From 82ca6ef390b752faf1bf27b22daa34b29a4b00d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 16:56:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set $TERM

---
 src/libstore/build.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index 9de7613f8..5a75403cf 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -2443,6 +2443,9 @@ void DerivationGoal::initEnv()
        may change that in the future. So tell the builder which file
        descriptor to use for that. */
     env["NIX_LOG_FD"] = "2";
+
+    /* Trigger colored output in various tools. */
+    env["TERM"] = "xterm-256color";
 }