sending colored output using linux mail/mailx

Question

I'm using mailx to send colored output via email:

git diff | mailx -s "code diff output" usrname@srv.com

Output of git diff is colored but the received mail is plain.

Answer 1

You need to use

git diff --color=always | mailx -s "code diff output" usrname@srv.com

But when you read it will show asci character for color. So pipe to cat for reading:

mailx | cat