Add ability to configure branch color patterns

docs/Config.md

@@ -832,14 +832,17 @@ gui:
 
 ## Custom Branch Color
 
-You can customize the color of branches based on the branch prefix:
+You can customize the color of branches based on branch patterns (regular expressions):
 
 ```yaml
 gui:
-  branchColors:
-    'docs': '#11aaff' # use a light blue for branches beginning with 'docs/'
+  branchColorPatterns:
+    '^docs/': '#11aaff' # use a light blue for branches beginning with 'docs/'
+    'ISSUE-\d+': '#ff5733' # use a bright orange for branches containing 'ISSUE-<some-number>'
 ```
 
+Note that the regular expressions are not implicitly anchored to the beginning/end of the branch name. If you want to do that, add leading `^` and/or trailing `$` as needed.
+
 ## Example Coloring
 
 ![border example](../../assets/colored-border-example.png)

pkg/config/user_config.go

@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ type GuiConfig struct {
 	// See https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Config.md#custom-author-color
 	AuthorColors map[string]string `yaml:"authorColors"`
 	// See https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Config.md#custom-branch-color
+	// Deprecated: use branchColorPatterns instead
 	BranchColors map[string]string `yaml:"branchColors"`
+	// See https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Config.md#custom-branch-color
+	BranchColorPatterns map[string]string `yaml:"branchColorPatterns"`
 	// The number of lines you scroll by when scrolling the main window
 	ScrollHeight int `yaml:"scrollHeight" jsonschema:"minimum=1"`
 	// If true, allow scrolling past the bottom of the content in the main window

pkg/gui/gui.go

@@ -455,7 +455,13 @@ func (gui *Gui) onUserConfigLoaded() error {
 	} else if userConfig.Gui.ShowIcons {
 		icons.SetNerdFontsVersion("2")
 	}
-	presentation.SetCustomBranches(userConfig.Gui.BranchColors)
+
+	if len(userConfig.Gui.BranchColorPatterns) > 0 {
+		presentation.SetCustomBranches(userConfig.Gui.BranchColorPatterns, true)
+	} else {
+		// The alternative is to match on branch types with the branchColors config which will be deprecated in the future
+		presentation.SetCustomBranches(userConfig.Gui.BranchColors, false)
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }

pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package presentation
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
-var branchPrefixColorCache = make(map[string]style.TextStyle)
+type colorMatcher struct {
+	patterns map[string]style.TextStyle
+	isRegex  bool // NOTE: this value is needed only until branchColors is deprecated and only regex color patterns are used
+}
+
+var colorPatterns *colorMatcher
 
 func GetBranchListDisplayStrings(
 	branches []*models.Branch,
@@ -125,15 +131,31 @@ func getBranchDisplayStrings(
 
 // GetBranchTextStyle branch color
 func GetBranchTextStyle(name string) style.TextStyle {
-	branchType := strings.Split(name, "/")[0]
-
-	if value, ok := branchPrefixColorCache[branchType]; ok {
-		return value
+	if style, ok := colorPatterns.match(name); ok {
+		return *style
 	}
 
 	return theme.DefaultTextColor
 }
 
+func (m *colorMatcher) match(name string) (*style.TextStyle, bool) {
+	if m.isRegex {
+		for pattern, style := range m.patterns {
+			if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(pattern, name); matched {
+				return &style, true
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		// old behavior using the deprecated branchColors behavior matching on branch type
+		branchType := strings.Split(name, "/")[0]
+		if value, ok := m.patterns[branchType]; ok {
+			return &value, true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, false
+}
+
 func BranchStatus(
 	branch *models.Branch,
 	itemOperation types.ItemOperation,
@@ -180,6 +202,9 @@ func BranchStatus(
 	return result
 }
 
-func SetCustomBranches(customBranchColors map[string]string) {
-	branchPrefixColorCache = utils.SetCustomColors(customBranchColors)
+func SetCustomBranches(customBranchColors map[string]string, isRegex bool) {
+	colorPatterns = &colorMatcher{
+		patterns: utils.SetCustomColors(customBranchColors),
+		isRegex:  isRegex,
+	}
 }

pkg/gui/presentation/branches_test.go

@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ func Test_getBranchDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	defer color.ForceSetColorLevel(oldColorLevel)
 
 	c := utils.NewDummyCommon()
+	SetCustomBranches(c.UserConfig().Gui.BranchColorPatterns, true)
 
 	for i, s := range scenarios {
 		icons.SetNerdFontsVersion(lo.Ternary(s.useIcons, "3", ""))

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -2006,6 +2006,8 @@ keybinding:
 gui:
   filterMode: 'fuzzy'
 	  `,
+			"0.44.0": `- The gui.branchColors config option is deprecated; it will be removed in a future version. Please use gui.branchColorPatterns instead.
+- The automatic coloring of branches starting with "feature/", "bugfix/", or "hotfix/" has been removed; if you want this, it's easy to set up using the new gui.branchColorPatterns option.`,
 		},
 	}
 }

schema/config.json

@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
           "description": "See https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Config.md#custom-author-color"
         },
         "branchColors": {
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": "object",
+          "description": "See https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/blob/master/docs/Config.md#custom-branch-color\nDeprecated: use branchColorPatterns instead"
+        },
+        "branchColorPatterns": {
           "additionalProperties": {
             "type": "string"
           },