[MNG-6220] Add CLI options to control color output

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.5.2
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Manuel Ryan
• Created: 18/Apr/17 08:05
• Updated: 28/Mar/20 15:01
• Resolved: 15/Aug/17 20:05

Description

Currently, the only way to enable/disable color output is to use the batch-mode or log-file options.

If a user wants colored output but no interactivity (ie: jenkins environment with the ansicolor plugin), there is no CLI option combination to support the use-case.

I propose to add an option to control output coloring directly.

--color=enabled <- color output always enabled
--color=disabled <- color output always disabled
--color=auto <- current behavior (default)

Issue Links

• is broken by: MNG-6296 New option -Dstyle.color is not working
• relates to: MNG-3507 ANSI color logging for improved output visibility
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #22
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #114