1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index c3a9cab898..54d2f58693 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@ static void wt_status_print_verbose(struct wt_status *s)
 	rev.diffopt.detect_rename = 1;
 	rev.diffopt.file = s->fp;
 	rev.diffopt.close_file = 0;
+	/*
+	 * If we're not going to stdout, then we definitely don't
+	 * want color, since we are going to the commit message
+	 * file (and even the "auto" setting won't work, since it
+	 * will have checked isatty on stdout).
+	 */
+	if (s->fp != stdout)
+		DIFF_OPT_CLR(&rev.diffopt, COLOR_DIFF);
 	run_diff_index(&rev, 1);
 }
 
@@ -422,5 +430,5 @@ int git_status_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 			return error("Invalid untracked files mode '%s'", v);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return git_color_default_config(k, v, cb);
+	return git_diff_ui_config(k, v, cb);
 }