Is this a problem with less or with git? >From the shell if I run: export LESS LESS=i git log then I see things like ESC[33m instead of colored text. If I run: unset LESS git log then I get colored text. Note that the environment variable LESS is used to pass default command line switches to less. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html