gitui-org/gitui

Not working in Windows Terminal

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#1,098 opened on Jan 24, 2022

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Description

I downloaded your tar.gz and extracted and ran it in Windows Terminal in git-bash.

When I ran it plain, it actually printed control codes:

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But here's the funny part. When I piped it like $ gitui.exe | cat, it worked:

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Research direction
Investigate terminal detection in gitui, focusing on Windows Terminal and git bash environments. Check the logic that determines whether stdout is a TTY and how control codes are emitted.
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