Colorize `format --diff` output

[MichaReiser]

Discussed in #9983

We should colorize the diff output (added and removed lines).

The relevant code is in

ruff/crates/ruff_linter/src/source_kind.rs

Lines 103 to 111 in a7d1f7e

	unified_diff.header(&fs::relativize_path(path), &fs::relativize_path(path));
	}
	unified_diff.to_writer(&mut *writer)?;
	writer.write_all(b"\n")?;
	writer.flush()?;
	Ok(())

We probably would need to extract the to_writer function and change it so that we set the right color depending on if it's an addition or deletion:

 let mut header = self.header.as_ref();
        for hunk in self.iter_hunks() {
            if let Some((old_file, new_file)) = header.take() {
                writeln!(w, "--- {}", old_file)?;  // <-- add color here
                writeln!(w, "+++ {}", new_file)?;
            }
            write!(w, "{}", hunk)?;
        }
        Ok(())

^{Originally posted by ssenior45 February 14, 2024}
If I run ruff check on a file then the output is colored which leads me to believe that my terminal is configured to display colored output from the tool correctly.

However when I run ruff format --diff the output is not colored. Is this expected? If so is there anything that can be done about it?

Thanks in advance.

[charliermarsh]

Def a good first issue!

[senadev42]

Hey @MichaReiser, I'm interested on working on this

Edit: But I've also noticed you tagged OP in the original discussion

[MichaReiser]

@senadev42 nice. I think the original OP doesn't mind if the feature gets implemented by someone else. I assign the issue to you. Let me know if you need any help.

Note: We use https://docs.rs/colored/latest/colored/ for colonizing the CLI output.

[ssenior45]

Just catching up with this now. Thanks for moving it to an issue. I would like to see this implemented and am more than happy for @senadev42 to work on it.

[MichaReiser]

@senadev42 is there something I can help you with or would you prefer if someone else takes a look at it?

[senadev42]

@MichaReiser Oh I've just been unexpectedly busy lately but I'm picking away at it, just kind of slowly since I assumed it wasn't an urgent/critical task.

I can let go if it is though, since I'm using this as an opportunity to dip my toes into rust.

[MichaReiser]

@senadev42 it's not urgent. I just wanted to make sure you've all you need :)

[senadev42]

Hey @MichaReiser

So I've made a draft PR at #10110 and I'd like some help interpreting why and how some of the tests are failing

[MichaReiser]

Closed by #10110