fix: address verified review findings (terminal-output-1)

Signed-off-by: bircni <bircni@icloud.com>

internal/app/action_runs.go

@@ -382,9 +382,9 @@ func runRecord(run services.Run, d terminal.Display, now time.Time) string {
 		{Label: "Event", Value: run.Event},
 		{Label: "Actor", Value: run.Actor},
 		{Label: "Attempt", Value: strconv.FormatInt(run.Attempt, 10)},
-		{Label: "Created_at", Value: run.CreatedAt},
+		{Label: "Created_at", Value: pipedTime(run.CreatedAt)},
-		{Label: "Started_at", Value: optional(run.StartedAt)},
+		{Label: "Started_at", Value: pipedTime(optional(run.StartedAt))},
-		{Label: "Completed_at", Value: optional(run.CompletedAt)},
+		{Label: "Completed_at", Value: pipedTime(optional(run.CompletedAt))},
 		{Label: "Elapsed", Value: runElapsedText(run.StartedAt, run.CompletedAt, now)},
 	}
 	rows := make([][]terminal.Cell, len(run.Jobs))

internal/app/admin_users.go

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ $ tea admin user view bob --json email,admin`,
 				return terminal.View{
 					Title: user.Username, ID: fmt.Sprintf("(ID %d)", user.ID), Badges: []terminal.Cell{role, status}, Meta: meta,
 					Fields: []terminal.Field{
+						{Label: "ID", Value: strconv.FormatInt(user.ID, 10), PipedOnly: true},
 						{Label: "Name", Value: user.FullName},
 						{Label: "Email", Value: user.Email},
 						{Label: "Role", Value: role.Text, PipedOnly: true},

internal/app/branches.go

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (a *application) branchViewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 					meta = "updated " + terminal.RelativeTime(a.deps.Now(), updated)
 				}
 				return terminal.View{
-					Title: item.Name, Badges: badges, Meta: meta, Body: item.Message, Kind: "branch", URL: branchURL(repository, item.Name),
+					Title: item.Name, Badges: badges, Meta: meta, Body: item.Message, Plain: true, Kind: "branch", URL: branchURL(repository, item.Name),
 					Fields: []terminal.Field{{Label: "Commit", Value: item.SHA}, {Label: "Protection", Value: protection}, {Label: "You can push", Value: yesNo(item.CanPush)}},
 				}
 			})

internal/app/checks.go

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/clierr"
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/services"
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/terminal"
+	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -153,8 +155,26 @@ func (a *application) checksRedraw(cmd *cobra.Command, interval time.Duration) f
 		if lines > 0 {
 			clear = fmt.Sprintf("\x1b[%dA\x1b[J", lines)
 		}
-		lines = strings.Count(text, "\n")
+		lines = screenRows(text, a.deps.Streams.Width)
 		_, err := io.WriteString(cmd.OutOrStdout(), clear+text)
 		return err
 	}
 }
+
+// displayEscapes matches the color and hyperlink sequences that take no room on screen.
+var displayEscapes = regexp.MustCompile("\x1b\\[[0-9;]*m|\x1b\\]8;[^\x07\x1b]*(?:\x07|\x1b\\\\)")
+
+// screenRows counts the rows the cursor sits below the start of text on a terminal width columns wide,
+// where a line wider than the terminal wraps onto more rows; a width of 0 means unlimited.
+func screenRows(text string, width int) int {
+	rows := strings.Count(text, "\n")
+	if width <= 0 {
+		return rows
+	}
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(text, "\n") {
+		if cells := runewidth.StringWidth(displayEscapes.ReplaceAllString(line, "")); cells > width {
+			rows += (cells - 1) / width
+		}
+	}
+	return rows
+}

internal/app/comments.go

@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func commentView(t target, now time.Time) func(services.Comment) terminal.View {
 			Fields: []terminal.Field{
 				{Label: "ID", Value: strconv.FormatInt(comment.ID, 10), PipedOnly: true},
 				{Label: "Author", Value: comment.Author, PipedOnly: true},
-				{Label: "Created_at", Value: comment.CreatedAt, PipedOnly: true},
+				{Label: "Created_at", Value: pipedTime(comment.CreatedAt), PipedOnly: true},
 			},
 			Body: comment.Body, Kind: "comment", URL: comment.URL,
 		}
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func (a *application) writeComments(cmd *cobra.Command, t target, n int64, items
 	var text strings.Builder
 	for i, comment := range items {
 		if !d.TTY {
-			text.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("id:\t%d\nauthor:\t%s\ncreated_at:\t%s\nurl:\t%s\n--\n", comment.ID, terminal.SafeLine(comment.Author), comment.CreatedAt, terminal.SafeLine(comment.URL)))
+			text.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("id:\t%d\nauthor:\t%s\ncreated_at:\t%s\nurl:\t%s\n--\n", comment.ID, terminal.SafeLine(comment.Author), pipedTime(comment.CreatedAt), terminal.SafeLine(comment.URL)))
 			text.WriteString(strings.TrimRight(terminal.SafeText(comment.Body), "\n") + "\n--\n")
 			continue
 		}

internal/app/discussion_view.go

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (a *application) writeDiscussion(cmd *cobra.Command, target target, v discu
 		var b strings.Builder
 		b.WriteString(view.Render(d))
 		for _, comment := range comments {
-			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "--\nauthor:\t%s\ncreated_at:\t%s\n", terminal.SafeLine(comment.author), terminal.SafeLine(comment.createdAt))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "--\nauthor:\t%s\ncreated_at:\t%s\n", terminal.SafeLine(comment.author), pipedTime(comment.createdAt))
 			if comment.id > 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(&b, "id:\t%d\n", comment.id)
 			}

internal/app/human_output.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (a *application) writeHuman(cmd *cobra.Command, text string) error {
 // writeJSON writes v as JSON, filtered by --json fields and --jq.
 func (a *application) writeJSON(cmd *cobra.Command, v any) error {
 	pretty := a.deps.Streams.OutTTY
-	return terminal.JSONOutput{Fields: a.options.json, Query: a.options.jq, Pretty: pretty, Color: pretty && a.colorEnabled()}.Write(cmd.OutOrStdout(), v)
+	return terminal.JSONOutput{Fields: a.options.json, Allowed: commandOutputFields(cmd), Query: a.options.jq, Pretty: pretty, Color: pretty && a.colorEnabled()}.Write(cmd.OutOrStdout(), v)
 }
 
 // listSpec describes how a list command shows its items to people.

internal/app/issue_attachments.go

@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ func attachmentRow(item services.IssueAttachment) []terminal.Cell {
 	}
 }
 
-func attachmentView(item services.IssueAttachment) terminal.View {
+func attachmentView(item services.IssueAttachment, d terminal.Display) terminal.View {
 	return terminal.View{
 		Title: item.Name, ID: "#" + strconv.FormatInt(item.ID, 10),
 		Fields: []terminal.Field{
 			{Label: "Size", Value: terminal.Bytes(item.Size)},
 			{Label: "Downloads", Value: strconv.FormatInt(item.DownloadCount, 10)},
-			{Label: "Created", Value: item.CreatedAt},
+			timeField("Created", item.CreatedAt, d),
 		},
 		Kind: "attachment", URL: item.URL,
 	}
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ are addressed by the %s number and the attachment ID that attachment list shows.
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return writeView(a, cmd, item, attachmentView)
+		d := a.display()
+		return writeView(a, cmd, item, func(item services.IssueAttachment) terminal.View { return attachmentView(item, d) })
 	}}
 
 	var uploadName string

internal/app/label_export.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ $ tea label export -R alice/old | tea label import - -R alice/new`, Args: argsEx
 				return err
 			}
 			if a.options.json != "" {
-				return terminal.WriteJSON(destination, items, a.options.json, a.options.jq)
+				return terminal.JSONOutput{Fields: a.options.json, Query: a.options.jq, Safe: output == "" && a.deps.Streams.OutTTY}.Write(destination, items)
 			}
 			var text strings.Builder
 			for _, item := range items {

internal/app/notifications.go

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ With --json it prints one JSON object per line.`,
 			err = s.Watch(ctx, listed, interval, func(items []services.Notification) error {
 				if a.options.json != "" {
 					for _, item := range items {
-						if err := (terminal.JSONOutput{Fields: a.options.json, Query: a.options.jq}).Write(cmd.OutOrStdout(), item); err != nil {
+						if err := (terminal.JSONOutput{Fields: a.options.json, Allowed: commandOutputFields(cmd), Query: a.options.jq, Safe: d.TTY}).Write(cmd.OutOrStdout(), item); err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
 					}

internal/app/organizations.go

@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ func timeField(label, raw string, d terminal.Display) terminal.Field {
 	return terminal.Field{Label: label, Value: terminal.RelativeTime(now, t)}
 }
 
+// pipedTime normalizes a server timestamp to RFC 3339 UTC like the times of piped tables, and keeps
+// a value that is not a timestamp as it is.
+func pipedTime(raw string) string {
+	if t := terminal.ParseTime(raw); !t.IsZero() {
+		return terminal.Timestamp(t)
+	}
+	return raw
+}
+
 func (a *application) organizationCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	group := &cobra.Command{Use: "org", Short: "Manage organizations", Long: `Work with Gitea organizations: list the ones you belong to, view, create, edit and delete
 them, and manage their members.

internal/app/organizations_test.go

@@ -95,3 +95,9 @@ func TestOrganizationViewShowsDetailsAndCounts(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "title:\tACME Corp\nname:\tacme\nvisibility:\tpublic\nwebsite:\thttps://acme.example\nlocation:\t\n"+
 		"repo admins manage team access:\tno\nmembers:\t2\nteams:\t3\nrepositories:\t1\nurl:\t"+server.URL+"/acme\n--\nTools\n", out.String())
 }
+
+func TestPipedTimeNormalizesToUTC(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, "2026-01-02T01:04:05Z", pipedTime("2026-01-02T03:04:05+02:00"))
+	require.Equal(t, "", pipedTime(""))
+	require.Equal(t, "soon", pipedTime("soon"))
+}

internal/app/screen_rows_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package app
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestScreenRowsCountsWrappedLines(t *testing.T) {
+	require.Equal(t, 2, screenRows("one\ntwo\n", 80))
+	require.Equal(t, 2, screenRows("one\ntwo\n", 0))
+	require.Equal(t, 4, screenRows(strings.Repeat("x", 25)+"\nab\n", 10), "25 cells take 3 rows of 10")
+	require.Equal(t, 2, screenRows("\x1b[31m"+strings.Repeat("x", 10)+"\x1b[0m\n\x1b]8;;http://a/b\x1b\\link\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n", 10), "escapes take no room")
+}

internal/app/teams.go

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ $ tea team view 2 --json units`,
 				return terminal.View{
 					Title: team.Slug(), ID: fmt.Sprintf("(ID %d)", team.ID), Badges: []terminal.Cell{{Text: team.Access(), Bold: true}},
 					Fields: []terminal.Field{
+						{Label: "ID", Value: strconv.FormatInt(team.ID, 10), PipedOnly: true},
 						{Label: "Access", Value: team.Access(), PipedOnly: true},
 						{Label: "Units", Value: strings.Join(units, ", ")},
 						{Label: "Members", Value: memberNames},

internal/app/teams_test.go

@@ -131,6 +131,27 @@ func TestTeamsAreAddressedAsOrganizationAndName(t *testing.T) {
 	require.EqualError(t, err, `team "ops" not found in acme`)
 }
 
+func TestTeamViewPrintsTheIDWhenPiped(t *testing.T) {
+	server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/api/v1/orgs/acme/teams/search":
+			if r.URL.Query().Get("page") != "1" {
+				_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true,"data":[]}`))
+				return
+			}
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true,"data":[{"id":2,"name":"developers","permission":"none"}]}`))
+		case "/api/v1/teams/2/members", "/api/v1/teams/2/repos":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected request %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+	deps, out, _ := serverDeps(t, server.URL)
+	require.NoError(t, Execute(context.Background(), deps, []string{"team", "view", "acme/developers"}))
+	require.Contains(t, out.String(), "\nid:\t2\n")
+}
+
 func TestTeamListShowsAccessAndSizes(t *testing.T) {
 	totals := map[string]string{"/api/v1/teams/1/members": "1", "/api/v1/teams/1/repos": "4", "/api/v1/teams/2/members": "3", "/api/v1/teams/2/repos": "2"}
 	server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

internal/terminal/format.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func StatusIcon(status, conclusion string) Cell {
 	switch status {
 	case "success":
 		return Cell{Text: "✓", Color: "green"}
-	case "failure", "error":
+	case "failure", "error", "warning":
 		return Cell{Text: "X", Color: "red"}
 	case "cancelled", "canceled", "skipped": //nolint:misspell // Gitea API spelling.
 		return Cell{Text: "-", Muted: true}

internal/terminal/format_test.go

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func TestStatusIcon(t *testing.T) {
 		{"success", "", Cell{Text: "✓", Color: "green"}},
 		{"completed", "failure", Cell{Text: "X", Color: "red"}},
 		{"error", "", Cell{Text: "X", Color: "red"}},
+		{"warning", "", Cell{Text: "X", Color: "red"}},
 		{"completed", "cancelled", Cell{Text: "-", Muted: true}}, //nolint:misspell // Gitea API spelling.
 		{"skipped", "", Cell{Text: "-", Muted: true}},
 		{"queued", "", Cell{Text: "*", Color: "yellow"}},

internal/terminal/output.go

@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@ import (
 type JSONOutput struct {
 	// Fields holds the comma-separated fields to keep; "" and "*" keep every field.
 	Fields string
+	// Allowed lists the fields the command documents. A listed field that an item omits (an empty
+	// omitempty value) is selected as null instead of being reported unknown; nil allows none.
+	Allowed []string
 	// Query is a jq expression applied after field selection.
 	Query string
 	// Pretty indents the JSON for a terminal and strips control characters from raw jq strings.
 	Pretty bool
+	// Safe strips control characters from raw jq strings and encoded text like Pretty, for terminal
+	// output that must stay one line per value.
+	Safe bool
 	// Color highlights pretty JSON keys and values.
 	Color bool
 }
@@ -51,6 +57,9 @@ func (o JSONOutput) Write(w io.Writer, value any) error {
 			selected := map[string]any{}
 			for _, name := range names {
 				v, exists := object[name]
+				if !exists && slices.Contains(o.Allowed, name) {
+					v, exists = nil, true
+				}
 				if !exists {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown JSON field %q", name)
 				}
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ func (o JSONOutput) Write(w io.Writer, value any) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("evaluate --jq: %w", err)
 		}
 		if str, ok := value.(string); ok {
-			if o.Pretty {
+			if o.Pretty || o.Safe {
 				str = SafeText(str)
 			}
 			if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(w, str); err != nil {
@@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ func (o JSONOutput) encode(w io.Writer, value any) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	text := buf.String()
-	if o.Pretty {
+	if o.Pretty || o.Safe {
 		// The encoder escapes control characters but not format characters such as bidirectional overrides.
 		text = SafeText(text)
 	}

internal/terminal/output_test.go

@@ -24,6 +24,27 @@ func TestJSONFieldSelectionAndJQ(t *testing.T) {
 	require.EqualError(t, ValidateOutput("number,,title", "", []string{"number", "title"}), "--json field names cannot be empty; use --json alone for every field")
 }
 
+func TestJSONFieldSelectionKeepsDocumentedFieldsOmittedByOmitempty(t *testing.T) {
+	type item struct {
+		Name   string  `json:"name"`
+		Parent *string `json:"parent,omitempty"`
+	}
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, JSONOutput{Fields: "name,parent", Allowed: []string{"name", "parent"}}.Write(&out, []item{{Name: "x"}}))
+	require.Equal(t, "[{\"name\":\"x\",\"parent\":null}]\n", out.String())
+	require.EqualError(t, JSONOutput{Fields: "parent", Allowed: []string{"name"}}.Write(&out, []item{{Name: "x"}}), `unknown JSON field "parent"`)
+}
+
+func TestJSONOutputSafeStripsControlsAndStaysOnOneLine(t *testing.T) {
+	value := map[string]any{"title": "a\x1b]0;x\x07b\u202e"}
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, JSONOutput{Query: ".title", Safe: true}.Write(&out, value))
+	require.Equal(t, "a]0;xb\n", out.String())
+	out.Reset()
+	require.NoError(t, JSONOutput{Safe: true}.Write(&out, value))
+	require.Equal(t, "{\"title\":\"a\\u001b]0;x\\u0007b\"}\n", out.String())
+}
+
 func TestJSONOutputIsIndentedAndColoredForTerminals(t *testing.T) {
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	value := []map[string]any{{"title": "a \u202e\x1b[31mb", "done": true, "due": nil, "number": 1}}

internal/terminal/safe_writer.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // maxSGRLength bounds how many bytes of a possible SGR sequence are held back between writes.
-const maxSGRLength = 32
+const maxSGRLength = 256
 
 // SafeWriter returns w unchanged when tty is false, so piped output stays byte-exact.
 // On a terminal it filters streamed server text like SafeText, and with allowSGR it keeps

internal/terminal/safe_writer_test.go

@@ -5,13 +5,30 @@ package terminal
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
+func TestSafeWriterKeepsLongSGRSequences(t *testing.T) {
+	const colored = "\x1b[38;2;255;255;255;48;2;255;255;255mwhite\x1b[0m\n"
+	for _, chunk := range []int{len(colored), 1, 3} {
+		var out bytes.Buffer
+		w := SafeWriter(&out, true, true)
+		for data := []byte(colored); len(data) > 0; {
+			n := min(chunk, len(data))
+			_, err := w.Write(data[:n])
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			data = data[n:]
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, colored, out.String(), "chunk size %d", chunk)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSafeWriter(t *testing.T) {
-	const hostile = "+hello \x1b]0;PWNED\x07 \x1b[1;31mred\x1b[0m\x1b[2J\r\n\u009b2J\u202eend\t\xff\x1b[1111111111111111111111111111111111m\n"
+	long := strings.Repeat("1", 300)
+	hostile := "+hello \x1b]0;PWNED\x07 \x1b[1;31mred\x1b[0m\x1b[2J\r\n\u009b2J\u202eend\t\xff\x1b[" + long + "m\n"
 	var piped bytes.Buffer
 	_, err := SafeWriter(&piped, false, false).Write([]byte(hostile))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -21,8 +38,8 @@ func TestSafeWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		allowSGR bool
 		want     string
 	}{
-		{"drops every escape", false, "+hello ]0;PWNED [1;31mred[0m[2J\n2Jend\t\uFFFD[1111111111111111111111111111111111m\n"},
+		{"drops every escape", false, "+hello ]0;PWNED [1;31mred[0m[2J\n2Jend\t\uFFFD[" + long + "m\n"},
-		{"keeps colors", true, "+hello ]0;PWNED \x1b[1;31mred\x1b[0m[2J\n2Jend\t\uFFFD[1111111111111111111111111111111111m\n"},
+		{"keeps colors", true, "+hello ]0;PWNED \x1b[1;31mred\x1b[0m[2J\n2Jend\t\uFFFD[" + long + "m\n"},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			if !tc.allowSGR {

internal/terminal/streams.go

@@ -188,15 +188,32 @@ type Confirmation struct {
 	NonTTY string
 }
 
+// questionEnd returns the index of the first question mark outside double quotes, or -1, so a quoted
+// name such as "why? not" does not end the question.
+func questionEnd(prompt string) int {
+	quoted := false
+	for i, r := range prompt {
+		switch {
+		case r == '"':
+			quoted = !quoted
+		case r == '?' && !quoted:
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
+}
+
 // ConfirmAction asks c unless yes is set. A declined or aborted confirmation returns ErrCanceled.
 func ConfirmAction(ctx context.Context, c Confirmation, yes bool, streams Streams, policy Policy, prompt Prompter) error {
 	if yes {
 		return nil
 	}
+	// Names in the question come from the server, so keep control characters off the terminal.
+	c.Prompt, c.NonTTY = SafeLine(c.Prompt), SafeLine(c.NonTTY)
 	if !policy.CanPrompt(streams) {
 		action := c.NonTTY
-		if question, _, ok := strings.Cut(c.Prompt, "?"); action == "" && ok && !c.DefaultYes && question != "" {
+		if question := questionEnd(c.Prompt); action == "" && question > 0 && !c.DefaultYes {
-			action = strings.ToLower(question[:1]) + question[1:]
+			action = strings.ToLower(c.Prompt[:1]) + c.Prompt[1:question]
 		}
 		if action != "" {
 			action = " to " + action

internal/terminal/streams_test.go

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ func TestConfirmAction(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "accepted by flag", c: deleteLabel, yes: true, prompt: &askingPrompt{}},
 		{name: "names the action without a terminal", c: deleteLabel, prompt: &askingPrompt{}, code: clierr.Usage, message: `confirmation required to delete label "bug" from alice/x; rerun with --yes`},
 		{name: "names the prompted action without a terminal", c: Confirmation{Prompt: "Delete alice/x? It becomes read-only."}, prompt: &askingPrompt{}, code: clierr.Usage, message: "confirmation required to delete alice/x; rerun with --yes"},
+		{name: "keeps a quoted question mark", c: Confirmation{Prompt: `Delete label "why? not" from alice/x?`}, prompt: &askingPrompt{}, code: clierr.Usage, message: `confirmation required to delete label "why? not" from alice/x; rerun with --yes`},
+		{name: "drops escape sequences from server names", c: Confirmation{Prompt: "Delete attachment \"x\x1b]0;PWNED\x07\"?"}, prompt: &askingPrompt{}, code: clierr.Usage, message: `confirmation required to delete attachment "x]0;PWNED"; rerun with --yes`},
 		{name: "without a terminal or action", c: Confirmation{Prompt: "Go?", DefaultYes: true}, prompt: &askingPrompt{}, code: clierr.Usage, message: "confirmation required; rerun with --yes"},
 		{name: "accepted", c: deleteLabel, streams: terminal, prompt: &askingPrompt{accept: true}, defaults: []bool{false}},
 		{name: "passes the default", c: Confirmation{Prompt: "Create pull request?", DefaultYes: true}, streams: terminal, prompt: &askingPrompt{accept: true}, defaults: []bool{true}},

internal/terminal/view.go

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ type View struct {
 	Meta   string
 	Fields []Field
 	Body   string
+	// Plain marks the body as plain text, such as a commit message, which is never rendered as markdown.
+	Plain bool
 	// Bodyless resources, such as webhooks, have no body: the view ends with the fields and URL.
 	Bodyless bool
 	// Kind names the resource in the footer, such as "issue".
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ func (v View) Render(d Display) string {
 		switch {
 		case body == "":
 			body = muted("No description provided")
-		case d.Markdown:
+		case d.Markdown && !v.Plain:
 			body = Markdown(body, d)
 		default:
 			body = SafeText(body)

internal/terminal/view_test.go

@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ func TestViewRendersMarkdownOnlyWhenEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Contains(t, view.Render(Display{TTY: true, Markdown: true, Color: true, Links: true}), "\x1b]8;id=")
 }
 
+func TestViewKeepsPlainBodiesVerbatim(t *testing.T) {
+	view := View{Title: "main", Body: "fix <parser> __init__\n# not a heading\x1b[2J", Plain: true}
+	require.Contains(t, view.Render(Display{TTY: true, Markdown: true}), "\nfix <parser> __init__\n# not a heading[2J\n")
+}
+
 func TestMarkdownSanitizesServerText(t *testing.T) {
 	rendered := Markdown("Hello \x1b]0;PWNED\x07world\n\n`\x1b[2Jcode`", Display{Color: true, Links: true})
 	require.NotContains(t, rendered, "\x1b]0;")