Coloring the UI in the prompt

By default, Git has no colors when displaying information in the terminal. However, displaying colors is a feature of Git that is only a configuration away.

 

Getting ready

We'll use the Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition_tips_and_tricks repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition_tips_and_tricks.git$ cd Git-Version-Control-Cookbook-Second-Edition_tips_and_tricks

How to do it...

First, we'll edit and add foo:

$ echo "And another line" >> foo$ git add foo

Change foo some more, but don't add it to the staging area:

$ echo "Last line ...so far" >> foo

Create a new file called test:

$ touch test

The git status command will show us the status:

$ git statusOn branch masterYour branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.Changes to be committed:(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)  modified:   fooChanges not staged for commit:(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed...