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wp post revision diff passed the changed lines and the post titles to WP_CLI::colorize() without escaping them. A % in the content was then read as a color token: my%20file.pdf was printed as my0file.pdf, and a changed line ending in 100% was printed as 100%n.

This PR doubles every % in that text before it goes into WP_CLI::colorize(). php-cli-tools prints %% as a single %, with and without colors, so the content is printed as it is stored. The color tokens the command adds itself are not touched. Unchanged lines were already printed without colorize() and stay the same.

The new Behat scenario diffs two revisions whose content has 100% at the end of a line and %20 in a URL.

Fixes #672

Testing Instructions

Environment

  • OS: Linux 6.18 (Docker container on WSL2)
  • Web Server: n/a (command line test)
  • PHP: 8.5.9
  • Database: MariaDB 11.8.9
  • WordPress: 7.2-beta1-64691
  • WP-CLI: 3.0.0-alpha, entity-command main at 2078d6a and this branch
  • Browser: n/a (command line test)
  • Theme: Ipsum 1.0 (default theme of the nightly)
  • Active Plugins: None

Steps to Reproduce

  1. wp post create --post_title="Percent Test" --post_content="Start" --porcelain (prints the post ID, 4 here)
  2. wp post update 4 --post_content="Progress: 100%"
  3. wp post update 4 --post_content="Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf"
  4. wp post list --post_type=revision --post_parent=4 --fields=ID,post_content --orderby=ID --order=ASC (revisions 5 and 6 here)
  5. wp post revision diff 5 6
  6. 🐞 Without this PR, the removed line is printed as - Progress: 100%n and the added line as + Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my0file.pdf.

Expected Results

  • ✅ The removed line is printed as - Progress: 100%.
  • ✅ The added line is printed as + Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf.
  • ✅ With --color, every changed line ends with the color reset, and no background color appears in the middle of a line.

Test results

Before, on main (2078d6a):

$ wp post revision diff 5 6
--- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:13) - ID 5
+++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:14) - ID 6

- Progress: 100%n
+ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my0file.pdf
$ wp post revision diff 5 6 --color | cat -v
^[[33m--- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:13) - ID 5^[[0m
^[[33m+++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:14) - ID 6^[[0m

^[[31m- Progress: 100%n
^[[32m+ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my^[[42m0file.pdf^[[0m

After, on this branch (same steps on the same site, so the IDs are new):

$ wp post revision diff 8 9
--- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:24) - ID 8
+++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:25) - ID 9

- Progress: 100%
+ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf
$ wp post revision diff 8 9 --color | cat -v
^[[33m--- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:24) - ID 8^[[0m
^[[33m+++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:41:25) - ID 9^[[0m

^[[31m- Progress: 100%^[[0m
^[[32m+ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf^[[0m

New scenario, before the fix (features/post-revision.feature:153):

--- Failed steps:

001 Scenario: Diff shows percent signs in the compared content as they are # features/post-revision.feature:153
      Then STDOUT should contain:                                          # features/post-revision.feature:181
        $ wp post revision diff 5 6
        --- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:40:21) - ID 5
        +++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:40:22) - ID 6
        
        - Progress: 100%n
        + Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my0file.pdf
        
        cwd: /tmp/wp-cli-test-run--6adc1a29c9d743.77265492/
        run time: 1.5328059196472
        exit status: 0
        
        Output does not contain expected string:
        - Progress: 100%
        + Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf
        
        --- Expected
        +++ Actual
        @@ @@
        -- Progress: 100%
        -+ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf
        +--- Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:40:21) - ID 5
        ++++ Percent Test (2026-10-24 02:40:22) - ID 6
        +
        +- Progress: 100%n
        ++ Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my0file.pdf
         (Exception)

1 scenario (1 failed)
17 steps (16 passed, 1 failed)

After the fix:

  • features/post-revision.feature:153: 1 scenario (1 passed), 17 steps (17 passed)
  • features/post-revision.feature: 13 scenarios (13 passed), 139 steps (139 passed)
  • composer phpcs -- src/Post_Revision_Command.php: no errors
  • composer phpstan: no errors
  • gherkin-lint-plus 1.0.2 on features/post-revision.feature: no findings

AI assistance: Yes. I used an AI assistant to help investigate and draft this; I ran and checked every test and result myself.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Post revision comparisons now display literal percent signs and percent-encoded URLs unchanged in revision headers and diff content, preventing these characters from being misinterpreted or altered.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage verifying that percent signs and percent-encoded URLs remain intact when comparing post revisions.

The diff lines and post titles were passed to WP_CLI::colorize()
as they are, so '%' sequences in the content were read as color
tokens. For example 'my%20file.pdf' was printed as 'my0file.pdf'
and a line ending in '100%' was printed as '100%n'.

Escape '%' as '%%' before colorizing.
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Walkthrough

The revision diff command now escapes percent signs in revision titles and changed lines before colorization. A feature scenario checks that literal % and %20 content remains unchanged in the displayed diff.

Changes: Revision diff percent escaping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Escape percent signs in revision diffs
src/Post_Revision_Command.php, features/post-revision.feature
A private helper doubles percent signs before colorization of revision titles and changed lines. Unchanged lines remain uncolored. A feature scenario checks that percent signs appear intact in the diff.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: swissspidy

Merge Risk: Low · up to b3fc9

The scenario has an avoidable host-tool dependency and should use WP-CLI commands before merging.

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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving percent signs in wp post revision diff output.
Linked Issues check Passed [#672] requires that changed post-content lines and post titles print exactly as stored, with no % read as a color token. The whole-PR diff (merge base 2078d6a to head b3fc90c) adds a private help…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All changes connect to #672. The src/Post_Revision_Command.php changes apply the escape only to the text that wp post revision diff passes to WP_CLI::colorize(). The new helper is private and docu…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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Explanation

[#672] requires that changed post-content lines and post titles print exactly as stored, with no % read as a color token. The whole-PR diff (merge base 2078d6a to head b3fc90c) adds a private helper escape_color_tokens() in src/Post_Revision_Command.php. It runs str_replace( '%', '%%', $text ). The helper is applied to both title headers ($from_revision->post_title, $to_revision->post_title) and to every changed line in the added, deleted, and changed diff branches before WP_CLI::colorize(). The command's own tokens (%y, %n, %g, %r) remain unescaped in the format strings. Unchanged lines still print without colorize(), so their behavior is unchanged. The added Behat scenario at features/post-revision.feature:153 creates a post, updates it to Progress: 100% and Progress: 100% of https://example.com/my%20file.pdf, and asserts that the diff output contains both lines unchanged. The PR reports that this scenario fails before the fix and passes after it. I did not run the tests. The test results rely on the author's reported runs. The code path matches the issue's suggested fix.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

All changes connect to #672. The src/Post_Revision_Command.php changes apply the escape only to the text that wp post revision diff passes to WP_CLI::colorize(). The new helper is private and documented. No public signatures change. The features/post-revision.feature change adds one scenario that covers the reported bug, using the same post-revision steps as the existing scenarios. No unrelated files appear in the whole-PR diff. The ignored_files list is empty, so no excluded files affect this result.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 1 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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- Around line 174-178: Replace the `echo` and `awk` commands used to set
`REVISION_ID_1` and `REVISION_ID_2` with separate `wp post list` calls, each
limited to one result and using offsets 0 and 1 respectively; save each
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Comment on lines +174 to +178
When I run `echo "{REVISION_IDS}" | awk '{print $1}'`
Then save STDOUT as {REVISION_ID_1}

When I run `echo "{REVISION_IDS}" | awk '{print $2}'`
Then save STDOUT as {REVISION_ID_2}

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use WP-CLI commands instead of echo and awk.

These steps violate the Behat rule that tests must run only WP-CLI commands installed through composer.json. They also add a host-shell dependency.

Use separate wp post list calls with --posts_per_page=1 and --offset=0 or --offset=1 to save each revision ID. (developer.wordpress.org)

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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Review comment at @features/post-revision.feature around lines 174 - 178:
Replace the `echo` and `awk` commands used to set `REVISION_ID_1` and
`REVISION_ID_2` with separate `wp post list` calls, each limited to one result
and using offsets 0 and 1 respectively; save each command’s output to the
corresponding variable.

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❌ Patch coverage is 75.00000% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

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