Subject: Re: bug#54521: [PATCH] dircolors: colorize backup files with bright black

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:53:57 +0000

On 22/03/2022 18:24, Ville Skyttä wrote:
> Useful as it makes them stand out less than non-backup files.
> ---
>   src/dircolors.hin | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/dircolors.hin b/src/dircolors.hin
> index 673835201..6dc5a2d74 100644
> --- a/src/dircolors.hin
> +++ b/src/dircolors.hin
> @@ -211,5 +211,24 @@ EXEC 01;32
>   .spx 00;36
>   .xspf 00;36
>   
> +# backup files
> +*~ 00;90
> +*# 00;90
> +.bak 00;90
> +.old 00;90
> +.orig 00;90
> +.part 00;90
> +.rej 00;90
> +.swp 00;90
> +.tmp 00;90
> +.dpkg-dist 00;90
> +.dpkg-old 00;90
> +.ucf-dist 00;90
> +.ucf-new 00;90
> +.ucf-old 00;90
> +.rpmnew 00;90
> +.rpmorig 00;90
> +.rpmsave 00;90
> +
>   # Subsequent TERM or COLORTERM entries, can be used to add / override
>   # config specific to those matching environment variables.

I quite like that actually.
The default coloring works well on both dark and light backgrounds.
Coloring this class of files does seem useful.

+1 from me anyway.

thanks,
Pádraig