[Question]: Parsing for git support

[aarondill]

What's the recommended way to test (in a shell) for git support.

> eza --version
eza - A modern, maintained replacement for ls
v0.10.4 [+git]
https://github.com/cafkafk/eza
> eza --version | head -n2 | tail -n1 | grep -qF '[+git]'
> eza --version | grep -qF '[+git]'

Can you be guaranteed the features will always be on the second line?
Will the git feature always be '[+git]' or '[-git]'?
Should I instead search for '+git'?

[aarondill]

Some context: I'd like to use this to set up my alias to call e[xz]a --git if support is enabled, otherwise just e[xz]a ... [other opts], to avoid the "feature disabled" error

exa: Options --git and --git-ignore can't be used because `git` feature was disabled in this build of exa

[cafkafk]

Some context: I'd like to use this to set up my alias to call e[xz]a --git if support is enabled, otherwise just e[xz]a ... [other opts], to avoid the "feature disabled" error

I cannot promise this will never change, but this may work for your use case:

eza --version | grep '\[+git\]' -o && eza -l --git || eza -l

Can you see if this works for you?

[cafkafk]

Of course, you should be able to add any options you like to either of those