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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
index 81688d7f14..22080a7b37 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ colors = {'k' : 30, 'K' : 90, # black
color_re = r'@(?:@|\.|([*_])?([a-zA-Z])?(?:{((?:[^}]|}})*)})?)'
+# Force color even if stdout is not a tty.
+_force_color = False
+
+
class match_to_ansi(object):
def __init__(self, color=True):
self.color = color
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ def cwrite(string, stream=sys.stdout, color=None):
then it will be set based on stream.isatty().
"""
if color is None:
- color = stream.isatty()
+ color = stream.isatty() or _force_color
stream.write(colorize(string, color=color))
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ class ColorStream(object):
if raw:
color=True
else:
- color = self._stream.isatty()
+ color = self._stream.isatty() or _force_color
raw_write(colorize(string, color=color))
def writelines(self, sequence, **kwargs):