From 1b4f7b34c89e3919bbb901ac79a40c979c832c64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 18:01:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] don't let externals break ansi escapes (#3438)

---
 crates/nu-command/src/commands/run_external.rs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/run_external.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/run_external.rs
index 8adcde2af6..aff580adbf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/run_external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/run_external.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for RunExternalCommand {
             external_redirection,
         );
 
+        // When externals return, don't let them mess up the ansi escapes
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        {
+            let _ = nu_ansi_term::enable_ansi_support();
+        }
+
         Ok(result?.to_action_stream())
     }
 }