From b92012dae65e3ffdcc86f95a9e7b054602d265ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Schwarz <schwarz.dan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 17:54:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added --color flag to force color even if stdout is a tty

---
 toot/console.py | 5 +++++
 toot/output.py  | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/toot/console.py b/toot/console.py
index 41583c12..e9ddc3cb 100644
--- a/toot/console.py
+++ b/toot/console.py
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ def editor(value):
         "action": 'store_true',
         "default": False,
     }),
+    (["--color"], {
+        "help": "always use ANSI colors in output",
+        "action": 'store_true',
+        "default": False,
+    }),
     (["--quiet"], {
         "help": "don't write to stdout on success",
         "action": 'store_true',
diff --git a/toot/output.py b/toot/output.py
index d526539f..a81630f8 100644
--- a/toot/output.py
+++ b/toot/output.py
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ def use_ansi_color():
     if sys.platform == 'win32' and 'ANSICON' not in os.environ:
         return False
 
+    # With the --color flag, force color, even if stdout is a tty
+    # and even if --no-color is also specified (!)
+    if "--color" in sys.argv:
+        return True
+
     # Don't show color if stdout is not a tty, e.g. if output is piped on
     if not sys.stdout.isatty():
         return False