From 9122c0beb5fe1df841b84ca7c2da36e26d475205 2014-10-05 23:37:14
From: bsvh <me@bsvh.me>
Date: 2014-10-05 23:37:14
Subject: [PATCH] added comment on reason for seperate ls_alias for OpenBSD/NetBSD

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diff --git a/IPython/core/alias.py b/IPython/core/alias.py
index 523a89c..e1a6242 100644
--- a/IPython/core/alias.py
+++ b/IPython/core/alias.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def default_aliases():
                           ('lx', 'ls -F -o --color %l | grep ^-..x'),
                           ]
         elif sys.platform.startswith('openbsd') or sys.platform.startswith('netbsd'):
-            # OpenBSD, NetBSD 
+            # OpenBSD, NetBSD. The ls implementation on these platforms do not support
+            # the -G switch and lack the ability to use colorized output.
             ls_aliases = [('ls', 'ls -F'),
                           # long ls
                           ('ll', 'ls -F -l'),