Merge branch 'master' into master

src/bin/bat/app.rs

@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ impl App {
                         Some("character") => WrappingMode::Character,
                         Some("never") => WrappingMode::NoWrapping(true),
                         Some("auto") | None => {
-                            if style_components.plain() {
+                            if style_components.plain() && maybe_term_width.is_none() {
                                 WrappingMode::NoWrapping(false)
                             } else {
                                 WrappingMode::Character
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ impl App {
                 Some("auto") => StripAnsiMode::Auto,
                 _ => unreachable!("other values for --strip-ansi are not allowed"),
             },
+            quiet_empty: self.matches.get_flag("quiet-empty"),
             theme: theme(self.theme_options()).to_string(),
             visible_lines: match self.matches.try_contains_id("diff").unwrap_or_default()
                 && self.matches.get_flag("diff")

src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs

@@ -643,6 +643,18 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
                 .hide_short_help(true)
                 .help("Show diagnostic information for bug reports."),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("quiet-empty")
+                .long("quiet-empty")
+                .short('E')
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                .help("Produce no output when the input is empty.")
+                .long_help(
+                    "When this flag is set, bat will produce no output at all when \
+                     the input is empty. This is useful when piping commands that may \
+                     produce empty output, like 'git diff'.",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("acknowledgements")
                 .long("acknowledgements")

src/config.rs

@@ -99,14 +99,17 @@ pub struct Config<'a> {
     #[cfg(feature = "lessopen")]
     pub use_lessopen: bool,
 
-    // Weather or not to set terminal title when using a pager
+    // Whether or not to set terminal title when using a pager
     pub set_terminal_title: bool,
 
     /// The maximum number of consecutive empty lines to display
     pub squeeze_lines: Option<usize>,
 
-    // Weather or not to set terminal title when using a pager
+    // Whether or not to strip ANSI escape codes from the input
     pub strip_ansi: StripAnsiMode,
+
+    /// Whether or not to produce no output when input is empty
+    pub quiet_empty: bool,
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "minimal-application", feature = "paging"))]

src/printer.rs

@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ impl Printer for InteractivePrinter<'_> {
         input: &OpenedInput,
         add_header_padding: bool,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        // If input is empty and quiet_empty is enabled, skip all output
+        if self.content_type.is_none() && self.config.quiet_empty {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         if add_header_padding && self.config.style_components.rule() {
             self.print_horizontal_line_term(handle, self.colors.rule)?;
         }
@@ -556,6 +561,11 @@ impl Printer for InteractivePrinter<'_> {
     }
 
     fn print_footer(&mut self, handle: &mut OutputHandle, _input: &OpenedInput) -> Result<()> {
+        // If input is empty and quiet_empty is enabled, skip footer
+        if self.content_type.is_none() && self.config.quiet_empty {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
         if self.config.style_components.grid()
             && (self.content_type.is_some_and(|c| c.is_text())
                 || self.config.show_nonprintable