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Re: [PATCH] git-diff: don't use colors when stdout is not a tty.

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MLMatthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>
Date
Jul 6, 2007, 16:37 UTC
Message-ID
<20070706163759.GA26670@moooo.ath.cx>
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<468E612E.2070903@objectxp.com>
Michel Marti <mma@objectxp.com> wrote:
> Currently, with diff-coloring enabled, git-diff outputs color escape
> sequences even if stdout is redirected (not a tty). This is rather annoying
> when trying to further process the output. This patch teaches the diff command
> to only do its coloring stuff when a pager is in use or stdout is a tty.
Set color.diff to auto instead of true.
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  1. git-diff: don't use colors when stdout is not a tty.Michel Marti, Jul 6, 2007
  2. Matthias LederhoferJul 6, 2007

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