ogham/exa

Users can now view Git status information (e.g. modified, unmerged, ignored) for files and directories, and on macOS and Linux, view extended file attributes. The Git feature is conditionally compiled via a 'git' feature flag, while xattr support is enabled on macOS and Linux systems.

src/fs/feature · high confidence

Users of the fish shell will now receive command-line completions for the exa utility, including options for display modes, sorting, and long-view metadata. This adds the \completions/fish/exa.fish\ script to provide tab-completion for flags like \--color\, \--sort\, and \--time-style\.

completions/fish · high confidence

A new zsh completion script (\_exa) has been added to provide command-line argument completion for the exa utility. This enables users to receive autocompletion suggestions for exa's various flags and options, such as --color, --long, and --sort, improving the interactive shell experience.

completions/zsh · high confidence

The application now includes a dedicated logger module that configures the \log\ crate's verbosity based on the \EXA\_DEBUG\ environment variable. Debug and trace messages are printed to stderr with color-coded level indicators, allowing users to enable detailed diagnostic output for troubleshooting.

src · high confidence

Added a suite of shell scripts in the devtools directory to streamline the Vagrant-based development workflow. This includes helper scripts for managing the environment (dev-set-up-environment.sh, dev-fixtures.sh), convenience commands for building and running exa in debug or release modes (dev-run-debug.sh, dev-run-release.sh), and automated packaging scripts for Linux and macOS that build, strip, and zip the binaries. The devtools directory also now includes a README, a help display script (dev-help.sh), and a version display script (dev-versions.sh) to improve the developer experience.

devtools · high confidence

The project has been modernized with a new Rust toolchain (1.66.1) and a Justfile to replace the previous Makefile, streamlining build, test, and release workflows. A build.rs script was added to generate version strings and handle compilation-time metadata. The repository also introduces a Vagrantfile to standardize the development environment, updates .gitignore to exclude build artifacts and Vagrant state, and updates the license to MIT. Additionally, the legacy colours.rs and exa.rs source files were removed, indicating a significant refactoring of the codebase structure.

(repo-wide) · high confidence

The command-line argument parsing has been restructured into a new modular system within the \src/options\ directory. This introduces a dedicated parser that supports both strict mode (which errors on conflicts, duplicates, or useless options) and a legacy mode that allows later arguments to override earlier ones. The refactoring extracts specific option groups—such as directory actions, file filtering, sorting, and themeing—into separate modules (\dir\_action.rs\, \filter.rs\, \theme.rs\, etc.), each with their own \deduce\ logic. This change improves error reporting for invalid or conflicting flags and provides a more robust foundation for future CLI features.

src/options · high confidence

The \src/fs\ module has been reorganized into distinct files: \dir.rs\ (directory handling), \file.rs\ (file metadata and properties), \fields.rs\ (wrapper types for display), \filter.rs\ (filtering and sorting logic), and \dir\_action.rs\ (directory traversal modes). This structural change improves code maintainability and separates concerns within the file system abstraction layer.

src/fs · high confidence

The output rendering logic has been reorganized into separate modules for each view (details, grid, lines, tree) and supporting types (cell, escape, icons, time, table). This structural change improves code maintainability and separation of concerns, allowing each view to manage its own rendering logic and state without tightly coupling to the main output module.

src/output · high confidence

The file-type detection logic has been extracted from the filesystem module into a new \info\ module, providing a centralized place for business rules about file extensions and names. This change introduces \FileExtensions\ to handle all file-type checks (image, video, compressed, etc.) and applies consistent color styling and icons based on these types. The \sources.rs\ file adds logic to identify compiled files by checking for corresponding source files (e.g., highlighting \foo.js\ if \foo.coffee\ exists).

src/info · medium confidence

The application's color and style configuration has been restructured into a new modular theme system. Users can now customize the appearance of file listings, permissions, sizes, users, links, and Git status through a dedicated \EXA\_COLORS\ environment variable, which maps specific UI elements to ANSI styles. Additionally, the system supports the standard \LS\_COLORS\ variable for file kinds, allowing for more granular control over how different file types and metadata are displayed in the terminal.

src/theme · medium confidence

The Bash completion script for exa has been updated to provide more accurate command-line suggestions. Specifically, it now correctly handles the --colour flag, adds support for short flags, and fixes previously broken flag completions. The script also dynamically parses help output to ensure short and long options are suggested correctly, including filtering out color-related flags that were previously not parsed correctly.

completions/bash · medium confidence

The rendering logic for file attributes has been reorganized into a new \src/output/render\ module, with each field type (blocks, filetype, git status, groups, inode, links, octal permissions, permissions, size, times, and users) now handled by its own dedicated module. This change introduces a \Colours\ trait for each field, allowing users to customize the color and style of each column independently. The \render\ methods in these modules handle the conversion of internal field data into styled text cells, supporting both Unix and Windows-specific rendering paths where applicable.

src/output/render · high confidence

Added comprehensive extended tests for exa's output and behavior; Updated and added integration test outputs for file listing, attributes, dates, and error handling.

The project's Cargo.lock and Cargo.toml have been updated to use newer versions of several dependencies, including ansi\_term, datetime, git2, and users. This ensures the build uses the latest compatible versions of these libraries, which may include bug fixes, performance improvements, or compatibility updates for the Rust 2021 edition.

(dependencies) · high confidence

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• CAI 51 → 63 (+12.0)
• Rubric changed (rubric-2026.08.15 → rubric-2026.09.15) — scores are not directly comparable.

• Code Health 100 → 90 (-9.9)
• Architecture 100 (new)
• Maturity 57 → 50 (-6.9)
• Readiness 30 → 58 (+28.1)
• Security 85 → 85 (-0.4)
• Domain Modelling 100 (new)

• Dimension evaluation failed
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• No automated tests
• No exposed public API
• No tests found
• Test reliability not included

• Args::parse (cognitive 70) (src/options/parser.rs)
• Args::parse (cyclomatic 23) (src/options/parser.rs)
• Critical CVE: [GHSA redacted] (Cargo.lock)
• Dormant codebase
• Duplicated block (10 lines × 2) (src/output/time.rs)
• Duplicated block (13 lines × 2) (src/output/details.rs)
• Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) (src/main.rs)
• Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) (src/output/details.rs)
• Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) (src/fs/file.rs)
• Exa::print_dirs (cognitive 31) (src/main.rs)
• FileName::paint (cognitive 34) (src/output/file_name.rs)
• FileName::paint (cyclomatic 18) (src/output/file_name.rs)
• Files::next_visible_file (cognitive 18) (src/fs/dir.rs)
• High CVE: [GHSA redacted] (Cargo.lock)
• High vulnerability: [GHSA redacted] (Cargo.lock)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• High: security finding (details withheld)
• Medium CVE: [GHSA redacted] (Cargo.lock)
• Medium CVE: [GHSA redacted] (Cargo.lock)
• …and 36 more

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