From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 17:58:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make --color available to git-status
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705051956200.4015@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <11783866694076-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>

Hi,

On Sat, 5 May 2007, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Git has a nice colored output for status, using
> 
> $ git runstatus --color
> 
> However, this --color is not made available to git-status itself.

AFAIR there have been attempts to enable this by default, when git-status 
is run interactively (i.e. its output is not piped). However, this proved 
to be remarkably complex, given that the output of runstatus _is_ piped.

IMHO the proper solution would be to go the full nine yards, and teach 
runstatus about the remaining parts of git-status. Then, automatic color 
works automatically.

Ciao,
Dscho