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Re: [PATCH resend] status: make coloring of "-z --short" consistent

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Oct 18, 2025, 06:01 UTC
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Thanks for the patch. Agreed, Retaining the colors is very useful, allowing me to pipe the colored output to other tools.

git -c color.status=always status --short -z | fzf --read0
Previous: Jeff KingNext: Jeff King
Message 5 of 7 in “Git Status Short Output Color Inconsistency with -z Flag”
  1. LangbartOct 5, 2025
  2. Jeff KingOct 7, 2025
  3. status: make coloring of "-z --short" consistentJeff King, Oct 7, 2025
  4. status: make coloring of "-z --short" consistentJeff King, Oct 17, 2025
  5. LangbartOct 18, 2025
  6. Jeff KingOct 18, 2025
  7. LangbartOct 18, 2025

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