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[PATCH] format_commit_message: honor `color=auto` for `%C(auto)`

From
Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Date
May 27, 2016, 03:46 UTC
Message-ID
<20160527034610.GA31629@zoidberg>

git-log(1) documents that when specifying the `%C(auto)` format placeholder will "turn on auto coloring on the next %placeholders until the color is switched again."

However, when `%C(auto)` is used, the present implementation will turn colors on unconditionally (even if the color configuration is turned off for the current context - for example, `--no-color` was specified or the color is `auto` and the output is not a tty).

Update `format_commit_one` to examine the current context when a format string of `%C(auto)` is specified, which ensures that we will not unconditionally write colors. This brings that behavior in line with the behavior of `%C(auto,<colorname>)`, and allows the user the ability to specify that color should be displayed only when the output is a tty.

Additionally, add a test for `%C(auto)` and update the existing tests for `%C(auto,...)` as they were misidentified as being applicable to `%C(auto)`.

Signed-off-by: Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Tests from Jeff King.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 pretty.c                   |  2 +-
 t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 87c4497..c3ec430 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static size_t format_commit_one(struct strbuf *sb, /* in UTF-8 */
 	switch (placeholder[0]) {
 	case 'C':
 		if (starts_with(placeholder + 1, "(auto)")) {
-			c->auto_color = 1;
+			c->auto_color = want_color(c->pretty_ctx->color);
 			return 7; /* consumed 7 bytes, "C(auto)" */
 		} else {
 			int ret = parse_color(sb, placeholder, c);
diff --git a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
index b77d4c9..a1dcdb8 100755
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -184,38 +184,38 @@ commit $head1
 foo
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) does not enable color by default' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) does not enable color by default' '
 	git log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 >actual &&
 	has_no_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) enables colors for color.diff' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) enables colors for color.diff' '
 	git -c color.diff=always log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 >actual &&
 	has_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) enables colors for color.ui' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) enables colors for color.ui' '
 	git -c color.ui=always log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 >actual &&
 	has_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --color' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) respects --color' '
 	git log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 --color >actual &&
 	has_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --no-color' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) respects --no-color' '
 	git -c color.ui=always log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 --no-color >actual &&
 	has_no_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success TTY '%C(auto) respects --color=auto (stdout is tty)' '
+test_expect_success TTY '%C(auto,...) respects --color=auto (stdout is tty)' '
 	test_terminal env TERM=vt100 \
 		git log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 --color=auto >actual &&
 	has_color actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --color=auto (stdout not tty)' '
+test_expect_success '%C(auto,...) respects --color=auto (stdout not tty)' '
 	(
 		TERM=vt100 && export TERM &&
 		git log --format=$AUTO_COLOR -1 --color=auto >actual &&
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --color=auto (stdout not tty)' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --color' '
+	git log --color --format="%C(auto)%H" -1 >actual &&
+	printf "\\033[33m%s\\033[m\\n" $(git rev-parse HEAD) >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '%C(auto) respects --no-color' '
+	git log --no-color --format="%C(auto)%H" -1 >actual &&
+	git rev-parse HEAD >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 iconv -f utf-8 -t $test_encoding > commit-msg <<EOF
 Test printing of complex bodies
 
-- 
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  1. format_commit_message: honor `color=auto` for `%C(auto)`Edward Thomson, May 27, 2016
  2. Jeff KingMay 27, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2016

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