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0 pointskbd2y ago0 comments

Thanks for your comment. I have broot installed, but it never sticks in my workflow. I didn't know you could use it as a tree replacement like that, adding file stats & exiting.

It almost works to replace the way I use exa tree, with these caveats:

- I want to not have it elide files ("7 unlisted") at each level. I have my et1, et2, etc. aliases to customize how many levels of detail I get with exa's tree replacement, and then I scroll that with my pager.

- I want it to support LS_COLORS so the files look the same as they do in `ls`

- I want the git status display that exa gives (eg. it shows I if the file is ignored).

- is it possible to customize the order in which the stats are shown? It'd be nice if they match ls more closely. Exa feels like `ls` with extra colors and a tree, broot feels different.

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dystroy2y ago

The ability to have broot immediately exit is based on its ability to receive commands, either at start or through sockets. So in this case we're just doing `br --cmd :print_tree`. The same strategy can be used to add searches, filters, toggles, etc. before printing the tree (or printing a path).

To not elide files, the easiest solution is to provide a max height: `tree --height 5000`

No support of LS_COLORS exactly.

No option today to show on a file whether it is gitignored (never considered this: my users either show gitignored files or don't).

You can completely customize file properties order: https://dystroy.org/broot/conf_file/#columns-order

(it's hard to answer complex questions and rfc here, maybe come to the chat for an interactive discussion ?)

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