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From: Sascha Peilicke <saschpe@gmx.de>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] No color diff when redirecting to file
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:59:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201101240959.02852.saschpe@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpq39oj4jfz.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

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On Sunday 23 January 2011 18:29:52 you wrote:
> 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.

try the same with

git diff > foo

works when

git diff --no-color > foo
-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Sascha Peilicke
http://saschpe.wordpress.com

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-24  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-23 13:10 [PATCH] No color diff when redirecting to file Sascha Peilicke
2011-01-23 14:47 ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-23 17:29   ` Matthieu Moy
2011-01-23 23:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-24  8:59     ` Sascha Peilicke [this message]
2011-01-24  9:38       ` Matthieu Moy
2011-01-24  8:56   ` Sascha Peilicke

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