Setting colors for ls in git bash on windows

Question

I have installed GitHub for Windows recently and am using the git bash prompt - the one thing that is bugging me right now is when I type LS all directories are listed in blue.

How do I change my git bash shell so that when I type LS the directories are listed in a different color to blue?

Answer 1

This is not specifically a git issue but more the shell that you are using. On MINGW32 using Git 2.9+:

1. C:\Program Files\Git\etc\bash.bashrc

# Uncomment to use the terminal colours set in DIR_COLORS         eval "$(dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS)" 

2. C:\Program Files\Git\etc\DIR_COLORS

DIR 01;37 # Attribute=bold; Text color=white

DIR_COLORS File:

# Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init # string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes: # Attribute codes: # 00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed # Text color codes: # 30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white # Background color codes: # 40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white #NORMAL 00    # no color code at all #FILE 00      # regular file: use no color at all  RESET 0       # reset to "normal" color  DIR 01;37     # directory  LINK 01;36    # symbolic link.  (If you set this to 'target' instead of a               # numerical value, the color is as for the file pointed to.) 

Also see the following posts:

• http://linux-sxs.org/housekeeping/lscolors.html
• http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man5/dir_colors.5.html
• http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_dircolors.htm

For older version of Git, the bash_profile in Git_Installation\etc folder got the colors to change:

LS_COLORS='di=1:fi=0:ln=31:pi=5:so=5:bd=5:cd=5:or=31:mi=0:ex=35:*.rpm=90' export LS_COLORS alias ls='ls -F --color --show-control-chars' 

Answer 2

Check if you have the file: %USERPROFILE%\.minttyrc
In that file you can configure the RGB values for console colors.
I use the following to have colors easy to read in a dark background:

BoldBlack=128,128,128 Red=255,64,40 BoldRed=255,128,64 Green=64,200,64 BoldGreen=64,255,64 Yellow=190,190,0 BoldYellow=255,255,64 Blue=0,128,255 BoldBlue=128,160,255 Magenta=200,64,255 BoldMagenta=255,128,255 Cyan=64,190,190 BoldCyan=128,255,255 White=200,200,200 BoldWhite=255,255,255