I recently saw that the git
console in Windows is colored, e.g. Green for additions, red for deletions, etc. How do I color my git
console like that?
To install it, I used the command: $ sudo apt-get install git-core
As noted by @VonC, color.ui
defaults to auto
since Git 1.8.4
From the Unix & Linux Stackexchange question How to colorize output of git? and the answer by @Evgeny:
git config --global color.ui auto
The color.ui is a meta configuration that includes all the various color.* configurations available with git commands. This is explained in-depth in git help config.
So basically it's easier and more future proof than setting the different color.*
settings separately.
In-depth explanation from the git config
documentation:
color.ui: This variable determines the default value for variables such as color.diff and color.grep that control the use of color per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn configuration to set a default for the --color option. Set it to always if you want all output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to true or auto if you want such output to use color when written to the terminal, or to false or never if you prefer git commands not to use color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration or the --color option.
For example see https://web.archive.org/web/20080506194329/http://www.arthurkoziel.com/2008/05/02/git-configuration/
The interesting part is
Colorized output: git config --global color.branch auto git config --global color.diff auto git config --global color.interactive auto git config --global color.status auto
color.ui auto
did not work for me, this did. Thank you.
Add to your .gitconfig file next code:
[color]
ui = auto
[color "branch"]
current = yellow reverse
local = yellow
remote = green
[color "diff"]
meta = yellow bold
frag = magenta bold
old = red bold
new = green bold
[color "status"]
added = yellow
changed = green
untracked = cyan
Git automatically colors most of its output if you ask it to. You can get very specific about what you want colored and how; but to turn on all the default terminal coloring, set color.ui to true:
git config --global color.ui true
In Ubuntu or any other platform (yes, Windows too!); starting git1.8.4, which was released 2013-08-23, you won't have to do anything:
Many tutorials teach users to set "color.ui" to "auto" as the first thing after you set "user.name/email" to introduce yourselves to Git. Now the variable defaults to "auto".
So you will see colors by default.
git config --global color.ui auto
. Same is true for my Mac, the only one that default to auto
was Git Bash on my Windows PC.
In your ~/.gitconfig
file, simply add this:
[color]
ui = auto
It takes care of all your git commands.
Another way is to edit the .gitconfig
(create one if not exist), for instance:
vim ~/.gitconfig
and then add:
[color]
diff = auto
status = auto
branch = auto
[color] ui = auto
is enough.
GIT uses colored output by default but on some system like as CentOS it is not enabled . You can enable it like this
git config --global color.ui true
git config --global color.ui false
git config --global color.ui auto
You can choose your required command from here .
Here --global is optional to apply action for every repository in your system . If you want to apply coloring for current repository only then you can do something like this -
git config color.ui true
Improving Git 'branch-type' colors on Windows 10:
showing command git branch -avv
for all examples...
1. Git Default color scheme:
git config --system --remove-section color.branch
https://i.stack.imgur.com/BP9ue.png
2. Branch colors given in another answer on this page:
git config --system color.branch.local "yellow" git config --system color.branch.current "yellow reverse" git config --system color.branch.remote "green"
https://i.stack.imgur.com/h8XRO.png
3. Possibly improved branch color scheme:
git config --system color.branch.local "yellow" git config --system color.branch.current "brightwhite yellow" git config --system color.branch.remote "normal green" git config --system color.branch.upstream "brightwhite cyan"
https://i.stack.imgur.com/G2BK2.png
4. Make your own:
Specify the foreground color plus an (optional) background color. The set of colors that have an effect in Windows 10 are given according to the following regular expression (yes, you can use brightblack
and it is fact quite useful):
(normal|(bright)?(black|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white))
As far as I can tell, the dim
option (see docs link at the bottom) does nothing in the Windows 10 console, and the bold
option has the same effect as a bright*
color. Now recall the config syntax shown in the examples:
git config <config-type> color.branch.<slot> "<fg> <bg>"
The parameter <config-type>
is typically --system
or --global
. If omitted, the specified color(s) will only be applied to the current repo. Using the color names just detailed, you can set the foreground <fg>
and background <bg>
colors for specific branch types, where <slot>
is one of the following:
current (the current branch)
local (a local branch)
remote (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/)
upstream (upstream tracking branch)
plain
As always, you can display your entire git configuration, which will include any of the options that you've set as described here, via the following command:
git config -l --show-origin
Note there's also a further set of config options which pertain to log output colors (not discussed here):
git config --system color.decorate.(branch|remoteBranch|tag|stash|HEAD|grafted) <color>
reference: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config
Well, if you are not satisfied with the default setting, you can use ANSI escape code to help you set the color, and if you want to modify some text, you can write bash to help you. see as below:
Eaxmplae
# .gitconfig
[alias]
st-color = "!f() { \
echo -n -e '\\033[38;2;255;0;01m\\033[4m' ;\
git status -s | grep ' D' | \
sed -e 's/^ ./DELETE:/' ; \
echo -n -e '\\033[m' ;\
\
echo -n -e '\\033[48;2;128;128;128m' ;\
echo -n -e '\\033[38;2;0;255;01m' ;\
git status -s | grep ' [AM]' | \
sed -e 's/^ ./NEW OR MODIFY:/' ; \
echo -n -e '\\033[m' ;\
\
echo -n -e '\\033[38;2;255;0;255m' ;\
echo Rename ;\
git status -s | grep 'R ' | \
sed -e 's/^..//' ; \
echo -n -e '\\033[m' ;\
}; f"
demo
https://i.stack.imgur.com/GCmS2.png
Explanation
you can write the long script on .gitconfig use the syntax as below: [alias] your-cmd = !f() { \ \ }; f" echo -n -e (see more echo) -n = Do not output a trailing newline. -e Enable interpretation of the following backslash-escaped \\033[38;2;255;0;0m\\033[4m (see more SGR parameters) \\033[38;2;255;0;0m : 38 mean fore color. 255;0;0 = Red | r;g;b \\033[4m : underline grep : The grep command is used to search text. sed -e 's/be_replace_string/new_string/' replace string to new string.
With Git 2.18, you have more control on how you want to specify colors in the console.
The "git config
" command uses separate options e.g. "--int
", "--bool
", etc. to specify what type the caller wants the value to be interpreted as.
A new "--type=<typename>
" option has been introduced, which would make it cleaner to define new types.
See commit fb0dc3b (18 Apr 2018), and commit 0a8950b (09 Apr 2018) by Taylor Blau (ttaylorr
).
(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster
-- in commit e3e042b, 08 May 2018)
builtin/config.c: support --type=
So before you had --bool
and --int
, now (documentation):
--type <type>
'git config' will ensure that any input or output is valid under the given type constraint(s), and will canonicalize outgoing values in
--bool::
--int::
--bool-or-int::
--path::
--expiry-date::
Historical options for selecting a type specifier. Prefer instead `--type`,
(see: above).
Note that Git 2.22 (Q2 2019) explains "git config --type=color ...
" is meant to replace "git config --get-color
", but there is a slight difference that wasn't documented, which is now fixed.
See commit cd8e759 (05 Mar 2019) by Jeff King (peff
).
(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster
-- in commit f6c75e3, 20 Mar 2019)
config: document --type=color output is a complete line Even though the newer "--type=color" option to "git config" is meant to be upward compatible with the traditional "--get-color" option, unlike the latter, its output is not an incomplete line that lack the LF at the end. That makes it consistent with output of other types like "git config --type=bool". Document it, as it sometimes surprises unsuspecting users.
This now reads:
--type=color [--default=
You can see git config --type=bool
used with Git 2.26 (Q1 2020) to replace "git config --bool
" calls in sample templates.
See commit 81e3db4 (19 Jan 2020) by Lucius Hu (lebensterben
).
(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster
-- in commit 7050624, 30 Jan 2020)
templates: fix deprecated type option --bool Signed-off-by: Lucius Hu The --bool option to git-config is marked as historical, and users are recommended to use --type=bool instead. This commit replaces all occurrences of --bool in the templates. Also note that, no other deprecated type options are found, including --int, --bool-or-int, --path, or --expiry-date.
refer here: https://nathanhoad.net/how-to-colours-in-git/
steps:
Open ~/.gitconfig for editing vi ~/.gitconfig Paste following code: [color] ui = auto [color "branch"] current = yellow reverse local = yellow remote = green [color "diff"] meta = yellow bold frag = magenta bold old = red bold new = green bold [color "status"] added = yellow changed = green untracked = cyan Save the file.
Just change any file in your local repo and do
git status
Let's suppose you want the current branch to be yellow and all other branches to be cyan bold. I am considering you want these changes to be done locally i.e in your current repository and not for all the repositories present in your system. Go inside .git file using "cd .git" then open "config" file. Inside the config file type the below content without changing anything else in the config file.
[color]
ui=true
[color "branch"]
local=cyan bold
current=yellow bold
And then save the config file. Open the git console and perform git branch. You shall see the difference
Success story sharing
auto
is enough.ui = auto
entry to the[color]
section in user's~/.gitconfig
file.