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Re: Adding color to git diff output.

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Apr 12, 2006, 15:46 UTC
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Alex Riesen wrote:
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> Maybe use "-t" here? I have at least one system which has no tty installed.
> Like this:
> 
>   if [ -n "$GIT_DIFF_PAGER" -a -t ]; then
I assume you mean "-t 1". It needs the FD number. But yes.
		Linus
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