From b9ab05fe5abad224c6d70b80a4b3f38e5201204b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siggsy <ziga.leskovec@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:42:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add OilEmpty highlight group (#689)

* Add OilEmpty highlight

* Add OilEmpty to doc
---
 doc/oil.txt         | 3 +++
 lua/oil/columns.lua | 2 +-
 lua/oil/init.lua    | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/oil.txt b/doc/oil.txt
index 300cca1..38a0d1a 100644
--- a/doc/oil.txt
+++ b/doc/oil.txt
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ yank_entry                                                    *actions.yank_entr
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HIGHLIGHTS                                                        *oil-highlights*
 
+OilEmpty                                                             *hl-OilEmpty*
+    Empty column values
+
 OilHidden                                                           *hl-OilHidden*
     Hidden entry in an oil buffer
 
diff --git a/lua/oil/columns.lua b/lua/oil/columns.lua
index e3a4395..46ef96b 100644
--- a/lua/oil/columns.lua
+++ b/lua/oil/columns.lua
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ M.get_supported_columns = function(adapter_or_scheme)
   return ret
 end
 
-local EMPTY = { "-", "Comment" }
+local EMPTY = { "-", "OilEmpty" }
 
 M.EMPTY = EMPTY
 
diff --git a/lua/oil/init.lua b/lua/oil/init.lua
index 44945bb..d730492 100644
--- a/lua/oil/init.lua
+++ b/lua/oil/init.lua
@@ -823,6 +823,11 @@ end
 ---@private
 M._get_highlights = function()
   return {
+    {
+      name = "OilEmpty",
+      link = "Comment",
+      desc = "Empty column values",
+    },
     {
       name = "OilHidden",
       link = "Comment",