cargo fmt

build(deps): bump assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/VimL from `ee85822` to `fe5bf5e`

Cargo.lock

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "syntect",
  "tempfile",
  "terminal-colorsaurus",
- "thiserror 2.0.16",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "toml",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
@@ -177,18 +177,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08807e080ed7f9d5433fa9b275196cfc35414f66a0c79d864dc51a0d825231a3"
+checksum = "0700ddab506f33b20a03b13996eccd309a48e5ff77d0d95926aa0210fb4e95f1"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-vec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-vec"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e764a1d40d510daf35e07be9eb06e75770908c27d411ee6c92109c9840eaaf7"
+checksum = "349f9b6a179ed607305526ca489b34ad0a41aed5f7980fa90eb03160b69598fb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
@@ -374,7 +380,7 @@ version = "0.27.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f476fe445d41c9e991fd07515a6f463074b782242ccf4a5b7b1d1012e70824df"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "crossterm_winapi",
  "libc",
  "mio 0.8.11",
@@ -576,13 +582,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fancy-regex"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "998b056554fbe42e03ae0e152895cd1a7e1002aec800fdc6635d20270260c46f"
+checksum = "b95f7c0680e4142284cf8b22c14a476e87d61b004a3a0861872b32ef7ead40a2"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -672,7 +677,7 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fda788993cc341f69012feba8bf45c0ba4f3291fcc08e214b4d5a7332d88aff"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
@@ -1057,7 +1062,7 @@ version = "0.30.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74523f3a35e05aba87a1d978330aef40f67b0304ac79c1c00b294c9830543db6"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
@@ -1113,11 +1118,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "onig"
-version = "6.5.1"
+version = "6.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "336b9c63443aceef14bea841b899035ae3abe89b7c486aaf4c5bd8aafedac3f0"
+checksum = "8c4b31c8722ad9171c6d77d3557db078cab2bd50afcc9d09c8b315c59df8ca4f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
  "onig_sys",
@@ -1289,7 +1294,7 @@ version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03a862b389f93e68874fbf580b9de08dd02facb9a788ebadaf4a3fd33cf58834"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1336,7 +1341,7 @@ version = "0.38.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a78891ee6bf2340288408954ac787aa063d8e8817e9f53abb37c695c6d834ef6"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -1566,11 +1571,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syntect"
-version = "5.3.0"
+version = "5.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "656b45c05d95a5704399aeef6bd0ddec7b2b3531b7c9e900abbf7c4d2190c925"
+checksum = "874dcfa363995604333cf947ae9f751ca3af4522c60886774c4963943b4746b1"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "fancy-regex",
  "flate2",
  "fnv",
@@ -1581,7 +1587,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.16",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "walkdir",
  "yaml-rust",
 ]
@@ -1685,11 +1691,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.16"
+version = "2.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3467d614147380f2e4e374161426ff399c91084acd2363eaf549172b3d5e60c0"
+checksum = "d452f284b73e6d76dd36758a0c8684b1d5be31f92b89d07fd5822175732206fc"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl 2.0.16",
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1705,9 +1711,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.16"
+version = "2.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c5e1be1c48b9172ee610da68fd9cd2770e7a4056cb3fc98710ee6906f0c7960"
+checksum = "26afc1baea8a989337eeb52b6e72a039780ce45c3edfcc9c5b9d112feeb173c2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2263,7 +2269,7 @@ version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]

Cargo.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ exclude = ["assets/syntaxes/*", "assets/themes/*"]
 build = "build/main.rs"
 edition = '2021'
 # You are free to bump MSRV as soon as a reason for bumping emerges.
-rust-version = "1.79"
+rust-version = "1.74"
 
 [features]
 default = ["application"]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ optional = true
 default-features = false
 
 [dependencies.syntect]
-version = "5.3.0"
+version = "5.2.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["parsing"]
 

src/bin/bat/app.rs

@@ -57,15 +57,30 @@ impl App {
     }
 
     fn matches(interactive_output: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches> {
+        // Check if we should skip config file processing for special arguments
+        // that don't require full application setup (help, version, diagnostic)
+        let should_skip_config = wild::args_os().any(|arg| {
+            matches!(
+                arg.to_str(),
+                Some("-h" | "--help" | "-V" | "--version" | "--diagnostic" | "--diagnostics")
+            )
+        });
+
         let args = if wild::args_os().nth(1) == Some("cache".into()) {
             // Skip the config file and env vars
 
             wild::args_os().collect::<Vec<_>>()
-        } else if wild::args_os().any(|arg| arg == "--no-config") {
-            // Skip the arguments in bats config file
+        } else if wild::args_os().any(|arg| arg == "--no-config") || should_skip_config {
+            // Skip the arguments in bats config file when --no-config is present
+            // or when user requests help, version, or diagnostic information
 
             let mut cli_args = wild::args_os();
-            let mut args = get_args_from_env_vars();
+            let mut args = if should_skip_config {
+                // For special commands, don't even try to load env vars that might fail
+                vec![]
+            } else {
+                get_args_from_env_vars()
+            };
 
             // Put the zero-th CLI argument (program name) first
             args.insert(0, cli_args.next().unwrap());

tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -1286,6 +1286,83 @@ fn diagnostic_sanity_check() {
         .stderr("");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn help_works_with_invalid_config() {
+    let tmp_dir = tempdir().expect("can create temporary directory");
+    let tmp_config_path = tmp_dir.path().join("invalid-config.conf");
+
+    // Write an invalid config file
+    std::fs::write(&tmp_config_path, "--invalid-option").expect("can write config file");
+
+    // --help should work despite invalid config
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("--help")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains(
+            "A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting",
+        ));
+
+    // -h should also work
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("-h")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("A cat(1) clone with wings"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn version_works_with_invalid_config() {
+    let tmp_dir = tempdir().expect("can create temporary directory");
+    let tmp_config_path = tmp_dir.path().join("invalid-config.conf");
+
+    // Write an invalid config file
+    std::fs::write(&tmp_config_path, "--invalid-option").expect("can write config file");
+
+    // --version should work despite invalid config
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("--version")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("bat "));
+
+    // -V should also work
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("-V")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("bat "));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn diagnostic_works_with_invalid_config() {
+    let tmp_dir = tempdir().expect("can create temporary directory");
+    let tmp_config_path = tmp_dir.path().join("invalid-config.conf");
+
+    // Write an invalid config file
+    std::fs::write(&tmp_config_path, "--invalid-option").expect("can write config file");
+
+    // --diagnostic should work despite invalid config
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("--diagnostic")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("#### Software version"));
+
+    // --diagnostics (alias) should also work
+    bat_with_config()
+        .env("BAT_CONFIG_PATH", tmp_config_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        .arg("--diagnostics")
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(predicate::str::contains("#### Software version"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn config_location_test() {
     bat_with_config()