From baea068d677fae92d7903e984cf93bbd5195a000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:38:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
---
compat/mingw.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 74c6180a201..df0fa03194a 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);