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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: color (red) for error messages on all git commands
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:58:31 +0100
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Heya,

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 23:44, Neal Kreitzinger <neal@rsss.com> wrote:
> Problem Scenario: =A0programmer doesn't pay attention to messages as =
he
> becomes more familiar with git and as a result doesn't notice error m=
essages
> until its too late. =A0Mistakes take longer to remediate because the =
original
> error message was not resolved at the time it occurred.
>
> Desired Solution: =A0configure git to display all error messages in c=
olor,
> e.g. red, so that the programmer does not overlook error messages.

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

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier