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Re: [PATCH 4/5] grep: Colorize filename, line number, and separator

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Mar 3, 2010, 04:49 UTC
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Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com> writes:
> Furthermore, the current behavior of all git tools is to make
> --color turn on color always, so I imagine you would have to make an
> extremely compelling argument to break backwards compatibility.

I don't think the usual backwards-compatibility arguments should really apply to edge-cases in frippery like --color...

-Miles
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Message 19 of 25 in “color enhancements, particularly for grep”
  1. 0/5 color enhancements, particularly for grepMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  2. 1/5 Allow explicit ANSI codes for colorsMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  3. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2010
  4. Mark LodatoFeb 27, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  6. color: allow multiple attributesJunio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2010
  7. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2010
  9. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2010
  10. 2/5 Add GIT_COLOR_BOLD_* and GIT_COLOR_BG_*Mark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  11. 3/5 Remove reference to GREP_COLORS from documentationMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  12. 4/5 grep: Colorize filename, line number, and separatorMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010
  13. René ScharfeFeb 27, 2010
  14. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  15. Michael WittenFeb 28, 2010
  16. Mark LodatoMar 2, 2010
  17. Michael WittenMar 2, 2010
  18. Mark LodatoMar 3, 2010
  19. Miles BaderMar 3, 2010
  20. René ScharfeFeb 27, 2010
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2010
  22. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2010
  24. Mark LodatoFeb 28, 2010
  25. 5/5 grep: Colorize selected, context, and function linesMark Lodato, Feb 27, 2010

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