Re: git add -p stops working when setting color.ui = always

From: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 2, 2017, 18:54 UTC
Message-ID: <20171002185415.GB30301@hank>
In-Reply-To: <CAB2yay8LLeNbqR4kkTwF1U+oarVDRxgkV4uGXuYcO8mAQmhWQQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On 10/02, Tsvi Mostovicz wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> When setting "color.ui = always" in the last few versions (not sure
> exactly when this started, but definitely exists in 2.14.1 and
> 2.14.2), git add -p stops working as expected. Instead of prompting
> the user, it skips through the prompts and doesn't allow selecting a
> hunk.

This is a known change in behaviour (for more information see the thread at https://public-inbox.org/git/86D0A377-8AFD-460D-A90E-6327C6934DFC@gmail.com/).

> 
> Don't know why I had color.ui = always set in my .gitconfig.

Can you set color.ui = auto instead? That should give you colored output on the terminal, while not breaking git add -p.

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> git version 2.14.2.666.gea220ee40
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Tsvi Mostovicz
> ttmost@gmail.com
> www.linkedin.com/in/tsvim