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[bat --help] not showing color since version 0.23.0-1

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#3,034 opened on Jul 21, 2024

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Description

What steps will reproduce the bug? I am using MinGW x64

  1. Install bat 0.22.1-1 and run command bat --help. Color shows as expected
  2. Install bat 0.23.0-1 and run command bat --help. See just black and white image image

How did you install bat? Download packages from msys2-mingw64-repo

pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-bat-0.22.1-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-bat-0.23.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst

bat version and environment diagnostic.txt

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Research direction
Investigate changes between versions 0.22.1 and 0.23.0 in the terminal color detection code, particularly for MinGW/Cygwin environments. Trace the code path for help output to see why color is suppressed.
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