From fc82aab74b9f0187d38fb01890af287b0c0f6cc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Guan <richard.guan@protocol.ai>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:14:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] add bool flag and gen documentation

---
 cmd/lotus/main.go             | 11 +++++++++++
 documentation/en/cli-lotus.md |  1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/lotus/main.go b/cmd/lotus/main.go
index c19b9fce4..85324e466 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	logging "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
 	"github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			jaeger = tracing.SetupJaegerTracing("lotus/" + cmd.Name)
 
+			if cctx.IsSet("color") {
+				color.NoColor = !cctx.Bool("color")
+			}
+
 			if originBefore != nil {
 				return originBefore(cctx)
 			}
@@ -75,6 +80,12 @@ func main() {
 				Hidden:  true,
 				Value:   "~/.lotus", // should follow --repo default
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				// examined in the Before above
+				Name:        "color",
+				Usage:       "use color in display output",
+				DefaultText: "depends on output being a TTY",
+			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "repo",
 				EnvVars: []string{"LOTUS_PATH"},
diff --git a/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md b/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
index 86ce59ba4..53f55e61d 100644
--- a/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
+++ b/documentation/en/cli-lotus.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ COMMANDS:
      status  Check node status
 
 GLOBAL OPTIONS:
+   --color        use color in display output (default: depends on output being a TTY)
    --force-send   if true, will ignore pre-send checks (default: false)
    --help, -h     show help (default: false)
    --interactive  setting to false will disable interactive functionality of commands (default: false)