Re: Coloring

[Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Irving Rabin <irving@edmodo.com> wrote:
>
> Folks, I am reporting an issue with coloring of the output of Git
> commands, like status, diff, etc.
>
> Specifically, if the field is supposed to be white, it doesn't mean it
> should be literally 0xFFFFFF. It should be the color that I have
> configured as White color for my console emulator.
>
> I like light-screen terminals, and I configure my ANSI colors in the
> way that they are clearly visible on the background and clearly
> distinct between themselves. In my terminal settings background is
> light-yellow, Black is black, Yellow is brown, Red is dark red,
> Magenta is purple and White is dark gray. I set it once and I can use
> it everywhere - all Unix commands work correctly, I can edit
> highlighted source code in Vim, and all my color settings are
> respected.

Can you elaborate on how it is that you redefine your terminal color
scheme? There are multiple levels at which you can do that, which will
have some bearing on the answer.

> However Git behaves differently. When I run git diff, some of the
> output is literally white on light yellow background. It is like "we
> know what is White, so we ignore your settings". And it is quite
> irritating.
>
> Is there a way to make Git respect terminal settings and not to
> override them with absolute colors? If so, please advise. If not, then
> I guess it is a bug to fix, right?
>
> Thanks,
> Irving Rabin
> Software Developer @Edmodo
> 408-242-1299