Git colors: How do I set colors for the upstream branch in “git branch -vv”?

Question

I\'m able to see my local and remote branches colored differently with the following configuration in my .gitconfig.

[color \"branch\"]
    current = bold cy         


        

Answer 1

Looking at the source code, you want to use upstream as the slot name:

[color "branch"]
    upstream = bold blue

It looks like more up-to-date man pages also have the option listed. The ones you were looking at are probably older than 1.8.3 (which is when the feature first appeared).