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feat: implement --unbuffered mode for streaming input (#3555)

Repurpose the existing --unbuffered/-u flag (previously a POSIX no-op)
to enable unbuffered input reading using fill_buf()/consume() instead
of read_until(b'\n'). This allows partial lines to display immediately
when piping streaming input like `tail -f` into bat.

- Add unbuffered field to Config and InputReader
- Add read_line_unbuffered() using BufRead::fill_buf()/consume()
- Add flush() to OutputHandle, called after each line in unbuffered mode
- Auto-disable line numbers in unbuffered mode to avoid partial line confusion
- Update help text, man page, and shell completions
- Add unit tests and integration tests
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mainnebula
2026-02-11 23:13:20 -05:00
parent cb8b637574
commit 167dda63a8
14 changed files with 183 additions and 12 deletions
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@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ impl App {
_ => unreachable!("other values for --strip-ansi are not allowed"),
},
quiet_empty: self.matches.get_flag("quiet-empty"),
unbuffered: self.matches.get_flag("unbuffered"),
theme: theme(self.theme_options()).to_string(),
visible_lines: match self.matches.try_contains_id("diff").unwrap_or_default()
&& self.matches.get_flag("diff")
@@ -619,6 +620,11 @@ impl App {
bat_warning!("Style 'rule' is a subset of style 'grid', 'rule' will not be visible.");
}
// Auto-disable line numbers in unbuffered mode to avoid confusion with partial lines
if self.matches.get_flag("unbuffered") {
styled_components.0.remove(&StyleComponent::LineNumbers);
}
Ok(styled_components)
}