Git colors don't display in Windows command prompt

Question

I assume that it\'s because of the color setting in my config file, but I\'ve tried changing that to no avail. Maybe I\'m not doing that right?

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Answer 1

git in cmd should work just fine. I would check both your gitconfig local and gitconfig global before giving up here.

the first thing I would do is a

git branch --color

or

git diff --color

you can also use the -c option

git -c color.ui=always status

if you see colors then what is likely happening is your local gitconfig is overriding the setting in your global gitconfig

at that point do a

git config --local --edit

if things say auto or true and you still don't see colors. set the output to always. I recommend this b\c it is possible for git to make mistakes and not treat cmd as a terminal

from git-config:

If this is set to always, git-diff(1), git-log(1), and git-show(1) will use color for all patches. If it is set to true or auto, those commands will only use color when output is to the terminal. Defaults to false.

like so

[color]
    branch = always
    diff = always
    interactive = always
    status = always
    ui = always

hope this helps!