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Subject: Re: color (red) for error messages on all git commands
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On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:58, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:44, Neal Kreitzinger <neal@rsss.com> wrote=
:
>> Desired Solution: =C2=A0configure git to display all error messages =
in color,
>> e.g. red, so that the programmer does not overlook error messages.

It is considered a good behavior for a UNIX program only to display
something if there is an error. Git just tries to follow this tradition=
=2E

> That's actually something I run into as well, I am so used to git jus=
t
> doing what I want that I don't notice the error messages when they
> occur. If this is indeed desired (probably controlled by color.warnin=
g
> and color.error?) it should be fairly easy to implement (see usage.c)=
=2E

That said, I also like the idea. Don't forget to check for tty in the p=
atch.