commit 8e76d46a4b8180ab247ecf6382f4f7abd34591f1
author Sigurd Meldgaard <sigurdm@google.com> Tue May 05 13:18:13 2020 +0200
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> Tue May 05 13:18:13 2020 +0200
tree 7bd25bfe02243d512edd6ab5d89a33bd747f9d0c
parent 572a23f815a5d632a8c2b259b691792674cd8b4d

Force colors when --color is given (#2481)

lib/src/command/outdated.dart

diff --git a/lib/src/command/outdated.dart b/lib/src/command/outdated.dart
index 21eebaf..0d5f289 100644
--- a/lib/src/command/outdated.dart
+++ b/lib/src/command/outdated.dart
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@
     if (argResults['json']) {
       await _outputJson(rows);
     } else {
-      final useColors = argResults['color'] ||
-          (!argResults.wasParsed('color') && canUseSpecialChars);
+      if (argResults.wasParsed('color') && argResults['color']) {
+        forceColors = true;
+      }
+      final useColors = argResults['color'] || canUseSpecialChars;
       final marker = {
         'outdated': oudatedMarker,
         'none': noneMarker,

lib/src/utils.dart

diff --git a/lib/src/utils.dart b/lib/src/utils.dart
index 2ed5705..5f48068 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils.dart
@@ -400,16 +400,20 @@
 String _urlDecode(String encoded) =>
     Uri.decodeComponent(encoded.replaceAll('+', ' '));
 
+/// Set to `true` if ANSI colors should be output regardless of terminalD
+bool forceColors = false;
+
 /// Whether "special" strings such as Unicode characters or color escapes are
 /// safe to use.
 ///
 /// On Windows or when not printing to a terminal, only printable ASCII
 /// characters should be used.
 bool get canUseSpecialChars =>
-    !runningFromTest &&
-    !runningAsTest &&
-    stdioType(stdout) == StdioType.terminal &&
-    stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes;
+    forceColors ||
+    (!runningFromTest &&
+        !runningAsTest &&
+        stdioType(stdout) == StdioType.terminal &&
+        stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes);
 
 /// Gets a "special" string (ANSI escape or Unicode).
 ///