Improve filtering of ANSI escape sequences in build logs

All ANSI sequences except color setting are now filtered out. In
particular, terminal resets (such as from NixOS VM tests) are filtered
out.

Also, fix the completely broken tab character handling.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/src/nix/progress-bar.cc b/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
index 252d12c5d..e6553c06f 100644
--- a/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
+++ b/src/nix/progress-bar.cc
@@ -23,44 +23,6 @@ static uint64_t getI(const std::vector<Logger::Field> & fields, size_t n)
     return fields[n].i;
 }
 
-/* Truncate a string to 'width' printable characters. ANSI escape
-   sequences are copied but not included in the character count. Also,
-   tabs are expanded to spaces. */
-static std::string ansiTruncate(const std::string & s, int width)
-{
-    if (width <= 0) return s;
-
-    std::string t;
-    size_t w = 0;
-    auto i = s.begin();
-
-    while (w < (size_t) width && i != s.end()) {
-        if (*i == '\e') {
-            t += *i++;
-            if (i != s.end() && *i == '[') {
-                t += *i++;
-                while (i != s.end() && (*i < 0x40 || *i > 0x7e)) {
-                    t += *i++;
-                }
-                if (i != s.end()) t += *i++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        else if (*i == '\t') {
-            t += ' '; w++;
-            while (w < (size_t) width && w & 8) {
-                t += ' '; w++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        else {
-            t += *i++; w++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return t;
-}
-
 class ProgressBar : public Logger
 {
 private:
@@ -343,7 +305,10 @@ public:
             }
         }
 
-        writeToStderr("\r" + ansiTruncate(line, getWindowSize().second) + "\e[K");
+        auto width = getWindowSize().second;
+        if (width <= 0) std::numeric_limits<decltype(width)>::max();
+
+        writeToStderr("\r" + filterANSIEscapes(line, width) + "\e[K");
     }
 
     std::string getStatus(State & state)