Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:20:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Dangling Pointer <danglingpointer@outlook.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git diff encoding issue when running via Hyper-V Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509301317340.37455@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20150930165744.3437d751.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BAY169-W424C7A9E96B8530A5BCAF0A74D0@phx.gbl> <20150930165744.3437d751.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:31:36 +0000, Dangling Pointer wrote: >> Hi, >> When I run FreeBSD 10.1 or 10.2 x64 via Hyper-V on Windows 10, the >> encoding of `git diff` command emits cluttered text (with lots of >> "ESC[m" noise) like: >> ESC[31m-setup_dirs()ESC[m >> ESC[32m+ESC[mESC[32msetup_dirs2()ESC[m >> instead of: >> -setup_dirs()+setup_dirs2() >> I don't know what to make of it. > > This looks like color codes... > > > >> Can somebody please let me know if this is a bug or do I need to >> configure something? > > The pager (and the attached terminal emulator) should be able to > convert those codes (Escape, [, code sequence) into something > meaningful, usually a change of display attributes such as color, > inverse, underlined (or whatever the terminal supports). FWIW, less(1) supports color codes with the -R option.
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