[v4] --color flag not working well with webpack 4

[SevenOutman]

Describe the bug

I'm using webpack-cli@4.0.0 with webpack@4.44.2. Running webpack --progress --color command does not output colorful log but plain text with no colors.

However, webpack serve outputs with color normally.

Screenshots

Please paste the results of webpack-cli info here, and mention other relevant information

  System:
    OS: macOS 10.15.7
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700B CPU @ 3.20GHz
    Memory: 2.15 GB / 32.00 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.16.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.21.1 - ~/.yarn/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 86.0.4240.80
    Safari: 14.0
  Packages:
    clean-webpack-plugin: ^3.0.0 => 3.0.0 
    copy-webpack-plugin: ^6.2.1 => 6.2.1 
    css-minimizer-webpack-plugin: ^1.1.5 => 1.1.5 
    html-webpack-plugin: ^4.5.0 => 4.5.0 
    terser-webpack-plugin: ^4.2.3 => 4.2.3 
    webpack: ^4.44.2 => 4.44.2 
    webpack-cli: ^4.0.0 => 4.0.0 
    webpack-dev-server: ^3.11.0 => 3.11.0 
    webpack-merge: ^5.2.0 => 5.2.0 

[anshumanv]

Hi, it was a bug in CLI which is fixed here - #1944

Should be out in the next release :)

[alexander-akait]

Fixed in master, release will be today

[keyrox]

Fixed in master, release will be today

Was it released? Still having the same issue.

[alexander-akait]

You should not use the color flag, it was removed, we automatically enable/disable it if colors supported

[keyrox]

You should not use the color flag, it was removed, we automatically enable/disable it if colors supported

I am using:

"webpack": "4.44.2"
"webpack-cli": "4.1.0"

And even without the color flag, it still doesn't show any colour.
When downgrading to "webpack-cli":"3.3.12" everything shows up with colours as usual.

[alexander-akait]

please create reproducible test repo, it was fixed in 4.1.0