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Re: [PATCH] No color diff when redirecting to file

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jan 23, 2011, 17:29 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> That said, I cannot reproduce. Perhaps your configuration says 
> color.ui=always? If so, then this is expected behavior and not a bug, IMO.
I think you're right.
I tested this (without the patch):

git diff => I get color, because I have color.ui = auto

git diff | cat => I don't get color

git diff --color=auto | cat => no color

git diff --color=always | cat => colors, because I've asked

this seems to be just the right behavior.
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Matthieu Moy
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