Hi Peff, On 2015-08-10 07:23, Jeff King wrote: > diff --git a/compat/pipe-id.c b/compat/pipe-id.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..4764c5f > --- /dev/null > +++ b/compat/pipe-id.c > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ > +#include "git-compat-util.h" > +#include "compat/pipe-id.h" > +#include "strbuf.h" > + > +const char *pipe_id_get(int fd) > +{ > + static struct strbuf id = STRBUF_INIT; > + struct stat st; > + > + if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0 || !S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) > + return NULL; Just a quick note: it seems that this check is not really working on Windows. I tested this by running this test case manually (because TTY is not set on Windows): > +test_expect_success TTY 'no color when paged program writes to pipe' ' > + test_config alias.externallog "!git log | cat >log.out" && > + test_config color.ui auto && > + test_terminal env TERM=vt100 git -p externallog && > + test_line_count = 0 paginated.out && > + test -s log.out && > + ! colorful log.out > +' The output is "colorful" ;-) I hope to find some time tomorrow to figure out some workaround that makes this work on Windows. Ciao, Dscho -- 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