Git pretty format colors

Question

I\'m trying to set up pretty format colors for Git. From what I can tell version 1.6.0 only recognizes red, green and blue.

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Answer 1

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I was able to use Xiaofei HAN's suggestions.

For beginner trying to complete this, I had the best luck by editing the .gitconfig.

nano ~/.gitconfig

paste [alias] block from above under the existing text

CTRL + O (to write out) + CTRL + X (to close nano)

After doing this, to see the pretty colors you can use

git logs

using

'git log' will get you the view without the colors,

same for 'git logs --oneline', except that one will show the flourish on the side

thank you, i hope this helps someone