podman search: truncate by default

Truncate by default to avoid long descriptions from rendering the output unreadable. [NO NEW TESTS NEEDED] Fixes: containers#14044 Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <[email protected]>
vrothberg · Apr 28, 2022 · ea1fcd7 · ea1fcd7
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diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/search.go b/cmd/podman/images/search.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type searchOptionsWrapper struct {
 	Compatible   bool   // Docker compat
 	TLSVerifyCLI bool   // Used to convert to an optional bool later
 	Format       string // For go templating
+	NoTrunc      bool
 }
 
 // listEntryTag is a utility structure used for json serialization.
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ func searchFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.IntVar(&searchOptions.Limit, limitFlagName, 0, "Limit the number of results")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(limitFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	flags.Bool("no-trunc", true, "Do not truncate the output. Default: true")
+	flags.BoolVar(&searchOptions.NoTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate the output")
 	flags.BoolVar(&searchOptions.Compatible, "compatible", false, "List stars, official and automated columns (Docker compatibility)")
 
 	authfileFlagName := "authfile"
@@ -139,11 +140,10 @@ func imageSearch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	noTrunc, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("no-trunc")
 	isJSON := report.IsJSON(searchOptions.Format)
 	for i, element := range searchReport {
 		d := strings.ReplaceAll(element.Description, "\n", " ")
-		if len(d) > 44 && !(noTrunc || isJSON) {
+		if len(d) > 44 && !(searchOptions.NoTrunc || isJSON) {
 			d = strings.TrimSpace(d[:44]) + "..."
 		}
 		searchReport[i].Description = d

diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-search.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-search.1.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The result contains the Image name and its tag, one line for every tag associate
 
 #### **--no-trunc**
 
-Do not truncate the output (default *true*).
+Do not truncate the output (default *false*).
 
 #### **--tls-verify**