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Re: color (red) for error messages on all git commands

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 24, 2010, 23:12 UTC
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:58, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:44, Neal Kreitzinger <neal@rsss.com> wrote:
>> Desired Solution:  configure git to display all error messages in color,
>> e.g. red, so that the programmer does not overlook error messages.

It is considered a good behavior for a UNIX program only to display something if there is an error. Git just tries to follow this tradition.

> That's actually something I run into as well, I am so used to git just
> doing what I want that I don't notice the error messages when they
> occur. If this is indeed desired (probably controlled by color.warning
> and color.error?) it should be fairly easy to implement (see usage.c).
That said, I also like the idea. Don't forget to check for tty in the patch.
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Message 3 of 18 in “color (red) for error messages on all git commands”
  1. Neal KreitzingerMar 24, 2010
  2. Sverre RabbelierMar 24, 2010
  3. Alex RiesenMar 24, 2010
  4. Michael J GruberMar 25, 2010
  5. clone: quell the progress report from initMichael J Gruber, Mar 25, 2010
  6. Alex RiesenMar 25, 2010
  7. Michael J GruberMar 25, 2010
  8. Tilo SchwarzMar 25, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2010
  10. Nicolas PitreMar 26, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2010
  13. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2010
  14. Alex RiesenMar 30, 2010
  15. clone: quell the progress report from init and report on cloneMichael J Gruber, Apr 1, 2010
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2010
  17. Michael J GruberApr 4, 2010
  18. clone: quell the progress report from init and report on cloneMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2010

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