From ff754fe893fc86daea9d10458a9142360ea4d36b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:50:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: document the NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR env vars
Signed-off-by: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/37404
---
doc/api/cli.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
doc/node.1 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
lib/internal/main/print_help.js | 3 +++
3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index c9f51b65f94cc7..7723a4bc237d15 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1264,6 +1264,19 @@ Print node's version.
## Environment variables
+### `FORCE_COLOR=[1, 2, 3]`
+
+The `FORCE_COLOR` environment variable is used to
+enable ANSI colorized output. The value may be:
+
+* `1`, `true`, or the empty string `''` indicate 16-color support,
+* `2` to indicate 256-color support, or
+* `3` to indicate 16 million-color support.
+
+When `FORCE_COLOR` is used and set to a supported value, both the `NO_COLOR`,
+and `NODE_DISABLE_COLORS` environment variables are ignored.
+
+Any other value will result in colorized output being disabled.
### `NODE_DEBUG=module[,…]`
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.32
@@ -1609,6 +1622,11 @@ and the line lengths of the source file (in the key `lineLengths`).
}
```
+### `NO_COLOR=<any>`
+
+[`NO_COLOR`][] is an alias for `NODE_DISABLE_COLORS`. The value of the
+environment variable is arbitrary.
+
### `OPENSSL_CONF=file`
<!-- YAML
added: v6.11.0
@@ -1704,6 +1722,7 @@ $ node --max-old-space-size=1536 index.js
[`Buffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_buffer
[`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.1.0/man3/CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init.html
[`NODE_OPTIONS`]: #cli_node_options_options
+[`NO_COLOR`]: https://no-color.org
[`SlowBuffer`]: buffer.md#buffer_class_slowbuffer
[`process.setUncaughtExceptionCaptureCallback()`]: process.md#process_process_setuncaughtexceptioncapturecallback_fn
[`tls.DEFAULT_MAX_VERSION`]: tls.md#tls_tls_default_max_version
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index 63574131878042..6b091f5a795f42 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -530,6 +530,26 @@ Print node's version.
.\" =====================================================================
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width 6n
+.It Ev FORCE_COLOR
+Used to enable ANSI colorized output. The value may be one of:
+.Ar 1
+,
+.Ar true
+, or
+.Ar an empty string
+to
+indicate 16-color support,
+.Ar 2
+to indicate 256-color support, or
+.Ar 3
+to indicate 16 million-color support. When used and set to a supported
+value, both the NO_COLOR and NODE_DISABLE_COLORS environment variables
+are ignored. Any other value will result in colorized output being
+disabled.
+.
+.It Ev NO_COLOR
+Alias for NODE_DISABLE_COLORS
+.
.It Ev NODE_DEBUG Ar modules...
Comma-separated list of core modules that should print debug information.
.
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
index e3d7e68fa64846..e43bcaead89ca0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ for (const key of ObjectKeys(types))
// so we gather the documentation here.
const { hasIntl, hasSmallICU, hasNodeOptions } = internalBinding('config');
const envVars = new SafeMap(ArrayPrototypeConcat([
+ ['FORCE_COLOR', { helpText: "when set to 'true', 1, 2, or 3, causes " +
+ 'NO_COLOR and NODE_DISABLE_COLORS to be ignored.' }],
+ ['NO_COLOR', { helpText: 'Alias for NODE_DISABLE_COLORS' }],
['NODE_DEBUG', { helpText: "','-separated list of core modules that " +
'should print debug information' }],
['NODE_DEBUG_NATIVE', { helpText: "','-separated list of C++ core debug " +