Re: [TopGit PATCH] tg patch: disable pager and colors for git-diff

From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date: Nov 20, 2008, 15:07 UTC
Message-ID: <20081120150754.GH10491@machine.or.cz>
In-Reply-To: <2c6b72b30811200655o770efd63u4101f44683f2bc0d@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 03:55:47PM +0100, Jonas Fonseca wrote:

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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 15:34, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 02:57:10PM +0100, Jonas Fonseca wrote:
> >> When output is not redirected to a file, git brings up the pager for
> >> only the diff, which can be confusing, so disable with --no-pager.
> >> git-diff is a porcelain command and thus subject to color options. Use
> >> --no-color, to avoid the patch being corrupted with terminal escape
> >> characters when color.diff=always.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
> >
> > I still don't understand how did that color thing happen - shouldn't
> > git diff avoid spewing out colors when the output is not a tty? And when
> > it is, I want the colors myself, too.
> 
> As I wrote in the commit message, git diff always spews out colors
> with color.diff=always. This was what I for experimental reasons had
> in my .git/config (and forgotten all about) before sending the README
> update patch. Topgit could check the git color configuration but that
> seems more hacky.

This shows just that color.diff=always is asking for trouble. ;-) I think we shouldn't try to outsmart the user if they _force_ that they really always want the colors.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
People who take cold baths never have rheumatism, but they have
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