checkout: tone down the "forked status" diagnostic messages

diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index 124ba331c7f798b9b922fc8482dbc215202b99a6..7f66c29fae57abceda30b1257c2a66626f3be0b2 100644 (file)
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -116,23 +116,31 @@ void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst)
        die("bad config value '%s' for variable '%s'", value, var);
 }
 
-int git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value)
+int git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty)
 {
-       if (!value)
-               return 1;
-       if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto")) {
-               if (isatty(1) || (pager_in_use && pager_use_color)) {
-                       char *term = getenv("TERM");
-                       if (term && strcmp(term, "dumb"))
-                               return 1;
-               }
-               return 0;
+       if (value) {
+               if (!strcasecmp(value, "never"))
+                       return 0;
+               if (!strcasecmp(value, "always"))
+                       return 1;
+               if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
+                       goto auto_color;
        }
-       if (!strcasecmp(value, "never"))
+
+       /* Missing or explicit false to turn off colorization */
+       if (!git_config_bool(var, value))
                return 0;
-       if (!strcasecmp(value, "always"))
-               return 1;
-       return git_config_bool(var, value);
+
+       /* any normal truth value defaults to 'auto' */
+ auto_color:
+       if (stdout_is_tty < 0)
+               stdout_is_tty = isatty(1);
+       if (stdout_is_tty || (pager_in_use() && pager_use_color)) {
+               char *term = getenv("TERM");
+               if (term && strcmp(term, "dumb"))
+                       return 1;
+       }
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,