetadata {
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/session_serialization.rs b/zellij-utils/src/session_serialization.rs
index 1586e6cd..bc6748fd 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/session_serialization.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/session_serialization.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,14 @@ pub fn extract_plugin_and_config(
                 Some(run_plugin.configuration.clone()),
             ),
             RunPluginOrAlias::Alias(plugin_alias) => {
-                let name = plugin_alias.name.clone();
+                // in this case, the aliases should already be populated by the RunPlugins they
+                // translate to - if they are not, the alias either does not exist or this is some
+                // sort of bug
+                let name = plugin_alias
+                    .run_plugin
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .map(|run_plugin| run_plugin.location.display().to_string())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| plugin_alias.name.clone());
                 let configuration = plugin_alias
                     .run_plugin
                     .as_ref()