From: Eyal Soha <shawarmakarma@xxxxxxxxx>
This results in shorter output, and is _probably_ more portable. There
is at least one environment (GitHub Actions) which supports 16-color
mode but not 256-color mode. It's possible there are environments
which go the other way, but it seems unlikely.
Signed-off-by: Eyal Soha <shawarmakarma@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
---
color.c | 7 ++++++-
t/t4026-color.sh | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index 0c0ec4672f..64f52a4f93 100644
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -136,11 +136,16 @@ static int parse_color(struct color *out, const char *name, int len)
else if (val < 0) {
out->type = COLOR_NORMAL;
return 0;
- /* Rewrite low numbers as more-portable standard colors. */
+ /* Rewrite 0-7 as more-portable standard colors. */
} else if (val < 8) {
out->type = COLOR_ANSI;
out->value = val + COLOR_FOREGROUND_ANSI;
return 0;
+ /* Rewrite 8-15 as more-portable aixterm colors. */
+ } else if (val < 16) {
+ out->type = COLOR_ANSI;
+ out->value = val - 8 + COLOR_FOREGROUND_BRIGHT_ANSI;
+ return 0;
} else if (val < 256) {
out->type = COLOR_256;
out->value = val;
diff --git a/t/t4026-color.sh b/t/t4026-color.sh
index 78c69de90a..c0b642c1ab 100755
--- a/t/t4026-color.sh
+++ b/t/t4026-color.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ test_expect_success '0-7 are aliases for basic ANSI color names' '
color "0 7" "[30;47m"
'
+test_expect_success '8-15 are aliases for aixterm color names' '
+ color "12 13" "[94;105m"
+'
+
test_expect_success '256 colors' '
color "254 bold 255" "[1;38;5;254;48;5;255m"
'
--
2.25.0-453-g769eb9f0f1
