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 status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
    
  Changes to be committed:
    (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
    
      modified:   foo
    
  Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file...