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Re: [PATCH] Color support added to git-add--interactive.

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Oct 13, 2007, 18:31 UTC
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Jean-Luc Herren wrote:
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> Hi!
> 
> I really like the idea of colorizing git add -i, especially the
> prompt.  Here are my two cents.
> 
> Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
>> +sub print_ansi_color($$;$) {
>> +    my $color = shift;
>> +    my $string = shift;
>> +    my $trailer = shift;
> 
> None of the other subs in this file have a prototype, so for
> consistency I'd suggest to not add it on this function either.
> However maybe a patch that adds it to all subs would be welcome.
> (I wouldn't see the necessity though.)
> 
> And the common way of getting the arguments is reading @_ (see all
> other subs in the file).  So maybe instead write:
> 
> [...]
> sub print_ansi_color {
> 	my ($color, $string, $trailer) = @_;
> [...]
> 
>> +    if ($use_color) {
>> +        printf '%s%s%s', Term::ANSIColor::color($color), $string,
>> +            Term::ANSIColor::color('clear');
>> +    } else {
> 
> Why use printf when you could directly use print here?  It's only
> used for concatenating.
> 
>> +    if ($trailer) {
>> +        print $trailer;
>> +    }
> 
> This will fail to print $trailer when $trailer happens to be a
> string that evaluates to false in bool context, like '0'.  Write
> this as:
> 
> 	if (defined $trailer) {
> 	    print $trailer;
> 	}
> 
> IMHO, parsing the output of 'git diff-files --color' is a very bad
> idea and it makes all regexes uglier and more difficult to read.
> You're much better off recolorizing it yourself, which makes it a
> more localized change.  Especially, I don't think that you have
> any guarantee that escape sequences won't ever contain the
> characters '+', '-' or ' ' (space), which would break your code on
> lines like this:
> 
>> +        if ($line =~ /^[^-+ ]*\+/) { 
> 
> Finally -- and this might be just my eyes -- blue is a very nice
> color, but it looks a bit too dark on black background.  Maybe
> choose a default color that looks reasonable on black *and* white
> background.
> 

Red for removed and green for added seems to be the standard, although I know it makes life terribly difficult for red-green colorblind people, who usually prefer yellow/lightblue for black bg, or beige/blue for white background.

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Message 8 of 86 in “Color support added to git-add--interactive.”
  1. Color support added to git-add--interactive.Dan Zwell, Oct 13, 2007
  2. Jeff KingOct 13, 2007
  3. Frank LichtenheldOct 13, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2007
  5. Wincent ColaiutaOct 13, 2007
  6. Jean-Luc HerrenOct 13, 2007
  7. Wincent ColaiutaOct 13, 2007
  8. Andreas EricssonOct 13, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2007
  10. Jeff KingOct 13, 2007
  11. Jeff KingOct 13, 2007
  12. Dan ZwellOct 13, 2007
  13. Wincent ColaiutaOct 13, 2007
  14. Dan ZOct 13, 2007
  15. Jean-Luc HerrenOct 13, 2007
  16. Jeff KingOct 15, 2007
  17. Dan ZwellOct 17, 2007
  18. Shawn O. PearceOct 17, 2007
  19. Dan ZwellOct 17, 2007
  20. Shawn O. PearceOct 17, 2007
  21. 1/2 Added basic color support to git add --interactiveDan Zwell, Oct 22, 2007
  22. Dan ZwellOct 23, 2007
  23. Let git-add--interactive read "git colors" from git-configDan Zwell, Oct 23, 2007
  24. Jeff KingOct 23, 2007
  25. Shawn O. PearceOct 23, 2007
  26. Jeff KingOct 23, 2007
  27. Wincent ColaiutaOct 23, 2007
  28. Jeff KingOct 23, 2007
  29. Wincent ColaiutaOct 23, 2007
  30. 2/2 Let git-add--interactive read colors from git-configDan Zwell, Oct 22, 2007
  31. Jeff KingOct 23, 2007
  32. Dan ZwellOct 23, 2007
  33. 1/2 Added basic color support to git add --interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 3, 2007
  34. Jeff KingNov 4, 2007
  35. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2007
  36. Jeff KingNov 4, 2007
  37. 0/3 Adding colors to git-add--interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  38. Jeff KingNov 11, 2007
  39. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  40. Dan ZwellNov 11, 2007
  41. 0/5 Colors for git-add--interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  42. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  43. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  44. 1/5 Added basic color support to git add --interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  45. 2/5 Don't return 'undef' in case called in a vector context.Dan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  46. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  47. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  48. Dan ZwellNov 23, 2007
  49. 3/5 Added config_default($key, $default) to Git.pmDan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  50. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  51. 4/5 Let git-add--interactive read colors from configurationDan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  52. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  53. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  54. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  55. Dan ZwellNov 23, 2007
  56. Jeff KingNov 23, 2007
  57. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2007
  58. 5/5 Added diff hunk coloring to git-add--interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 22, 2007
  59. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  60. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  61. Jeff KingNov 23, 2007
  62. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  63. 1/3 Added basic color support to git add --interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  64. 2/3 Let git-add--interactive read colors from .gitconfigDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  65. 3/3 Added diff hunk coloring to git-add--interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  66. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  67. 0/3 Adding colors to git-add--interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  68. Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Added basic color support to git add --interactiveDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  69. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  70. Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Let git-add--interactive read colors from .gitconfigDan Zwell, Nov 11, 2007
  71. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  72. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  73. Dan ZwellNov 13, 2007
  74. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2007
  75. Dan ZwellNov 13, 2007
  76. Jeff KingNov 13, 2007
  77. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2007
  78. Dan ZwellNov 13, 2007
  79. Jakub NarebskiNov 13, 2007
  80. 2/2 Let git-add--interactive read colors from .gitconfigDan Zwell, Nov 3, 2007
  81. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2007
  82. Dan ZwellNov 3, 2007
  83. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2007
  84. Jeff KingOct 15, 2007
  85. Tom TobinOct 13, 2007
  86. Tom TobinOct 13, 2007

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