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colorize output

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating where pgctl formats and writes its CLI output, then review how the colorama dependency would fit; done means the output is more readable through restrained color without disrupting non-interactive use.

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Description

enhancement newhire

If we added just a little color to the output, it would be much more readable.
colorama seems to be the go-to library for this.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
32
Forks
15
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