What Environmental Variable Sets Git Color.UI?

Question

Is there a Git environmental variable that dictates the color.ui config option? It does not seem to be in the documentation, if there is one.

Answer 1

GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS="'color.ui=never'"

Change never to auto or always if you like.

This is not a documented feature, but has been around for quite a while and is covered by the git unit tests.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, unlike some other settings, there is no environmental variable that allows you to override the color.ui config option.

The only way is to of course use the command line: git config --global color.ui true You can also edit the ~/.gitconfig file directly and add all of these color options. All of this info can be found here. Add colors to your ~/.gitconfig file:

[color]
  ui = auto
[color "branch"]
  current = yellow reverse
  local = yellow
  remote = green
[color "diff"]
  meta = yellow bold
  frag = magenta bold
  old = red bold
  new = green bold
[color "status"]
  added = yellow
  changed = green
  untracked = cyan

Highlight whitespace in diffs

[color]
  ui = true
[color "diff"]
  whitespace = red reverse
[core]
  whitespace=fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol