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[PATCH v2 1/3] for-each-ref: introduce %C(...) for color

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2013, 02:59 UTC
Message-ID
<1380337161-803-2-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
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Enhance 'git for-each-ref' with color formatting options. You can now use the following format in for-each-ref:

  %C(green)%(refname:short)%C(reset)
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt |  4 +++-
 builtin/for-each-ref.c             | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index f2e08d1..6fa4464 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and `%xx` where `xx`
 	are hex digits interpolates to character with hex code
 	`xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to `\0` (NUL),
-	`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
+	`%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF). Additionally,
+	colors can be specified using `%C(...)`, with names
+	described in color.branch.*.
 
 <pattern>...::
 	If one or more patterns are given, only refs are shown that
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 1d4083c..6da2903 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "remote.h"
+#include "color.h"
 
 /* Quoting styles */
 #define QUOTE_NONE 0
@@ -155,10 +156,13 @@ static const char *find_next(const char *cp)
 	while (*cp) {
 		if (*cp == '%') {
 			/*
+			 * %C( is the start of a color;
 			 * %( is the start of an atom;
 			 * %% is a quoted per-cent.
 			 */
-			if (cp[1] == '(')
+			if (cp[1] == 'C' && cp[2] == '(')
+				return cp;
+			else if (cp[1] == '(')
 				return cp;
 			else if (cp[1] == '%')
 				cp++; /* skip over two % */
@@ -180,8 +184,11 @@ static int verify_format(const char *format)
 		const char *ep = strchr(sp, ')');
 		if (!ep)
 			return error("malformed format string %s", sp);
-		/* sp points at "%(" and ep points at the closing ")" */
-		parse_atom(sp + 2, ep);
+		/* Ignore color specifications: %C(
+		 * sp points at "%(" and ep points at the closing ")"
+		 */
+		if (prefixcmp(sp, "%C("))
+			parse_atom(sp + 2, ep);
 		cp = ep + 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -933,12 +940,20 @@ static void emit(const char *cp, const char *ep)
 static void show_ref(struct refinfo *info, const char *format, int quote_style)
 {
 	const char *cp, *sp, *ep;
+	char color[COLOR_MAXLEN] = "";
 
 	for (cp = format; *cp && (sp = find_next(cp)); cp = ep + 1) {
 		ep = strchr(sp, ')');
 		if (cp < sp)
 			emit(cp, sp);
-		print_value(info, parse_atom(sp + 2, ep), quote_style);
+
+		/* Do we have a color specification? */
+		if (!prefixcmp(sp, "%C("))
+			color_parse_mem(sp + 3, ep - sp - 3, "--format", color);
+		else {
+			printf("%s", color);
+			print_value(info, parse_atom(sp + 2, ep), quote_style);
+		}
 	}
 	if (*cp) {
 		sp = cp + strlen(cp);
-- 
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