Force “git status” to output color on the terminal (inside a script)

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EDIT:

I would like to make a recommendation that parsing colors is a generally ill-conceived idea.

Part of why i wanted it was so I can both parse it and pas

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EDIT:

I would like to make a strong recommendation that parsing colors is a generally ill-conceived idea.

Part of why i wanted it was so I can both parse it and pass it along in my own script output. This is... okay, but it would probably be saner to use porcelain or some such and re-build the colored parts myself!

Original answer follows.

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I keep finding answers really quickly after asking questions. Something to do with thinking about a problem long enough to write it out that you formulate better approaches for solving it. Anyway, the solution to this is just

git config color.status always

I imagine that a general purpose solution involves expect or something pty related to force any programs that require it into thinking they are on a terminal.