1703: Introducing MapExtensionToUnknown MappingTarget

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 - Python syntax highlighting no longer suffers from abysmal performance in specific scenarios. See #1688 (@keith-hall)
 - First line not shown in diff context. See #1891 (@divagant-martian)
+- Do not ignore syntaxes that handle file names with a `*.conf` extension. See #1703 (@cbolgiano)
 
 ## Performance
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 - Deprecate `HighlightingAssets::syntaxes()` and `HighlightingAssets::syntax_for_file_name()`. Use `HighlightingAssets::get_syntaxes()` and `HighlightingAssets::get_syntax_for_path()` instead. They return a `Result` which is needed for upcoming lazy-loading work to improve startup performance. They also return which `SyntaxSet` the returned `SyntaxReference` belongs to. See #1747, #1755, #1776, #1862 (@Enselic)
 - Remove `HighlightingAssets::from_files` and `HighlightingAssets::save_to_cache`. Instead of calling the former and then the latter you now make a single call to `bat::assets::build`. See #1802 (@Enselic)
 - Replace  the `error::Error(error::ErrorKind, _)` struct and enum with an `error::Error` enum. `Error(ErrorKind::UnknownSyntax, _)` becomes `Error::UnknownSyntax`, etc. Also remove the `error::ResultExt` trait. These changes stem from replacing `error-chain` with `thiserror`. See #1820 (@Enselic)
+- Add new `MappingTarget` enum variant `MapExtensionToUnknown`. Refer to its docummentation for more information. Clients are adviced to treat `MapExtensionToUnknown` the same as `MapToUnknown` in exhaustive matches. See #1703 (@cbolgiano)
+
 
 
 

src/assets.rs

@@ -153,9 +153,12 @@ impl HighlightingAssets {
     }
 
     /// Detect the syntax based on, in order:
-    ///  1. Syntax mappings (e.g. `/etc/profile` -> `Bourne Again Shell (bash)`)
+    ///  1. Syntax mappings with [MappingTarget::MapTo] and [MappingTarget::MapToUnknown]
+    ///     (e.g. `/etc/profile` -> `Bourne Again Shell (bash)`)
     ///  2. The file name (e.g. `Dockerfile`)
-    ///  3. The file name extension (e.g. `.rs`)
+    ///  3. Syntax mappings with [MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown]
+    ///     (e.g. `*.conf`)
+    ///  4. The file name extension (e.g. `.rs`)
     ///
     /// When detecting syntax based on syntax mappings, the full path is taken
     /// into account. When detecting syntax based on file name, no regard is
@@ -165,9 +168,9 @@ impl HighlightingAssets {
     ///
     /// Returns [Error::UndetectedSyntax] if it was not possible detect syntax
     /// based on path/file name/extension (or if the path was mapped to
-    /// [MappingTarget::MapToUnknown]). In this case it is appropriate to fall
-    /// back to other methods to detect syntax. Such as using the contents of
-    /// the first line of the file.
+    /// [MappingTarget::MapToUnknown] or [MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown]).
+    /// In this case it is appropriate to fall back to other methods to detect
+    /// syntax. Such as using the contents of the first line of the file.
     ///
     /// Returns [Error::UnknownSyntax] if a syntax mapping exist, but the mapped
     /// syntax does not exist.
@@ -177,20 +180,31 @@ impl HighlightingAssets {
         mapping: &SyntaxMapping,
     ) -> Result<SyntaxReferenceInSet> {
         let path = path.as_ref();
-        match mapping.get_syntax_for(path) {
-            Some(MappingTarget::MapToUnknown) => {
-                Err(Error::UndetectedSyntax(path.to_string_lossy().into()))
-            }
 
-            Some(MappingTarget::MapTo(syntax_name)) => self
+        let syntax_match = mapping.get_syntax_for(path);
+
+        if let Some(MappingTarget::MapToUnknown) = syntax_match {
+            return Err(Error::UndetectedSyntax(path.to_string_lossy().into()));
+        }
+
+        if let Some(MappingTarget::MapTo(syntax_name)) = syntax_match {
+            return self
                 .find_syntax_by_name(syntax_name)?
-                .ok_or_else(|| Error::UnknownSyntax(syntax_name.to_owned())),
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::UnknownSyntax(syntax_name.to_owned()));
+        }
 
-            None => {
-                let file_name = path.file_name().unwrap_or_default();
-                self.get_extension_syntax(file_name)?
-                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::UndetectedSyntax(path.to_string_lossy().into()))
+        let file_name = path.file_name().unwrap_or_default();
+
+        match (self.get_syntax_for_file_name(file_name)?, syntax_match) {
+            (Some(syntax), _) => Ok(syntax),
+
+            (_, Some(MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown)) => {
+                Err(Error::UndetectedSyntax(path.to_string_lossy().into()))
             }
+
+            _ => self
+                .get_syntax_for_file_extension(file_name)?
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::UndetectedSyntax(path.to_string_lossy().into())),
         }
     }
 
@@ -263,14 +277,24 @@ impl HighlightingAssets {
             .map(|syntax| SyntaxReferenceInSet { syntax, syntax_set }))
     }
 
-    fn get_extension_syntax(&self, file_name: &OsStr) -> Result<Option<SyntaxReferenceInSet>> {
+    fn get_syntax_for_file_name(&self, file_name: &OsStr) -> Result<Option<SyntaxReferenceInSet>> {
         let mut syntax = self.find_syntax_by_extension(Some(file_name))?;
         if syntax.is_none() {
-            syntax = self.find_syntax_by_extension(Path::new(file_name).extension())?;
+            syntax = try_with_stripped_suffix(file_name, |stripped_file_name| {
+                self.get_syntax_for_file_name(stripped_file_name) // Note: recursion
+            })?;
         }
+        Ok(syntax)
+    }
+
+    fn get_syntax_for_file_extension(
+        &self,
+        file_name: &OsStr,
+    ) -> Result<Option<SyntaxReferenceInSet>> {
+        let mut syntax = self.find_syntax_by_extension(Path::new(file_name).extension())?;
         if syntax.is_none() {
             syntax = try_with_stripped_suffix(file_name, |stripped_file_name| {
-                self.get_extension_syntax(stripped_file_name) // Note: recursion
+                self.get_syntax_for_file_extension(stripped_file_name) // Note: recursion
             })?;
         }
         Ok(syntax)
@@ -530,6 +554,42 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(test.syntax_for_file("test.h"), "C");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn syntax_detection_with_extension_mapping_to_unknown() {
+        let mut test = SyntaxDetectionTest::new();
+
+        // Normally, a CMakeLists.txt file shall use the CMake syntax, even if it is
+        // a bash script in disguise
+        assert_eq!(
+            test.syntax_for_file_with_content("CMakeLists.txt", "#!/bin/bash"),
+            "CMake"
+        );
+
+        // Other .txt files shall use the Plain Text syntax
+        assert_eq!(
+            test.syntax_for_file_with_content("some-other.txt", "#!/bin/bash"),
+            "Plain Text"
+        );
+
+        // If we setup MapExtensionToUnknown on *.txt, the match on the full
+        // file name of "CMakeLists.txt" shall have higher prio, and CMake shall
+        // still be used for it
+        test.syntax_mapping
+            .insert("*.txt", MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown)
+            .ok();
+        assert_eq!(
+            test.syntax_for_file_with_content("CMakeLists.txt", "#!/bin/bash"),
+            "CMake"
+        );
+
+        // However, for *other* files with a .txt extension, first-line fallback
+        // shall now be used
+        assert_eq!(
+            test.syntax_for_file_with_content("some-other.txt", "#!/bin/bash"),
+            "Bourne Again Shell (bash)"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn syntax_detection_is_case_sensitive() {
         let mut test = SyntaxDetectionTest::new();

src/bin/bat/main.rs

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fn get_syntax_mapping_to_paths<'a>(
     for mapping in mappings {
         match mapping {
             (_, MappingTarget::MapToUnknown) => {}
+            (_, MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown) => {}
             (matcher, MappingTarget::MapTo(s)) => {
                 let globs = map.entry(*s).or_insert_with(Vec::new);
                 globs.push(matcher.glob().glob().into());

src/syntax_mapping.rs

@@ -6,8 +6,21 @@ use globset::{Candidate, GlobBuilder, GlobMatcher};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 pub enum MappingTarget<'a> {
+    /// For mapping a path to a specific syntax.
     MapTo(&'a str),
+
+    /// For mapping a path (typically an extension-less file name) to an unknown
+    /// syntax. This typically means later using the contents of the first line
+    /// of the file to determine what syntax to use.
     MapToUnknown,
+
+    /// For mapping a file extension (e.g. `*.conf`) to an unknown syntax. This
+    /// typically means later using the contents of the first line of the file
+    /// to determine what syntax to use. However, if a syntax handles a file
+    /// name that happens to have the given file extension (e.g. `resolv.conf`),
+    /// then that association will have higher precedence, and the mapping will
+    /// be ignored.
+    MapExtensionToUnknown,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
@@ -54,12 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> SyntaxMapping<'a> {
         // Nginx and Apache syntax files both want to style all ".conf" files
         // see #1131 and #1137
         mapping
-            .insert("*.conf", MappingTarget::MapToUnknown)
-            .unwrap();
-
-        // Re-insert a mapping for resolv.conf, see #1510
-        mapping
-            .insert("resolv.conf", MappingTarget::MapTo("resolv"))
+            .insert("*.conf", MappingTarget::MapExtensionToUnknown)
             .unwrap();
 
         for glob in &[