You can use it just like the original tree tool too: https://dystroy.org/broot/tricks/#replace-tree
(disclaimer: broot author)
It almost works to replace the way I use exa tree, with these caveats:
- I want to not have it elide files ("7 unlisted") at each level. I have my et1, et2, etc. aliases to customize how many levels of detail I get with exa's tree replacement, and then I scroll that with my pager.
- I want it to support LS_COLORS so the files look the same as they do in `ls`
- I want the git status display that exa gives (eg. it shows I if the file is ignored).
- is it possible to customize the order in which the stats are shown? It'd be nice if they match ls more closely. Exa feels like `ls` with extra colors and a tree, broot feels different.
To not elide files, the easiest solution is to provide a max height: `tree --height 5000`
No support of LS_COLORS exactly.
No option today to show on a file whether it is gitignored (never considered this: my users either show gitignored files or don't).
You can completely customize file properties order: https://dystroy.org/broot/conf_file/#columns-order
(it's hard to answer complex questions and rfc here, maybe come to the chat for an interactive discussion ?)
https://github.com/c-blake/lc/blob/master/extensions/fe1 does `du` (like your example) as a f)ormat e)xtension, but you could use `ffprobe` to do the run-time in hours:minutes:seconds for media files (or maybe 0sec for non-media) or number of git commits or age of last VC commit as an extra timestamp or numerous other things.