updated PR based on comments

src/bin/bat/app.rs

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl App {
                 // There's no point in wrapping when this is the case.
                 WrappingMode::NoWrapping
             },
-            colored_output: self.matches.is_present("always-decorations")
+            colored_output: self.matches.is_present("force-colorization")
                 || match self.matches.value_of("color") {
                     Some("always") => true,
                     Some("never") => false,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl App {
             loop_through: !(self.interactive_output
                 || self.matches.value_of("color") == Some("always")
                 || (self.matches.value_of("decorations") == Some("always")
-                    || self.matches.is_present("always-decorations"))),
+                    || self.matches.is_present("force-colorization"))),
             tab_width: self
                 .matches
                 .value_of("tabs")
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ impl App {
 
     fn style_components(&self) -> Result<StyleComponents> {
         let matches = &self.matches;
+        println!("{:#?}", matches);
         Ok(StyleComponents(
             if matches.value_of("decorations") == Some("never") {
                 HashSet::new()

src/bin/bat/clap_app.rs

@@ -258,13 +258,16 @@ pub fn build_app(interactive_output: bool) -> ClapApp<'static, 'static> {
                 ),
         )
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("always-decorations")
+            Arg::with_name("force-colorization")
+                .long("force-colorization")
                 .short("f")
-                .alias("always-decor")
-                .overrides_with("always-decorations")
-                .hidden(true)
+                .conflicts_with("color")
+                .conflicts_with("decorations")
+                .overrides_with("force-colorization")
                 .hidden_short_help(true)
-                .help("Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'")
+                .long_help("Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'. This is useful \
+                        if the output of bat is piped to another program, but you want \
+                        to keep the colorization/decorations.")
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("paging")

src/bin/bat/main.rs

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
             } else {
                 let inputs = vec![Input::ordinary_file(OsStr::new("cache"))];
                 let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
+                println!("{:#?}", config);
 
                 run_controller(inputs, &config)
             }
@@ -217,6 +218,8 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
             let inputs = app.inputs()?;
             let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
 
+            println!("{:#?}", config);
+
             if app.matches.is_present("list-languages") {
                 list_languages(&config)?;
                 Ok(true)