From c1293b1914d410e39ae092c8054da36f2d23aa84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:53:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make watch git status always use color

---
 utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
index 2602c89..e7cf931 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
+++ b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ elif which batcat &> /dev/null; then
   }
 fi
 
+# Wrap watch to colorize 'watch git status', otherwise pass through to the real
+# watch command.
+watch() {
+  if [ "git status" = "$*" ]; then
+    command watch --color -n 2 'git -c color.status=always status'
+  else
+    command watch "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
 if which docker-machine &> /dev/null; then
   # Wrap the docker command to print a message if a docker-machine is not
   # running, rather than just stating it can not find it's socket.