trailofbits / trailofbits/graphtage

Chosen colourscheme is sometimes unreadable

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Description

If the terminal is using lighter shades of green or red, graphtage's change output can be hard to read because it outputs white text on top.

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A better default might be to output black text in those parts of the output. Ideally, this would be configurable.

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No file or test is named in the issue. Start by tracing graphtage's terminal change-output path and how it chooses foreground colors for green and red regions; done means light shades remain readable by default and the color choice can be configured.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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