Make line limits cli configurable

doc/long-help.txt

@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ Options:
           escape sequences unless the syntax highlighting language is plain text. Possible values:
           auto, always, *never*.
 
+      --disable-line-limits
+          Disables all line limits. Short for `--soft-line-limit 0 --hard-line-limit 0`.
+
+      --soft-line-limit <BYTES>
+          Line length (in bytes) at which the line will be ignored. Zero disables this limit.
+          Default: 64 kB
+
+      --hard-line-limit <BYTES>
+          Line length (in bytes) at which bat will abort. Zero disables this limit.
+          Default: 256 kB
+
       --style <components>
           Configure which elements (line numbers, file headers, grid borders, Git modifications, ..)
           to display in addition to the file contents. The argument is a comma-separated list of

doc/short-help.txt

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Options:
           Display all supported highlighting themes.
   -s, --squeeze-blank
           Squeeze consecutive empty lines.
+      --disable-line-limits
+          Disables all line limits.
       --style <components>
           Comma-separated list of style elements to display (*default*, auto, full, plain, changes,
           header, header-filename, header-filesize, grid, rule, numbers, snip).

src/assets.rs

@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             let input = Input::ordinary_file(&file_path);
             let dummy_stdin: &[u8] = &[];
-            let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None).unwrap();
+            let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None, None, None).unwrap();
 
             self.get_syntax_name(None, &mut opened_input, &self.syntax_mapping)
         }
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ mod tests {
             let input = Input::from_reader(Box::new(BufReader::new(first_line.as_bytes())))
                 .with_name(Some(&file_path));
             let dummy_stdin: &[u8] = &[];
-            let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None).unwrap();
+            let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None, None, None).unwrap();
 
             self.get_syntax_name(None, &mut opened_input, &self.syntax_mapping)
         }
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         fn syntax_for_stdin_with_content(&self, file_name: &str, content: &[u8]) -> String {
             let input = Input::stdin().with_name(Some(file_name));
-            let mut opened_input = input.open(content, None).unwrap();
+            let mut opened_input = input.open(content, None, None, None).unwrap();
 
             self.get_syntax_name(None, &mut opened_input, &self.syntax_mapping)
         }
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let input = Input::ordinary_file(&file_path_symlink);
         let dummy_stdin: &[u8] = &[];
-        let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None).unwrap();
+        let mut opened_input = input.open(dummy_stdin, None, None, None).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
             test.get_syntax_name(None, &mut opened_input, &test.syntax_mapping),

src/bin/bat/app.rs

@@ -329,6 +329,18 @@ impl App {
             } else {
                 None
             },
+            soft_line_limit: self
+                .matches
+                .get_one::<usize>("soft-line-limit")
+                .copied()
+                .filter(|l| l != &0)
+                .filter(|_| !self.matches.get_flag("disable-line-limits")),
+            hard_line_limit: self
+                .matches
+                .get_one::<usize>("hard-line-limit")
+                .copied()
+                .filter(|l| l != &0)
+                .filter(|_| !self.matches.get_flag("disable-line-limits")),
         })
     }
 

src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs

@@ -463,6 +463,44 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> Command {
                 language is plain text. Possible values: auto, always, *never*.")
                 .hide_short_help(true)
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("disable-line-limits")
+                .long("disable-line-limits")
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                .overrides_with_all(["soft-line-limit", "hard-line-limit"])
+                .help("Disables all line limits.")
+                .long_help("Disables all line limits. Short for `--soft-line-limit 0 --hard-line-limit 0`.")
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("soft-line-limit")
+                .long("soft-line-limit")
+                .value_name("BYTES")
+                .value_parser(|s: &str| s.parse::<usize>())
+                .default_value("65536")
+                .overrides_with("disable-line-limits")
+                .long_help(
+                    "Line length (in bytes) at which the line will be ignored. \
+                     Zero disables this limit.\n\
+                     Default: 64 kB",
+                )
+                .hide_short_help(true)
+                .hide_default_value(true)
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("hard-line-limit")
+                .long("hard-line-limit")
+                .value_name("BYTES")
+                .value_parser(|s: &str| s.parse::<usize>())
+                .default_value("262144")
+                .overrides_with("disable-line-limits")
+                .long_help(
+                    "Line length (in bytes) at which bat will abort. \
+                     Zero disables this limit.\n\
+                     Default: 256 kB"
+                )
+                .hide_short_help(true)
+                .hide_default_value(true)
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::new("style")
                 .long("style")

src/config.rs

@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ pub struct Config<'a> {
 
     // Weather or not to set terminal title when using a pager
     pub strip_ansi: StripAnsiMode,
+
+    /// Line length (in bytes) at which a line of input will be ignored
+    pub soft_line_limit: Option<usize>,
+
+    /// Line length (in bytes) at which an error will be thrown
+    pub hard_line_limit: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "minimal-application", feature = "paging"))]

src/controller.rs

@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ impl<'b> Controller<'b> {
             }
 
             #[cfg(not(feature = "lessopen"))]
-            input.open(stdin, stdout_identifier)?
+            input.open(
+                stdin,
+                stdout_identifier,
+                self.config.soft_line_limit,
+                self.config.hard_line_limit,
+            )?
         };
         #[cfg(feature = "git")]
         let line_changes = if self.config.visible_lines.diff_mode()

src/input.rs

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
         self,
         stdin: R,
         stdout_identifier: Option<&Identifier>,
+        soft_limit: Option<usize>,
+        hard_limit: Option<usize>,
     ) -> Result<OpenedInput<'a>> {
         let description = self.description().clone();
         match self.kind {
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
                     kind: OpenedInputKind::StdIn,
                     description,
                     metadata: self.metadata,
-                    reader: InputReader::new(stdin),
+                    reader: InputReader::new(stdin, soft_limit, hard_limit),
                 })
             }
 
@@ -237,14 +239,14 @@ impl<'a> Input<'a> {
                         file = input_identifier.into_inner().expect("The file was lost in the clircle::Identifier, this should not have happened...");
                     }
 
-                    InputReader::new(BufReader::new(file))
+                    InputReader::new(BufReader::new(file), soft_limit, hard_limit)
                 },
             }),
             InputKind::CustomReader(reader) => Ok(OpenedInput {
                 description,
                 kind: OpenedInputKind::CustomReader,
                 metadata: self.metadata,
-                reader: InputReader::new(BufReader::new(reader)),
+                reader: InputReader::new(BufReader::new(reader), soft_limit, hard_limit),
             }),
         }
     }
@@ -257,9 +259,18 @@ pub(crate) struct InputReader<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> InputReader<'a> {
-    pub(crate) fn new<R: Read + 'a>(reader: R) -> InputReader<'a> {
+    pub(crate) fn new<R: Read + 'a>(
+        reader: R,
+        soft_limit: Option<usize>,
+        hard_limit: Option<usize>,
+    ) -> InputReader<'a> {
         let mut input_reader = InputReader {
-            inner: LimitBuf::new(reader, 4096, 1024 * 64, 1024 * 256),
+            inner: LimitBuf::new(
+                reader,
+                4096,
+                soft_limit.unwrap_or(usize::MAX),
+                hard_limit.unwrap_or(usize::MAX),
+            ),
             first_line: vec![],
             content_type: None,
         };
@@ -402,7 +413,7 @@ impl From<io::Error> for ReaderError {
 #[test]
 fn basic() {
     let content = b"#!/bin/bash\necho hello";
-    let mut reader = InputReader::new(&content[..]);
+    let mut reader = InputReader::new(&content[..], None, None);
 
     assert_eq!(b"#!/bin/bash\n", &reader.first_line[..]);
 
@@ -431,7 +442,7 @@ fn basic() {
 #[test]
 fn utf16le() {
     let content = b"\xFF\xFE\x73\x00\x0A\x00\x64\x00";
-    let mut reader = InputReader::new(&content[..]);
+    let mut reader = InputReader::new(&content[..], None, None);
 
     assert_eq!(b"\xFF\xFE\x73\x00\x0A\x00", &reader.first_line[..]);