# bat v0.23.0

- Product: bat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat)
- Vendor: David Peter
- Date: 2023-03-25
- Version: v0.23.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.23.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat/releases/v0.23.0

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- **added** — Implement `-S` and `--chop-long-lines` flags as aliases for `--wrap=never`
- **changed** — Environment variables can now override config file settings, with command-line arguments still having the highest precedence
- **added** — Implement `--nonprintable-notation=caret` to support showing non-printable characters using caret notation
- **fixed** — Fix `bat cache --clear` not clearing the `--target` dir if specified
- **changed** — Various bash completion improvements
- **changed** — Disable completion of `cache` subcommand
- **changed** — Significantly improve startup performance on macOS
- **changed** — Bump MSRV to 1.62
- **added** — Add support for Ada syntax
- **added** — Add `todo.txt` syntax
- **changed** — Improve Manpage.sublime-syntax
- **added** — Add a new `requirements.txt` syntax
- **added** — Add a new VimHelp syntax
- **changed** — Associate `pdm.lock` with `TOML` syntax
- **fixed** — Fix highlighting of contexts and projects at beginning of done.txt
- **changed** — Overhaul `cmd-help` scope names and improve syntax
- **added** — Add support for Crontab syntax

##### Features

- Implemented `-S` and `--chop-long-lines` flags as aliases for `--wrap=never`. See #2309 (@johnmatthiggins)
- Breaking change: Environment variables can now override config file settings (but command-line arguments still have the highest precedence), see #1152, #1281, and #2381 (@aaronkollasch)
- Implemented `--nonprintable-notation=caret` to support showing non-printable characters using caret notation. See #2429 (@einfachIrgendwer0815)

##### Bugfixes

- Fix `bat cache --clear` not clearing the `--target` dir if specified. See #2393 (@miles170)

##### Other

- Various bash completion improvements, see #2310 (@scop)
- Disable completion of `cache` subcommand, see #2399 (@cyqsimon)
- Signifigantly improve startup performance on macOS, see #2442 (@BlackHoleFox)
- Bump MSRV to 1.62, see #2496 (@Enselic)

##### Syntaxes

- Added support for Ada, see #1300 and #2316 (@dkm)
- Added `todo.txt` syntax, see #2375 (@BANOnotIT)
- Improve Manpage.sublime-syntax. See #2364 (@Freed-Wu) and #2461 (@keith-hall)
- Added a new `requirements.txt` syntax, see #2361 (@Freed-Wu)
- Added a new VimHelp syntax, see #2366 (@Freed-Wu)
- Associate `pdm.lock` with `TOML` syntax, see #2410
- `Todo.txt`: Fix highlighting of contexts and projects at beginning of done.txt, see #2411
- `cmd-help`: overhaul scope names (colors) to improve theme support; misc syntax improvements. See #2419 (@victor-gp)
- Added support for Crontab, see #2509 (@keith-hall)