This is tenuous at best. iTerm2, at least, doesn't support the "conceal" color (^[[8m) and any other color would rely on the "victim's" color scheme to work pro

This is tenuous at best. iTerm2, at least, doesn't support the "conceal" color (^[[8m) and any other color would rely on the "victim's" color scheme to work properly. Git is safely removing sequences that could actually cause problems like OSC. This technique also wouldn't stand up to review on Github or any other online code review platform.