That's why you pair it with a command line switch: --color=auto (default, isatty + termcap) --color=always --color=never Now if we could only ag

That's why you pair it with a command line switch: --color=auto (default, isatty + termcap) --color=always --color=never Now if we could only agree on a standard to do this using environment variables... Unfortunately, the most widely known "standard" [0], is still very rarely supported. [0] https://bixense.com/clicolors/ https://bixense.com/clicolors/