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[PATCH] dircolors: colorize backup files with bright black

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Message #13 received at 54521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta <at> iki.fi>,
 54521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54521: [PATCH] dircolors: colorize backup files with bright
 black
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:24:41 +0100

On 23/03/2022 23:53, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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.

I've pushed this after some perf testing showing it had negligible perf impact.
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=52aeae2c3

Here is a small example of the output:
https://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/coreutils/ls-backup-colors.html

cheers,
Pádraig

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