athityakumar / athityakumar/colorls
the default behavior issue for symbolic folders
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- Ruby
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Description
Hi. I've been enjoying `colorls` a lot. One inconvenient issue is for symbolic folders.
Let's say I have a physical (normal) folder, symbolic folder, and symbolic (but broken) folder.
I wish `colorls` could show proper coloring for symbolic links.
Here is an example. When I use `-l` option, I can check all the information.
But, without '-l' option, I can't distinguish if they were symbolic folders or just files.
When using `exa`, it delivers better information in a simple way.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the default output with a physical folder, a working symbolic folder, and a broken symbolic folder, then compare it with the `-l` output and the behavior shown for `exa`. Done means the default `colorls` output visibly distinguishes these symbolic-link cases through appropriate coloring.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100