From d1348a67421cdf5d79caf94b28482379e3256d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bvtthead <bvttclench@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2023 10:10:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] follow highlight links

---
 lua/neogit/lib/hl.lua | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/neogit/lib/hl.lua b/lua/neogit/lib/hl.lua
index fa75a2618..13cb4ef18 100644
--- a/lua/neogit/lib/hl.lua
+++ b/lua/neogit/lib/hl.lua
@@ -29,17 +29,23 @@ end
 
 ---@param name string Syntax group name.
 local function get_fg(name)
-  local color = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = name })["fg"]
-  if color then
-    return "#" .. to_hex(color)
+  local color = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = name })
+  if color["link"] then
+    return get_fg(color["link"])
+  end
+  if color["fg"] then
+    return "#" .. to_hex(color["fg"])
   end
 end
 
 ---@param name string Syntax group name.
 local function get_bg(name)
-  local color = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = name })["bg"]
-  if color then
-    return "#" .. to_hex(color)
+  local color = vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = name })
+  if color["link"] then
+    return get_bg(color["link"])
+  end
+  if color["bg"] then
+    return "#" .. to_hex(color["bg"])
   end
 end