From e9c238f9efef2b12a163a4f901bfaf6dbf9b0f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Altagos <jakob@altagos.dev>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:47:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add build options to the example

---
 build.zig        | 9 +++++++++
 example/main.zig | 9 ++++++---
 pretty.zig       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index a06035e..45beeda 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    const options = b.addOptions();
+
+    const indent_width = b.option(u32, "indent-width", "Set indent width") orelse 2;
+    options.addOption(u32, "indent_width", indent_width);
+
+    const skip_root_type_name = b.option(bool, "skip-root-type-name", "Don't show the type name of the first element") orelse false;
+    options.addOption(bool, "skip_root_type_name", skip_root_type_name);
+
     const example = b.addExecutable(.{
         .root_module = b.createModule(.{
             .root_source_file = b.path("example/main.zig"),
@@ -17,6 +25,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
             .optimize = optimize,
             .imports = &.{
                 .{ .name = "pretty", .module = pretty },
+                .{ .name = "build-options", .module = options.createModule() },
             },
         }),
         .name = "pretty-example",
diff --git a/example/main.zig b/example/main.zig
index 72014a8..cd04c74 100644
--- a/example/main.zig
+++ b/example/main.zig
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const print = std.debug.print;
 
+const build_options = @import("build-options");
+
 const pretty_mod = @import("pretty");
 const pretty = pretty_mod.pretty;
 const prettyO = pretty_mod.prettyO;
 
 pub const pretty_options = pretty_mod.Options{
-    .always_show_type_names = true,
+    .skip_root_type_name = build_options.skip_root_type_name,
+    .indent_width = build_options.indent_width,
 };
 
 const employees = @embedFile("employees.json");
@@ -104,9 +107,9 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     print("Pretty bool true - {f}\n", .{pretty(true)});
     print("Pretty bool false - {f}\n", .{pretty(false)});
     print(
-        "Pretty bool true always with type name - {f}\n",
+        "Pretty bool true without type name - {f}\n",
         .{prettyO(true, .{
-            .always_show_type_names = true,
+            .skip_root_type_name = true,
             .theme = .{ .type_value_sep = ": " },
         })},
     );
diff --git a/pretty.zig b/pretty.zig
index b61114c..dd3ccb7 100644
--- a/pretty.zig
+++ b/pretty.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub const Options = struct {
     highlight_union_tag: bool = true,
 
     show_type_names: bool = true,
-    always_show_type_names: bool = false,
+    skip_root_type_name: bool = false,
 
     theme: Theme = .{},
 };
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ inline fn printType(
         else => false,
     };
 
-    if ((ctx.depth != 0 or ctx.options.always_show_type_names) and !excluded) {
+    if ((ctx.depth != 0 or !ctx.options.skip_root_type_name) and !excluded) {
         run.setColor(ctx, .dim);
 
         if (ctx.options.show_type_names) {
-- 
2.51.2