From 255ee7296daf7c37eb14a89beb40a7e913d78003 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cole McAnelly <76577549+colemcanelly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:01:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] languages: Highlight case statements and special variables
 for Shell Scripts (#48200)

Part of https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/9461. Similar PRs:
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/46722
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/39683
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/39801


## Release Notes:

- Allowed highlighting for case statement items for users and theme
authors via the `string.regex` syntax property.
- Allowed highlighting for special variables via `variable.special`

## Screenshots

| **Before** | **After** |
|:--:|:--:|
| <img width="727" height="922" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/15126713-1f02-40f2-8115-0deb5476aebd"
/> | <img width="742" height="900" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e178934e-5735-448d-abb2-2d2ad08a9c8f"
/> |
---
 crates/languages/src/bash/highlights.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/languages/src/bash/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/bash/highlights.scm
index 2852e5ff9a34d28c93ad274c5c0e80f9d5ffe2d0..d3c53a68e930185c7748d60cba1ea6bbe6cc5fce 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/bash/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/bash/highlights.scm
@@ -110,3 +110,6 @@
   (command (_) @constant)
   (#match? @constant "^-")
 )
+
+(case_item value: (_) @string.regex)
+(special_variable_name) @variable.special