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[PATCH] git-status -v: colored diff when color.ui is set

From
Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Dec 21, 2008, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID
<200812212314.51950.markus.heidelberg@web.de>

When using "git status -v", the diff output wasn't colored, even though color.ui was set. Only when setting color.diff it worked.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
---
 builtin-commit.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index e88b78f..ac88dc2 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -866,6 +866,9 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (wt_status_use_color == -1)
 		wt_status_use_color = git_use_color_default;
 
+	if (diff_use_color_default == -1)
+		diff_use_color_default = git_use_color_default;
+
 	argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_status_usage, prefix);
 
 	index_file = prepare_index(argc, argv, prefix);
-- 
1.6.1.rc3.62.g7c0a2
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