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Re: [PATCH 4/5] grep: Colorize filename, line number, and separator

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Feb 27, 2010, 11:43 UTC
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<4B890572.5040604@lsrfire.ath.cx>
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Am 27.02.2010 05:57, schrieb Mark Lodato:
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> Colorize the filename, line number, and separator in git grep output, as
> GNU grep does.  The colors are customizable through color.grep.<slot>.
> The default is to only color the separator (in cyan), since this gives
> the biggest legibility increase without overwhelming the user with
> colors.  GNU grep also defaults cyan for the separator, but defaults to
> magenta for the filename and to green for the line number, as well.
> 
> There are a few differences from GNU grep:
> 
> 1. With --name-only, GNU grep colors the filenames, but we do not.  I do
>    not see any point to making everything the same color.

I guess they did it for consistency, so when you see "magenta" you think "filename", and because it can be turned off with a switch. With your patch all filenames are coloured the same, too, by the way: using the default foreground colour. :)

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> diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
> index dcc3d48..43b952b 100644
> --- a/builtin-grep.c
> +++ b/builtin-grep.c
> @@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ static int wait_all(void)
>  static int grep_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
>  {
>  	struct grep_opt *opt = cb;
> +	char *color = NULL;
>  
>  	switch (userdiff_config(var, value)) {
>  	case 0: break;
> @@ -296,17 +297,24 @@ static int grep_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
>  	default: return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep")) {
> +	if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep"))
>  		opt->color = git_config_colorbool(var, value, -1);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -	if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.match")) {
> -		if (!value)
> -			return config_error_nonbool(var);
> -		color_parse(value, var, opt->color_match);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -	return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
> +	else if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.filename"))
> +		color = opt->color_filename;
> +	else if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.linenumber"))
> +		color = opt->color_lineno;
> +	else if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.match"))
> +		color = opt->color_match;
> +	else if (!strcmp(var, "color.grep.separator"))
> +		color = opt->color_sep;
> +	else
> +		return git_color_default_config(var, value, cb);
> +	if (!value)
> +		return config_error_nonbool(var);

color.grep without a value used to turn on colourization, now it seems to error out.

> +	color_parse(value, var, color);
> +	if (!strcmp(color, GIT_COLOR_RESET))
> +		color[0] = '\0';

This turns off colouring if the user specified "reset" as the colour, right? Interesting optimization, but is it really needed? Perhaps it's just me, but I'd give the user the requested "<reset>text<reset>" sequence if she asked for it, even if it's longer than and looks the same as "text" alone.

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> diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
> index a0864f1..132798d 100644
> --- a/grep.c
> +++ b/grep.c
> @@ -506,35 +506,52 @@ static int next_match(struct grep_opt *opt, char *bol, char *eol,
>  	return hit;
>  }
>  
> +static void output_color(struct grep_opt *opt, const void *data, size_t size,
> +			 const char *color)
> +{
> +	if (opt->color && color && color[0]) {
> +		opt->output(opt, color, strlen(color));
> +		opt->output(opt, data, size);
> +		opt->output(opt, GIT_COLOR_RESET, strlen(GIT_COLOR_RESET));
> +	}
> +	else
	} else
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> +		opt->output(opt, data, size);
> +}
> +
> +static void output_sep(struct grep_opt *opt, char sign)
> +{
> +	if (opt->null_following_name) {
> +		sign = '\0';
> +		opt->output(opt, &sign, 1);
> +	} else
	if (opt->null_following_name)
		opt->output(opt, "", 1);
	else
> +		output_color(opt, &sign, 1, opt->color_sep);
> +}
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Message 13 of 25 in “color enhancements, particularly for grep”
  1. 0/5 color enhancements, particularly for grepMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  2. 1/5 Allow explicit ANSI codes for colorsMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  3. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2010
  4. Mark LodatoFeb 27, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  6. color: allow multiple attributesJunio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2010
  7. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2010
  9. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2010
  10. 2/5 Add GIT_COLOR_BOLD_* and GIT_COLOR_BG_*Mark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  11. 3/5 Remove reference to GREP_COLORS from documentationMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  12. 4/5 grep: Colorize filename, line number, and separatorMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  13. René ScharfeFeb 27, 2010
  14. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  15. Michael WittenFeb 28, 2010
  16. Mark LodatoMar 2, 2010
  17. Michael WittenMar 2, 2010
  18. Mark LodatoMar 3, 2010
  19. Miles BaderMar 3, 2010
  20. René ScharfeFeb 27, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  22. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2010
  24. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  25. 5/5 grep: Colorize selected, context, and function linesMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010

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