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Re: [msysGit] Re: Need your help with MinGW Issue 17: --color options don't work (produce garbage)

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RDRogan Dawes <lists@dawes.za.net>
Date
Aug 15, 2007, 21:22 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hmm.  Somehow I doubt that this hack works _outside_ of the Windows 
> console.  I.e. if you call git in rxvt, it will fail, if you ssh into 
> Windows, it will fail.
> 
> Ciao,
> Dscho
>

I'd say that since Windows doesn't have the concept of terminfo or terminal types, and since SSH is mostly only supported through cygwin-style "hacks", (or F-Secure, but I have no experience with that) that we should not be _too_ concerned about that.

Users that *do* need to use rxvt or SSH should simply disable the color mode, or alternatively, use the cygwin version. Color, while useful, is hardly critical functionality.

My R0.02.
Regards,
Rogan
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  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 15, 2007
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