2 A boolean to enable/disable color in hints (e.g. when a push
3 failed, see `advice.*` for a list). May be set to `always`,
4 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors
5 are used only when the error output goes to a terminal. If
6 unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
9 Use customized color for hints.
11 color.blame.highlightRecent::
12 This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending
15 This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings,
16 starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest.
17 The metadata will be colored given the colors if the the line was introduced
18 before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
20 Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g.
21 2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.
23 It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors
24 everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and
25 one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are
28 color.blame.repeatedLines::
29 Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that
30 is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id,
31 author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan.
34 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
35 linkgit:git-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
36 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
37 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
38 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
41 Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of
42 `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch),
43 `remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
44 `upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
48 Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
49 If this is set to `always`, linkgit:git-diff[1],
50 linkgit:git-log[1], and linkgit:git-show[1] will use color
51 for all patches. If it is set to `true` or `auto`, those
52 commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
53 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by
56 This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
57 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
58 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
61 Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
62 which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
63 of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
64 `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
65 (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
66 `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
67 (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
68 `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
69 `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
70 `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
71 setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details),
72 `contextDimmed`, `oldDimmed`, `newDimmed`, `contextBold`,
73 `oldBold`, and `newBold` (see linkgit:git-range-diff[1] for details).
75 color.decorate.<slot>::
76 Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
77 of `branch`, `remoteBranch`, `tag`, `stash` or `HEAD` for local
78 branches, remote-tracking branches, tags, stash and HEAD, respectively
79 and `grafted` for grafted commits.
82 When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or
83 `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
84 when the output is written to the terminal. If unset, then the
85 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
88 Use customized color for grep colorization. `<slot>` specifies which
89 part of the line to use the specified color, and is one of
93 non-matching text in context lines (when using `-A`, `-B`, or `-C`)
95 filename prefix (when not using `-h`)
97 function name lines (when using `-p`)
99 line number prefix (when using `-n`)
101 column number prefix (when using `--column`)
103 matching text (same as setting `matchContext` and `matchSelected`)
105 matching text in context lines
107 matching text in selected lines
109 non-matching text in selected lines
111 separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
112 and between hunks (`--`)
116 When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
117 and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive" and
118 "git-clean --interactive"). When false (or `never`), never.
119 When set to `true` or `auto`, use colors only when the output is
120 to the terminal. If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is
121 used (`auto` by default).
123 color.interactive.<slot>::
124 Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
125 --interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
126 or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
127 interactive commands.
130 A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
131 use (default is true).
134 A boolean to enable/disable color in push errors. May be set to
135 `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which
136 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.
137 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
140 Use customized color for push errors.
143 If set, keywords at the start of the line are highlighted. The
144 keywords are "error", "warning", "hint" and "success", and are
145 matched case-insensitively. May be set to `always`, `false` (or
146 `never`) or `auto` (or `true`). If unset, then the value of
147 `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
149 color.remote.<slot>::
150 Use customized color for each remote keyword. `<slot>` may be
151 `hint`, `warning`, `success` or `error` which match the
152 corresponding keyword.
155 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
156 linkgit:git-show-branch[1]. May be set to `always`,
157 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
158 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
159 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
162 A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
163 linkgit:git-status[1]. May be set to `always`,
164 `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which case colors are used
165 only when the output is to a terminal. If unset, then the
166 value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
168 color.status.<slot>::
169 Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
170 one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
171 `added` or `updated` (files which are added but not committed),
172 `changed` (files which are changed but not added in the index),
173 `untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
174 `branch` (the current branch),
175 `nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
177 `localBranch` or `remoteBranch` (the local and remote branch names,
178 respectively, when branch and tracking information is displayed in the
179 status short-format), or
180 `unmerged` (files which have unmerged changes).
183 A boolean to enable/disable color when pushes are rejected. May be
184 set to `always`, `false` (or `never`) or `auto` (or `true`), in which
185 case colors are used only when the error output goes to a terminal.
186 If unset, then the value of `color.ui` is used (`auto` by default).
188 color.transport.rejected::
189 Use customized color when a push was rejected.
192 This variable determines the default value for variables such
193 as `color.diff` and `color.grep` that control the use of color
194 per command family. Its scope will expand as more commands learn
195 configuration to set a default for the `--color` option. Set it
196 to `false` or `never` if you prefer Git commands not to use
197 color unless enabled explicitly with some other configuration
198 or the `--color` option. Set it to `always` if you want all
199 output not intended for machine consumption to use color, to
200 `true` or `auto` (this is the default since Git 1.8.4) if you
201 want such output to use color when written to the terminal.