feat: Make browser links out of HTML file paths

This provides an alternative to `--open`, where supported.

Fixes rust-lang#12888

Cargo.toml

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.107"
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 shell-escape = "0.1.5"
+supports-hyperlinks = "2.1.0"
 snapbox = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["diff", "path"] }
 syn = { version = "2.0.37", features = ["extra-traits", "full"] }
 tar = { version = "0.4.40", default-features = false }
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ serde_ignored.workspace = true
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["raw_value"] }
 sha1.workspace = true
 shell-escape.workspace = true
+supports-hyperlinks.workspace = true
 syn.workspace = true
 tar.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true

src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.rs

@@ -339,18 +339,21 @@ impl<'cfg> Timings<'cfg> {
             include_str!("timings.js")
         )?;
         drop(f);
-        let msg = format!(
-            "report saved to {}",
-            std::env::current_dir()
-                .unwrap_or_default()
-                .join(&filename)
-                .display()
-        );
+
         let unstamped_filename = timings_path.join("cargo-timing.html");
         paths::link_or_copy(&filename, &unstamped_filename)?;
-        self.config
-            .shell()
-            .status_with_color("Timing", msg, &style::NOTE)?;
+
+        let mut shell = self.config.shell();
+        let timing_path = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_default().join(&filename);
+        let link = shell.err_file_hyperlink(&timing_path);
+        let msg = format!(
+            "report saved to {}{}{}",
+            link.open(),
+            timing_path.display(),
+            link.close()
+        );
+        shell.status_with_color("Timing", msg, &style::NOTE)?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 

src/cargo/core/shell.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use anstream::AutoStream;
 use anstyle::Style;
 
 use crate::util::errors::CargoResult;
+use crate::util::hostname;
 use crate::util::style::*;
 
 pub enum TtyWidth {
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ pub struct Shell {
     /// Flag that indicates the current line needs to be cleared before
     /// printing. Used when a progress bar is currently displayed.
     needs_clear: bool,
+    hostname: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Shell {
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ enum ShellOut {
         stderr: AutoStream<std::io::Stderr>,
         stderr_tty: bool,
         color_choice: ColorChoice,
+        hyperlinks: bool,
     },
 }
 
@@ -111,10 +114,12 @@ impl Shell {
                 stdout: AutoStream::new(std::io::stdout(), stdout_choice),
                 stderr: AutoStream::new(std::io::stderr(), stderr_choice),
                 color_choice: auto_clr,
+                hyperlinks: supports_hyperlinks::supports_hyperlinks(),
                 stderr_tty: std::io::stderr().is_terminal(),
             },
             verbosity: Verbosity::Verbose,
             needs_clear: false,
+            hostname: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ impl Shell {
             output: ShellOut::Write(AutoStream::never(out)), // strip all formatting on write
             verbosity: Verbosity::Verbose,
             needs_clear: false,
+            hostname: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -314,6 +320,16 @@ impl Shell {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn set_hyperlinks(&mut self, yes: bool) -> CargoResult<()> {
+        if let ShellOut::Stream {
+            ref mut hyperlinks, ..
+        } = self.output
+        {
+            *hyperlinks = yes;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Gets the current color choice.
     ///
     /// If we are not using a color stream, this will always return `Never`, even if the color
@@ -340,6 +356,63 @@ impl Shell {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn out_hyperlink<D: fmt::Display>(&self, url: D) -> Hyperlink<D> {
+        let supports_hyperlinks = match &self.output {
+            ShellOut::Write(_) => false,
+            ShellOut::Stream {
+                stdout, hyperlinks, ..
+            } => stdout.current_choice() == anstream::ColorChoice::AlwaysAnsi && *hyperlinks,
+        };
+        if supports_hyperlinks {
+            Hyperlink { url: Some(url) }
+        } else {
+            Hyperlink { url: None }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn err_hyperlink<D: fmt::Display>(&self, url: D) -> Hyperlink<D> {
+        let supports_hyperlinks = match &self.output {
+            ShellOut::Write(_) => false,
+            ShellOut::Stream {
+                stderr, hyperlinks, ..
+            } => stderr.current_choice() == anstream::ColorChoice::AlwaysAnsi && *hyperlinks,
+        };
+        if supports_hyperlinks {
+            Hyperlink { url: Some(url) }
+        } else {
+            Hyperlink { url: None }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn out_file_hyperlink(&mut self, path: &std::path::Path) -> Hyperlink<url::Url> {
+        let url = self.file_hyperlink(path);
+        url.map(|u| self.out_hyperlink(u)).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    pub fn err_file_hyperlink(&mut self, path: &std::path::Path) -> Hyperlink<url::Url> {
+        let url = self.file_hyperlink(path);
+        url.map(|u| self.err_hyperlink(u)).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    fn file_hyperlink(&mut self, path: &std::path::Path) -> Option<url::Url> {
+        let mut url = url::Url::from_file_path(path).ok()?;
+        // Do a best-effort of setting the host in the URL to avoid issues with opening a link
+        // scoped to the computer you've SSHed into
+        let hostname = if cfg!(windows) {
+            // Not supported correctly on windows
+            None
+        } else {
+            if let Some(hostname) = self.hostname.as_deref() {
+                Some(hostname)
+            } else {
+                self.hostname = hostname().ok().and_then(|h| h.into_string().ok());
+                self.hostname.as_deref()
+            }
+        };
+        let _ = url.set_host(hostname);
+        Some(url)
+    }
+
     /// Prints a message to stderr and translates ANSI escape code into console colors.
     pub fn print_ansi_stderr(&mut self, message: &[u8]) -> CargoResult<()> {
         if self.needs_clear {
@@ -439,6 +512,34 @@ fn supports_color(choice: anstream::ColorChoice) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct Hyperlink<D: fmt::Display> {
+    url: Option<D>,
+}
+
+impl<D: fmt::Display> Default for Hyperlink<D> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { url: None }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D: fmt::Display> Hyperlink<D> {
+    pub fn open(&self) -> impl fmt::Display {
+        if let Some(url) = self.url.as_ref() {
+            itertools::Either::Left(format!("\x1B]8;;{url}\x1B\\"))
+        } else {
+            itertools::Either::Right("")
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(&self) -> impl fmt::Display {
+        if self.url.is_some() {
+            itertools::Either::Left("\x1B]8;;\x1B\\")
+        } else {
+            itertools::Either::Right("")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod imp {
     use super::{Shell, TtyWidth};

src/cargo/ops/cargo_doc.rs

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ pub fn doc(ws: &Workspace<'_>, options: &DocOptions) -> CargoResult<()> {
                 cfg.map(|path_args| (path_args.path.resolve_program(ws.config()), path_args.args))
             };
             let mut shell = ws.config().shell();
-            shell.status("Opening", path.display())?;
+            let link = shell.err_file_hyperlink(&path);
+            shell.status(
+                "Opening",
+                format!("{}{}{}", link.open(), path.display(), link.close()),
+            )?;
             open_docs(&path, &mut shell, config_browser, ws.config())?;
         }
     } else {
@@ -47,7 +51,11 @@ pub fn doc(ws: &Workspace<'_>, options: &DocOptions) -> CargoResult<()> {
                     .join("index.html");
                 if path.exists() {
                     let mut shell = ws.config().shell();
-                    shell.status("Generated", path.display())?;
+                    let link = shell.err_file_hyperlink(&path);
+                    shell.status(
+                        "Generated",
+                        format!("{}{}{}", link.open(), path.display(), link.close()),
+                    )?;
                 }
             }
         }

src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs

@@ -1032,6 +1032,9 @@ impl Config {
 
         self.shell().set_verbosity(verbosity);
         self.shell().set_color_choice(color)?;
+        if let Some(hyperlinks) = term.hyperlinks {
+            self.shell().set_hyperlinks(hyperlinks)?;
+        }
         self.progress_config = term.progress.unwrap_or_default();
         self.extra_verbose = extra_verbose;
         self.frozen = frozen;
@@ -2560,6 +2563,7 @@ struct TermConfig {
     verbose: Option<bool>,
     quiet: Option<bool>,
     color: Option<String>,
+    hyperlinks: Option<bool>,
     #[serde(default)]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "progress_or_string")]
     progress: Option<ProgressConfig>,

src/cargo/util/hostname.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+use std::{ffi::OsString, io};
+
+/// Returns the hostname of the current system.
+///
+/// It is unusual, although technically possible, for this routine to return
+/// an error. It is difficult to list out the error conditions, but one such
+/// possibility is platform support.
+///
+/// # Platform specific behavior
+///
+/// On Unix, this returns the result of the `gethostname` function from the
+/// `libc` linked into the program.
+pub fn hostname() -> io::Result<OsString> {
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        gethostname()
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    {
+        Err(io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "hostname could not be found on unsupported platform",
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn gethostname() -> io::Result<OsString> {
+    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStringExt;
+
+    // SAFETY: There don't appear to be any safety requirements for calling
+    // sysconf.
+    let limit = unsafe { libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_HOST_NAME_MAX) };
+    if limit == -1 {
+        // It is in theory possible for sysconf to return -1 for a limit but
+        // *not* set errno, in which case, io::Error::last_os_error is
+        // indeterminate. But untangling that is super annoying because std
+        // doesn't expose any unix-specific APIs for inspecting the errno. (We
+        // could do it ourselves, but it just doesn't seem worth doing?)
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    let Ok(maxlen) = usize::try_from(limit) else {
+        let msg = format!("host name max limit ({}) overflowed usize", limit);
+        return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, msg));
+    };
+    // maxlen here includes the NUL terminator.
+    let mut buf = vec![0; maxlen];
+    // SAFETY: The pointer we give is valid as it is derived directly from a
+    // Vec. Similarly, `maxlen` is the length of our Vec, and is thus valid
+    // to write to.
+    let rc = unsafe { libc::gethostname(buf.as_mut_ptr().cast::<libc::c_char>(), maxlen) };
+    if rc == -1 {
+        return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    }
+    // POSIX says that if the hostname is bigger than `maxlen`, then it may
+    // write a truncate name back that is not necessarily NUL terminated (wtf,
+    // lol). So if we can't find a NUL terminator, then just give up.
+    let Some(zeropos) = buf.iter().position(|&b| b == 0) else {
+        let msg = "could not find NUL terminator in hostname";
+        return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, msg));
+    };
+    buf.truncate(zeropos);
+    buf.shrink_to_fit();
+    Ok(OsString::from_vec(buf))
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn print_hostname() {
+        println!("{:?}", hostname());
+    }
+}

src/cargo/util/mod.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub use self::flock::{FileLock, Filesystem};
 pub use self::graph::Graph;
 pub use self::hasher::StableHasher;
 pub use self::hex::{hash_u64, short_hash, to_hex};
+pub use self::hostname::hostname;
 pub use self::into_url::IntoUrl;
 pub use self::into_url_with_base::IntoUrlWithBase;
 pub(crate) use self::io::LimitErrorReader;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ mod flock;
 pub mod graph;
 mod hasher;
 pub mod hex;
+mod hostname;
 pub mod important_paths;
 pub mod interning;
 pub mod into_url;

src/doc/src/reference/config.md

@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ metadata_key2 = "value"
 quiet = false          # whether cargo output is quiet
 verbose = false        # whether cargo provides verbose output
 color = 'auto'         # whether cargo colorizes output
+hyperlinks = true      # whether cargo inserts links into output
 progress.when = 'auto' # whether cargo shows progress bar
 progress.width = 80    # width of progress bar
 ```
@@ -1271,6 +1272,13 @@ Controls whether or not colored output is used in the terminal. Possible values:
 
 Can be overridden with the `--color` command-line option.
 
+#### `term.hyperlinks`
+* Type: bool
+* Default: auto-detect
+* Environment: `CARGO_TERM_HYPERLINKS`
+
+Controls whether or not hyperlinks are used in the terminal.
+
 #### `term.progress.when`
 * Type: string
 * Default: "auto"