From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:38:06 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Win32: enable color output in Windows cmd.exe
X-Git-Tag: v2.1.0-rc1~7^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=baea068d677fae92d7903e984cf93bbd5195a000;p=git

Win32: enable color output in Windows cmd.exe

Git requires the TERM environment variable to be set for all color*
settings. Simulate the TERM variable if it is not set (default on Windows).

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Stepan Kasal <kasal@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 74c6180a20..df0fa03194 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2113,6 +2113,10 @@ void mingw_startup()
 			setenv("TMPDIR", tmp, 1);
 	}
 
+	/* simulate TERM to enable auto-color (see color.c) */
+	if (!getenv("TERM"))
+		setenv("TERM", "cygwin", 1);
+
 	/* initialize critical section for waitpid pinfo_t list */
 	InitializeCriticalSection(&pinfo_cs);