cmMessenger: Color messages to terminal by type

Fixes: #16183

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmMessenger.cxx b/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
index 4c0faa9236..1cb638ac25 100644
--- a/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMessenger.cxx
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include "cmsys/Terminal.h"
+
 MessageType cmMessenger::ConvertMessageType(MessageType t) const
 {
   bool warningsAsErrors;
@@ -85,6 +87,21 @@ static bool printMessagePreamble(MessageType t, std::ostream& msg)
   return true;
 }
 
+static int getMessageColor(MessageType t)
+{
+  switch (t) {
+    case MessageType::INTERNAL_ERROR:
+    case MessageType::FATAL_ERROR:
+    case MessageType::AUTHOR_ERROR:
+      return cmsysTerminal_Color_ForegroundRed;
+    case MessageType::AUTHOR_WARNING:
+    case MessageType::WARNING:
+      return cmsysTerminal_Color_ForegroundYellow;
+    default:
+      return cmsysTerminal_Color_Normal;
+  }
+}
+
 void printMessageText(std::ostream& msg, std::string const& text)
 {
   msg << ":\n";
@@ -122,6 +139,7 @@ void displayMessage(MessageType t, std::ostringstream& msg)
 
   // Output the message.
   cmMessageMetadata md;
+  md.desiredColor = getMessageColor(t);
   if (t == MessageType::FATAL_ERROR || t == MessageType::INTERNAL_ERROR ||
       t == MessageType::DEPRECATION_ERROR || t == MessageType::AUTHOR_ERROR) {
     cmSystemTools::SetErrorOccured();