(#8356) Color defaults to false on Windows

Windows consoles do not support ansi escape sequences for colorizing
output. This commit changes the default setting of 'color' to false when
the "microsoft_windows" feature is present.

Paired-with: Jacob Helwig <jacob@puppetlabs.com>

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
index 07442d0e9..488b991d7 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ module Puppet
       exits.  Comma-separate multiple values.  For a list of all values,
       specify 'all'.  This feature is only available in Puppet versions
       higher than 0.18.4."],
-    :color => ["ansi", "Whether to use colors when logging to the console.
+    :color => [(Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? ? "false" : "ansi"), "Whether to use colors when logging to the console.
       Valid values are `ansi` (equivalent to `true`), `html` (mostly
       used during testing with TextMate), and `false`, which produces
       no color."],
diff --git a/spec/integration/defaults_spec.rb b/spec/integration/defaults_spec.rb
index 9bec769ab..a165838c3 100755
--- a/spec/integration/defaults_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/defaults_spec.rb
@@ -277,4 +277,14 @@ describe "Puppet defaults" do
     subject { Puppet.settings[:reporturl] }
     it { should == "http://localhost:3000/reports" }
   end
+
+  describe "when configuring color" do
+    it "should default to ansi", :unless => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
+      Puppet.settings[:color].should == 'ansi'
+    end
+
+    it "should default to false", :if => Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? do
+      Puppet.settings[:color].should == 'false'
+    end
+  end
 end