@@ -224,9 +224,11 @@ def _run_hooks(config, hooks, args, environ):
                 '`pre-commit install`.',
             )
         output.write_line('All changes made by hooks:')
+        # args.color is a boolean.
+        # See user_color function in color.py
         subprocess.call((
             'git', '--no-pager', 'diff', '--no-ext-diff',
-            '--color={}'.format(args.color),
+            '--color={}'.format({True: 'always', False: 'never'}[args.color]),
         ))
 
     return retval
 
@@ -184,15 +184,20 @@ def test_global_exclude(cap_out, store, tempdir_factory):
         (
             {
                 'show_diff_on_failure': True,
-                'color': 'auto',
+            },
+            b'All changes made by hooks:',
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'show_diff_on_failure': True,
+                'color': True,
             },
             b'All changes made by hooks:',
         ),
         (
             {
                 'show_diff_on_failure': True,
                 'all_files': True,
-                'color': 'auto',
             },
             b'reproduce locally with: pre-commit run --all-files',
         ),
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
@@ -184,15 +184,20 @@ def test_global_exclude(cap_out, store, tempdir_factory):
184	184	(
185	185	{
186	186	'show_diff_on_failure': True,
187		- 'color': 'auto',
	187	+ },
	188	+ b'All changes made by hooks:',
	189	+ ),
	190	+ (
	191	+ {
	192	+ 'show_diff_on_failure': True,
	193	+ 'color': True,
188	194	},
189	195	b'All changes made by hooks:',
190	196	),
191	197	(
192	198	{
193	199	'show_diff_on_failure': True,
194	200	'all_files': True,
195		- 'color': 'auto',
196	201	},
197	202	b'reproduce locally with: pre-commit run --all-files',
198	203	),