+use Git;
+
+# Prompt colors:
+my ($prompt_color, $header_color, $help_color, $normal_color);
+# Diff colors:
+my ($new_color, $old_color, $fraginfo_color, $metainfo_color, $whitespace_color);
+
+my ($use_color, $diff_use_color);
+my $repo = Git->repository();
+
+$use_color = $repo->get_colorbool('color.interactive');
+
+if ($use_color) {
+ # Set interactive colors:
+
+ # Grab the 3 main colors in git color string format, with sane
+ # (visible) defaults:
+ $prompt_color = $repo->get_color("color.interactive.prompt", "bold blue");
+ $header_color = $repo->get_color("color.interactive.header", "bold");
+ $help_color = $repo->get_color("color.interactive.help", "red bold");
+ $normal_color = $repo->get_color("", "reset");
+
+ # Do we also set diff colors?
+ $diff_use_color = $repo->get_colorbool('color.diff');
+ if ($diff_use_color) {
+ $new_color = $repo->get_color("color.diff.new", "green");
+ $old_color = $repo->get_color("color.diff.old", "red");
+ $fraginfo_color = $repo->get_color("color.diff.frag", "cyan");
+ $metainfo_color = $repo->get_color("color.diff.meta", "bold");
+ $whitespace_color = $repo->get_color("color.diff.whitespace", "normal red");
+ }
+}
+
+sub colored {
+ my $color = shift;
+ my $string = join("", @_);
+
+ if ($use_color) {
+ # Put a color code at the beginning of each line, a reset at the end
+ # color after newlines that are not at the end of the string
+ $string =~ s/(\n+)(.)/$1$color$2/g;
+ # reset before newlines
+ $string =~ s/(\n+)/$normal_color$1/g;
+ # codes at beginning and end (if necessary):
+ $string =~ s/^/$color/;
+ $string =~ s/$/$normal_color/ unless $string =~ /\n$/;
+ }
+ return $string;
+}