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FW: Git log --graph doesn't output color when redirected

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SMSrb, Michal <michal.srb11@imperial.ac.uk>
Date
Dec 12, 2012, 17:35 UTC
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Unlike --pretty-format, --graph doesn’t output colors when the git log output
is redirected.
 
Tested on Ubuntu 12.04 and msys on Windows 8.
 
Is there a setting somewhere in config to change this?
 
Thanks,
 
Michal
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