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Verified · cmc

cmc <hello@cleberg.net> · 2026-09-24 04:29 UTC

gitbay: GITBAY_TERM=off sends no terminal size

Ref #254

.gitbay/wiki/Users.org +4

		@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@ list. The server then prints:
775	775	=GITBAY_PAGER= turns paging off. Paging never applies to =--follow=,
776	776	=--json=, or piped output.
777	777
	778	=GITBAY_TERM=off= stops the CLI sending =--term= at all, for an
	779	instance older than v1.36.0, which refuses the argument as an unknown
	780	command.
	781
778	782	Stock ssh without the CLI's multiplexing gets the plain output unless
779	783	it passes the same leading argument or sets the environment variable
780	784	sshd is told to accept:

CHANGELOG.org +5

		@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ anything beyond "replace the binary and restart" is needed.
8	8
9	9	Terminal output for the CLI (#254).
10	10
	11	Upgrade note. Upgrade the instance before the CLI: an older server
	12	refuses the CLI's leading =--term= argument as an unknown command.
	13	Against an older instance, set =GITBAY_TERM=off= and the CLI sends no
	14	terminal size.
	15
11	16	- At a terminal, lists print under a header, fitted to the width, with
12	17	states in colour and relative ages; the next page is a command on
13	18	stderr. Piped output keeps the same tab-separated rows, with

cmd/gitbay/ssh.go +3 −2

		@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ var noColor bool
114	114
115	115	// termValue is GITBAY_TERM for this invocation: the terminal's width,
116	116	// and whether colour is wanted. Empty when stdout is not a terminal,
117		// so piped output stays the rows stock ssh prints.
	117	// so piped output stays the rows stock ssh prints, and when GITBAY_TERM
	118	// is "off", for an instance older than --term.
118	119	func termValue(isTerminal bool, cols int, env func(string) string) string {
119		if !isTerminal \|\| cols < 40 {
	120	if !isTerminal \|\| cols < 40 \|\| env("GITBAY_TERM") == "off" {
120	121	return ""
121	122	}
122	123	v := strconv.Itoa(cols)

cmd/gitbay/term_test.go +1

		@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func TestTermValue(t *testing.T) {
22	22	{true, 120, map[string]string{"NO_COLOR": "1"}, false, "120"},
23	23	{true, 120, map[string]string{"TERM": "dumb"}, false, "120"},
24	24	{true, 120, nil, true, "120"},
	25	{true, 120, map[string]string{"GITBAY_TERM": "off"}, false, ""},
25	26	}
26	27	for _, c := range cases {
27	28	noColor = c.noColor

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