The way it works now, `mach` commands often invoke subprocesses where
the subprocesses' stdio file descriptors are pipes so the mach command
can e.g. parse output.
Processes like clang, gcc, and cargo determine if they can send color
codes to {stderr, stdout} by seeing if those file descriptors are TTYs.
When e.g. `make` is executed via `mach`, this test fails because those
descriptors are pipes (even though they eventually end up on a TTY).
We can't wire the file descriptors to the TTY because `mach` needs
to analyze output. We don't want users defining process flags to force
color in their mozconfigs because color codes would still be sent
if stdout was not a TTY.
This patch sets the MACH_STDOUT_ISATTY environment variable in all mach
commands when stdout is a TTY. Subsequent processes can then look for
this variable to determine whether to override color settings, print
terminal control codes, etc.
MozReview-Commit-ID: GxXP2mQssjC
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