fzf tmux, Editor Integration, Troubleshooting, and Performance/Avoid broken matching on colored input
Use --ansi only when the input really contains ANSI color codes.
Section: Troubleshooting and performance
Avoid broken matching on colored input
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git status --short | fzfExplanation
Passing --ansi unnecessarily can slow matching and complicate field parsing.
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