bat

Summary

Installs the bat binary (a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration) from a GitHub release, making it available on $PATH via an lbin shim.

Syntax / Usage

zi for \
    from'gh-r' \
    lbin'!' \
    id-as \
    null \
  @sharkdp/bat

Details

• from'gh-r' — downloads the release archive from GitHub Releases.
• lbin'!' — installs a lazy binary shim for the extracted bat binary (requires zinit-annex-bin-gem-node). The ! flag causes the shim name to be derived automatically from the binary name.
• id-as — uses the repository name as the plugin ID (no explicit alias needed).
• null — disables sourcing of any .zsh script and suppresses completion installation; used when only a binary is needed.

The annex zdharma-continuum/zinit-annex-bin-gem-node must be loaded before this recipe.

Examples

# prerequisite — load once at the top of .zshrc
zinit light-mode for zdharma-continuum/zinit-annex-bin-gem-node

zi for \
    from'gh-r' \
    lbin'!' \
    id-as \
    null \
  @sharkdp/bat