I'm trying to get watch to display colors from 'git status'.
I've tried running watch with the --color option, as suggested elsewhere here, but, still, watch --color 'git status' doesn't display colors.
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When git status is run under watch, it is able to detect that its standard output is not a terminal, meaning it will not output colors if the color.status setting is set to auto. To force git status to always output colors (even under watch), set color.stats to always, e.g.
git config color.status always
to set the setting permanently, or as @ChrisJonsen points out, use git -c color.status=always status to run git status with a one-time override.
watchsupports--color? – jw013 Aug 31 '12 at 14:18git status. Note thatautois insufficient forwatchsince output is not to a terminal. You'll have togit config color.status always, at least for running underwatch. – jw013 Aug 31 '12 at 16:54-coption can be used to set a value forcolor.statusfor a single command:git -c color.status=always status– Chris Johnsen Sep 1 '12 at 4:50