From 3d745ce8f509c87b6bb27bb6a44aea0c04def9c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark VanderVoord <mvandervoord@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:20:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] disable color handling when windows testing.

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 2 ++
 test/rakefile_helper.rb    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 139a53d..8b66a49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -63,5 +63,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run Tests
       - name: Run All Unit Tests
+        env:
+          NO_COLOR: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && '1' || '' }}
         run: |
           cd test && rake ci
diff --git a/test/rakefile_helper.rb b/test/rakefile_helper.rb
index 66030ac..8c9adba 100644
--- a/test/rakefile_helper.rb
+++ b/test/rakefile_helper.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module RakefileHelpers
       raise "Cannot find Config File #{config_target}"
     end
 
-    $colour_output = $proj[:project][:colour]
+    $colour_output = $proj[:project][:colour] && !ENV['NO_COLOR']
   end
 
   def configure_clean