From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 20:10:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 02/11] ref-filter: add 'colornext' atom
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTb3U2AHjr4wmQGezqHOED3zyYHPG54BjdCZObt=7Mu3w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1438066594-5620-2-git-send-email-Karthik.188@gmail.com>

On Tuesday, July 28, 2015, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> wrote:
> The 'colornext' atom allows us to color only the succeeding atom with
> a particular color. This resets any previous color preferences set. It
> is not compatible with `padright`. This is required for printing
> formats like `git branch -vv` where the upstream is colored in blue.

Can you explain here and in the commit message why %(colornext) is not
compatible with %(padright:)? Is it an implementation limitation, or a
syntax or semantic limitation, or what? Can the implementation be
fixed to make it compatible or does it require a redesign?

Also, please explain here and in the commit message why this highly
specialized colorizer ('colornext'), is needed even though a more
general purpose one ('color') is already available.