Added new alias for 'decoration=always'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - Added support for the `NO_COLOR` environment variable, see #1021 and #1031 (@eth-p)
 - Added `-P` short flag to disable paging, revised man page description, see #1075 and #1082 (@LordFlashmeow) 
+- Added `--force-colorization` flag & `-f` short flag to provide an alias for forced colorization/decorization, \
+revised man page description, see #1141 (@alexanderkarlis)
 
 ## Bugfixes
 

assets/manual/bat.1.in

@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ Specify when to use the decorations that have been specified via '\-\-style'. Th
 automatic mode only enables decorations if an interactive terminal is detected. Possible
 values: *auto*, never, always.
 .HP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\-colorization\fR
+.IP
+Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'. This is useful \
+if the output of bat is piped to another program, but you want \
+to keep the colorization/decorations.
+.HP
 \fB\-\-paging\fR <when>
 .IP
 Specify when to use the pager. To disable the pager, use \&'\-\-paging=never' or its alias,

src/bin/bat/app.rs

@@ -165,16 +165,20 @@ impl App {
                 // There's no point in wrapping when this is the case.
                 WrappingMode::NoWrapping
             },
-            colored_output: match self.matches.value_of("color") {
-                Some("always") => true,
-                Some("never") => false,
-                Some("auto") | _ => env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() && self.interactive_output,
-            },
+            colored_output: self.matches.is_present("force-colorization")
+                || match self.matches.value_of("color") {
+                    Some("always") => true,
+                    Some("never") => false,
+                    Some("auto") | _ => {
+                        env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() && self.interactive_output
+                    }
+                },
             paging_mode,
             term_width: maybe_term_width.unwrap_or(Term::stdout().size().1 as usize),
             loop_through: !(self.interactive_output
                 || self.matches.value_of("color") == Some("always")
-                || self.matches.value_of("decorations") == Some("always")),
+                || self.matches.value_of("decorations") == Some("always")
+                || self.matches.is_present("force-colorization")),
             tab_width: self
                 .matches
                 .value_of("tabs")

src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs

@@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> ClapApp<'static, 'static> {
                      an interactive terminal is detected. Possible values: *auto*, never, always.",
                 ),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("force-colorization")
+                .long("force-colorization")
+                .short("f")
+                .conflicts_with("color")
+                .conflicts_with("decorations")
+                .overrides_with("force-colorization")
+                .hidden_short_help(true)
+                .long_help("Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'. This is useful \
+                        if the output of bat is piped to another program, but you want \
+                        to keep the colorization/decorations.")
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("paging")
                 .long("paging")