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Re: Perl warning in git-svn (git v1.5.3-rc7-16-ge340d7d)

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Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Aug 31, 2007, 23:47 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> I was almost going to suggest us to change "*.color = true" to
>> mean 'auto'.  Because git can internally use pager and has a way
>> for the user to control enabling/disabling colors when the pager
>> is used, there is no _logical_ reason to enable pager when the
>> output is not going to a tty.
>>     
>
> Gaah, sorry; I meant "no logical reason to enable _color_ when
> the output is not going to a tty".
Sure there is, when the output is "less -R"
Sam.
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Message 11 of 18 in “Perl warning in git-svn (git v1.5.3-rc7-16-ge340d7d)”
  1. Robert NewsonAug 31, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  3. Eric WongAug 31, 2007
  4. Robert NewsonAug 31, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  6. Robert NewsonAug 31, 2007
  7. Robert NewsonAug 31, 2007
  8. Robert NewsonAug 31, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  11. Sam VilainAug 31, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 31, 2007
  13. git-svn: Protect against "diff.color = true".Junio C Hamano, Aug 31, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 31, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 31, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2007
  18. Eric WongAug 31, 2007

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