How can I run a command line app in C# and redirect/display its standard output while preserving the colors from the app?

Question

I am calling git via a command line in C#:

var logger = CreateProcess("git", $"log -n 1 {branchName}");
// some more code here
Console.WriteLine(logger.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());

private static Process CreateProcess(string exe, string args)
{
    var p = new Process();
    p.StartInfo.FileName = exe;
    p.StartInfo.Arguments = args;
    p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
    p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
    return p;
}

However the colors that are normally displayed by the command line git app are not displayed when I later go to write the redirected output ot the console; everything is white instead. Is there any way to run the app and redirect the output without losing the colors?

Answer 1

git -c color.ui=always log

参见https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-colorui