Aaaand, I forgot to add files

src/bridge/colors.cpp

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+#include <bridge/colors.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+void remove_irc_colors(std::string& str)
+{
+  auto it = std::remove_if(str.begin(), str.end(),
+                           [](const char c)
+                           {
+                             if (c == IRC_COLOR_BOLD_CHAR || c == IRC_COLOR_COLOR_CHAR ||
+                                 c == IRC_COLOR_FIXED_CHAR || c == IRC_COLOR_RESET_CHAR ||
+                                 c == IRC_COLOR_REVERSE_CHAR || c == IRC_COLOR_REVERSE2_CHAR ||
+                                 c == IRC_COLOR_UNDERLINE_CHAR || c == IRC_COLOR_ITALIC_CHAR)
+                               return true;
+                             return false;
+                           }
+                           );
+  str.erase(it, str.end());
+}