From ee9689ad4d9f95b996051b02f795168e07a53036 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:34:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Enable ANSI escape code handling on windows consoles.

---
 cmd/task/console_win.go | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cmd/task/console_win.go

diff --git a/cmd/task/console_win.go b/cmd/task/console_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71c52dfb82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/task/console_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//go:build windows
+// +build windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Ensure that Windows console handles ANSI escape-codes correctly.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		stdout := windows.Handle(os.Stdout.Fd())
+		var originalMode uint32
+		if err := windows.GetConsoleMode(stdout, &originalMode); err == nil {
+			windows.SetConsoleMode(stdout, originalMode|windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
+		}
+	}
+}

From 92d397caeaaa3d7e15643e833fca59bcf8aa4368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Rule <34501912+trulede@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:49:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a check for stdout.

---
 cmd/task/console_win.go | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/task/console_win.go b/cmd/task/console_win.go
index 71c52dfb82..f90771626b 100644
--- a/cmd/task/console_win.go
+++ b/cmd/task/console_win.go
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ func init() {
 	// Ensure that Windows console handles ANSI escape-codes correctly.
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		stdout := windows.Handle(os.Stdout.Fd())
-		var originalMode uint32
-		if err := windows.GetConsoleMode(stdout, &originalMode); err == nil {
-			windows.SetConsoleMode(stdout, originalMode|windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
+		if stdout != 0 {
+			var originalMode uint32
+			if err := windows.GetConsoleMode(stdout, &originalMode); err == nil {
+				windows.SetConsoleMode(stdout, originalMode|windows.ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }