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What do the colours mean in the TortoiseGit log window?

What do the red and flesh coloured bars represent?

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SurfRat Avatar asked Jun 01 '11 08:06

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From the TortoiseGit source for Colors.cpp:

  • CurrentBranch: Red
  • LocalBranch: Green
  • RemoteBranch: Peach
  • Tag: Yellow
  • Stash: Gray

The colors of the branch lines on the left aren't significant and don't correspond to the branch bar colors:

  • BranchLine1: Black
  • BranchLine2: Red
  • BranchLine3: Green
  • BranchLine4: Blue
  • BranchLine5: Gray
  • BranchLine6: Olive
  • BranchLine7: Teal
  • BranchLine8: Purple
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Oran Dennison Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 04:10

Oran Dennison


If you are talking about the log dialog:

  • the red are the local current branches
  • the flesh ones are the remote branches
  • the green ones are for tags non-current local branches
  • the yellow ones are for tags

Oran's answer (upvoted) has the complete list of color codes.

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VonC Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 03:10

VonC