Canop/broot v1.60.0

broot v1.60.0

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Major Feature: preview wrapping

By default, long lines in preview are now wrapped.
This impacts text previews, with or without syntactic coloring, unified diffs, and TTY previews
This can be toogled with :toggle_preview_wrap (shortcut :wrap), and wrap_previews: false in the conf disables it on start

Major Feature: git diff preview, and many git related enhancements

The libgit2 library has been replaced by gix. With this change, broot becomes pure Rust, which simplifies compilation (no C compiler needed anymore).
A unified diff preview is now the default preview of a file with a git change (modified, staged, added, renamed or in conflict) when git statuses are displayed. :preview_diff shows it for any file.

Best way to try: in a repo with changes, do br -dgg

• tab and shift-tab navigate between git-interesting files and diff chunks just like for content search matches
• ctrl-→ opens the file at the selected chunk, and ctrl-← brings you back to the diff
• new skin entries: diff_added, diff_removed, diff_line_number
• in detached HEAD state, the status line shows the short commit id instead of HEAD
• git status: staged files are shown (A added, S staged modification, R renamed); new git_status_staged skin entry
• git status of a subdirectory of a big repository is computed on that subdirectory only, which is faster
• git status: an untracked directory gets the N mark too
• the status line shows how many commits the branch is ahead (↑) or behind (↓) its upstream
• {git-root} and {git-name} now work when the selection is a file
• alt-g toggles the git status filter (:toggle_git_status). Status line suggests using it in git repo.
• -gg shows only the files with a git status (same as --git-status), -G removes one level of git information
• the Kitty keyboard protocol is now used by default when the terminal supports it, which notably makes alt combinations work on macOS terminals; multi-key combinations without modifier still need enable_kitty_keyboard: true - I'll watch this as this may have unwanted effects, like time related difficulty for some combinations - feedback welcome

Other Changes

• fix panic when previewing an image with 16 bits per channel, or HDR - Fix #1209
• alt-arrows are bound like ctrl-arrows (panels, root up/down), as macOS captures ctrl-arrows; hints and help show the alt ones on macOS
• arrow keys scroll the tty preview
• :select_last goes to the end of a directory preview
• the tty preview shows its line count
• :preview_auto cancels the effect of eg :preview_text, going back to automatically choosing the preview mode