Add FORCE_COLOR env support (#1003)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Fixed a bug where tasks were sometimes incorrectly marked as internal ([#1007](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/1007) by @pd93).
 - Update to Go 1.20 (bump minimum version to 1.19) ([#1010](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/1010) by @pd93)
+- Added environment variable `FORCE_COLOR` support to force color output. Usefull for environments without TTY ([#1003](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/1003) by @automation-stack)
 
 ## v3.20.0 - 2023-01-14
 

docs/docs/api_reference.md

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Some environment variables can be overriden to adjust Task behavior.
 | `TASK_COLOR_YELLOW` | `33` | Color used for yellow. |
 | `TASK_COLOR_MAGENTA` | `35` | Color used for magenta. |
 | `TASK_COLOR_RED` | `31` | Color used for red. |
+| `FORCE_COLOR` | `undefined` | Force color output usage. |
 
 ## Schema
 

internal/logger/logger.go

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func Red() PrintFunc {
 }
 
 func envColor(env string, defaultColor color.Attribute) color.Attribute {
+	if os.Getenv("FORCE_COLOR") != "" {
+		color.NoColor = false
+	}
+
 	override, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv(env))
 	if err == nil {
 		return color.Attribute(override)