build(infer): drop infer dependency and refactor code to a simpler heuristic (#58)

* build(infer): drop infer dependency and refactor code to a simpler heuristic

* Update changelog

---------

Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### 🚜 Refactor
 
-- *(picker)* Refactor picker logic and add tests for picker, cli and events
+- *(picker)* Refactor picker logic and add tests to picker, cli, and events (#57)
 
 ### 📚 Documentation
 
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Add readme version update to github actions (#55)
 
+### Build
+
+- *(infer)* Drop infer dependency and refactor code to a simpler heuristic
+
 ## [0.5.1] - 2024-11-20
 
 ### 📚 Documentation

Cargo.lock

@@ -264,12 +264,6 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8334215b81e418a0a7bdb8ef0849474f40bb10c8b71f1c4ed315cff49f32494d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -364,17 +358,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cfb"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d38f2da7a0a2c4ccf0065be06397cc26a81f4e528be095826eee9d4adbb8c60f"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "fnv",
- "uuid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1761,15 +1744,6 @@ version = "2.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b248f5224d1d606005e02c97f5aa4e88eeb230488bcc03bc9ca4d7991399f2b5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "infer"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc150e5ce2330295b8616ce0e3f53250e53af31759a9dbedad1621ba29151847"
-dependencies = [
- "cfb",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "instability"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -2889,7 +2863,6 @@ version = "0.0.5"
 dependencies = [
  "color-eyre",
  "devicons",
- "infer",
  "parking_lot",
  "syntect",
  "television-channels",
@@ -2908,7 +2881,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "directories",
  "gag",
  "ignore",
- "infer",
  "lazy_static",
  "syntect",
  "tracing",

crates/television-channels/src/channels/text.rs

@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{atomic::AtomicUsize, Arc},
 };
 use television_fuzzy::matcher::{config::Config, injector::Injector, Matcher};
-use television_utils::files::{
-    is_not_text, walk_builder, DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS,
-};
+use television_utils::files::{walk_builder, DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS};
 use television_utils::strings::{
     preprocess_line, proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters,
     PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD,
@@ -298,7 +296,6 @@ fn try_inject_lines(
             match reader.read(&mut buffer) {
                 Ok(bytes_read) => {
                     if (bytes_read == 0)
-                        || is_not_text(&buffer).unwrap_or(false)
                         || proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters(&buffer)
                             < PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD
                     {

crates/television-previewers/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ tokio = "1.41.1"
 termtree = "0.5.1"
 devicons = "0.6.11"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
-infer = "0.16.0"
 

crates/television-previewers/src/previewers/files.rs

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use color_eyre::Result;
 //use ratatui_image::picker::Picker;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Seek};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Seek};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use syntect::{
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ use tracing::{debug, warn};
 use super::cache::PreviewCache;
 use crate::previewers::{meta, Preview, PreviewContent};
 use television_channels::entry;
+use television_utils::files::get_file_size;
 use television_utils::files::FileType;
-use television_utils::files::{get_file_size, is_known_text_extension};
-use television_utils::strings::{
-    preprocess_line, proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters,
-    PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD,
-};
+use television_utils::strings::preprocess_line;
 use television_utils::syntax::{
     self, load_highlighting_assets, HighlightingAssetsExt,
 };
@@ -69,6 +66,10 @@ impl FilePreviewer {
         }
     }
 
+    /// The maximum file size that we will try to preview.
+    /// 4 MB
+    const MAX_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+
     /// Get a preview for a file entry.
     ///
     /// # Panics
@@ -93,53 +94,32 @@ impl FilePreviewer {
 
         // try to determine file type
         debug!("Computing preview for {:?}", entry.name);
-        match self.get_file_type(&path_buf) {
-            FileType::Text => {
-                match File::open(&path_buf) {
-                    Ok(file) => {
-                        // insert a loading preview into the cache
-                        let preview = meta::loading(&entry.name);
-                        self.cache_preview(
-                            entry.name.clone(),
-                            preview.clone(),
-                        );
+        if let FileType::Text = FileType::from(&path_buf) {
+            debug!("File is text-based: {:?}", entry.name);
+            match File::open(&path_buf) {
+                Ok(file) => {
+                    // insert a loading preview into the cache
+                    let preview = meta::loading(&entry.name);
+                    self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), preview.clone());
 
-                        // compute the highlighted version in the background
-                        let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
-                        reader.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
-                        self.compute_highlighted_text_preview(entry, reader);
-                        preview
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        warn!("Error opening file: {:?}", e);
-                        let p = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
-                        self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), p.clone());
-                        p
-                    }
+                    // compute the highlighted version in the background
+                    let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+                    reader.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+                    self.compute_highlighted_text_preview(entry, reader);
+                    preview
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("Error opening file: {:?}", e);
+                    let p = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
+                    self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), p.clone());
+                    p
                 }
             }
-            FileType::Image => {
-                debug!("Previewing image file: {:?}", entry.name);
-                // insert a loading preview into the cache
-                //let preview = loading(&entry.name);
-                let preview = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
-                self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), preview.clone());
-                //// compute the image preview in the background
-                //self.compute_image_preview(entry).await;
-                preview
-            }
-            FileType::Other => {
-                debug!("Previewing other file: {:?}", entry.name);
-                let preview = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
-                self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), preview.clone());
-                preview
-            }
-            FileType::Unknown => {
-                debug!("Unknown file type: {:?}", entry.name);
-                let preview = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
-                self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), preview.clone());
-                preview
-            }
+        } else {
+            debug!("File isn't text-based: {:?}", entry.name);
+            let preview = meta::not_supported(&entry.name);
+            self.cache_preview(entry.name.clone(), preview.clone());
+            preview
         }
     }
 
@@ -218,48 +198,6 @@ impl FilePreviewer {
         });
     }
 
-    /// The maximum file size that we will try to preview.
-    /// 4 MB
-    const MAX_FILE_SIZE: u64 = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
-
-    fn get_file_type(&self, path: &Path) -> FileType {
-        debug!("Getting file type for {:?}", path);
-        let mut file_type = match infer::get_from_path(path) {
-            Ok(Some(t)) => {
-                let mime_type = t.mime_type();
-                if mime_type.contains("image") {
-                    FileType::Image
-                } else if mime_type.contains("text") {
-                    FileType::Text
-                } else {
-                    FileType::Other
-                }
-            }
-            _ => FileType::Unknown,
-        };
-
-        // if the file type is unknown, try to determine it from the extension or the content
-        if matches!(file_type, FileType::Unknown) {
-            if is_known_text_extension(path) {
-                file_type = FileType::Text;
-            } else if let Ok(mut f) = File::open(path) {
-                let mut buffer = [0u8; 256];
-                if let Ok(bytes_read) = f.read(&mut buffer) {
-                    if bytes_read > 0
-                        && proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters(
-                            &buffer[..bytes_read],
-                        ) > PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD
-                    {
-                        file_type = FileType::Text;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        debug!("File type for {:?}: {:?}", path, file_type);
-
-        file_type
-    }
-
     fn cache_preview(&mut self, key: String, preview: Arc<Preview>) {
         self.cache.lock().insert(key, preview);
     }

crates/television-utils/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 ignore = "0.4.23"
-infer = "0.16.0"
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"

crates/television-utils/src/files.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, path::PathBuf};
 
 use ignore::{overrides::Override, types::TypesBuilder, WalkBuilder};
-use infer::Infer;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use tracing::debug;
+use tracing::{debug, warn};
 
+use crate::strings::{
+    proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters, PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD,
+};
 use crate::threads::default_num_threads;
 
 lazy_static::lazy_static! {
@@ -51,34 +56,44 @@ pub fn get_file_size(path: &Path) -> Option<u64> {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum FileType {
     Text,
-    Image,
     Other,
     Unknown,
 }
 
-pub fn is_not_text(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<bool> {
-    let infer = Infer::new();
-    match infer.get(bytes) {
-        Some(t) => {
-            let mime_type = t.mime_type();
-            if mime_type.contains("image")
-                || mime_type.contains("video")
-                || mime_type.contains("audio")
-                || mime_type.contains("archive")
-                || mime_type.contains("book")
-                || mime_type.contains("font")
-            {
-                Some(true)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
+impl<P> From<P> for FileType
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path> + Debug,
+{
+    fn from(path: P) -> Self {
+        debug!("Getting file type for {:?}", path);
+        let p = path.as_ref();
+        if is_known_text_extension(p) {
+            return FileType::Text;
         }
-        None => None,
+        if let Ok(mut f) = File::open(p) {
+            let mut buffer = [0u8; 256];
+            if let Ok(bytes_read) = f.read(&mut buffer) {
+                if bytes_read > 0
+                    && proportion_of_printable_ascii_characters(
+                        &buffer[..bytes_read],
+                    ) > PRINTABLE_ASCII_THRESHOLD
+                {
+                    return FileType::Text;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            warn!("Error opening file: {:?}", path);
+        }
+        FileType::Other
     }
 }
 
-pub fn is_known_text_extension(path: &Path) -> bool {
-    path.extension()
+pub fn is_known_text_extension<P>(path: P) -> bool
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    path.as_ref()
+        .extension()
         .and_then(|ext| ext.to_str())
         .is_some_and(|ext| KNOWN_TEXT_FILE_EXTENSIONS.contains(ext))
 }