How to color the Git console?

Question

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 tha

Answer 1

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.