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bat v0.21.0

Get a less cluttered default output without configuring styles.

Before you upgrade to v0.21.0

The default style is now `default`, which shows less than `full`; set `--style=full` to keep the old look.

Behavior changedChoose a color theme and which decorations (line numbers, Git changes, header, grid) to show.Affects: Users who relied on the full decorations without setting a style
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File extensions are matched case-insensitively, and lines longer than 16,384 characters are no longer highlighted.

Behavior changedPrint files in the terminal with syntax highlighting for a large number of languages.
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What changed in v0.21.0

`--style=default` is added and is now the default, less verbose than `full`. File extensions match case-insensitively; lines over 16,384 characters are not highlighted; startup is faster through lazy-loaded syntaxes.

Also: BusyBox less works as a pager.

v0.21.0.

Seeded by @iluxav with Claude Code (canido), from the release's public sources. Each change links to its evidence.