Git Config Color - Shell/Bash

Git is a popular version control system used by programmers to manage their codebase. By default, Git has monochrome output in the command line interface. However, you can easily configure Git to display output in colors using the git config command.

Setting up Git Color

To configure Git to use colors in the command line interface, use the following command:

git config --global color.ui true

This command enables color output for all Git commands in the current repository and all future ones.

Customizing Git Color Schemes

Git provides a way to customize the colors used in the command line output. You can create your own color schemes by editing the Git configuration file.

To open the Git configuration file in the default text editor, run:

git config --global -e

To customize the color scheme, add the following section to the Git configuration file:

[color]
    branch = auto
    diff = auto
    status = auto
    ui = true
[color "branch"]
    current = yellow bold
    remote = green bold
[color "diff"]
    meta = yellow bold
    frag = magenta bold
    old = red bold
    new = green bold
    whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
    added = green bold
    changed = yellow bold
    untracked = cyan bold

Conclusion

Configuring Git to use colors in the command line interface can greatly improve the readability and clarity of Git output. With the git config command, programmers can easily enable and customize color schemes for Git.