Re: [PATCH] git-status: colorize status output

Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

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Is there any way to do isatty() from shell scripts?

As Junio said, test -t. :) Is there interest in me adding that feature?

I would suggest that all scripts that use colors have a
always/auto/never (with boolean fallback) option and also honor
pager.color if the pager is in use.