From: Tim Chase <git@tim.thechases.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:30:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v1.8.2-rc0
Message-ID: <20130218133008.7fd20424@bigbox.christie.dr>
In-Reply-To: <7vk3q6e94s.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On 2013-02-17 16:52, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>  * Color specifiers, e.g. "%C(blue)Hello%C(reset)", used in the
>    "--format=" option of "git log" and friends can be disabled when
>    the output is not sent to a terminal by prefixing them with
>    "auto,", e.g. "%C(auto,blue)Hello%C(auto,reset)".

Thanks so much!  It has long annoyed me that I had to maintain pairs
of nigh-identical aliases, one with colors for output on my terminal,
the other alias uncolored for piping to further commands.

-tkc