GNU bug report logs - #5211
Color escape codes in the output of vc-git-print-log

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:20:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 23.1.90

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
Cc: 5211 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5211: Color escape codes in the output of vc-git-print-log
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:42:45 +0100

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 15:57, Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu> wrote:

> When did the --no-color option appear?
> If we pass it by default, then it will break C-x v l for git versions
> that do not support it.
> If --no-color is old enough, the it might not matter...

Good question. According to the logs, in July 2006


  commit fef88bb0134dfd47b4bd17e668bbb860588dcb39
  Author: Junio C Hamano <junkio <at> cox.net>
  Date:   2006-07-07 05:27:24 -0700

      diff.c: --no-color to defeat diff.color configuration.

      Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio <at> cox.net>


which means, if I'm not mistaken, that it appeared in git 1.4.2.

    Juanma
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