Enabling Git syntax highlighting for Mac's terminal

git terminal syntax-highlighting
thewillcole picture thewillcole · Nov 15, 2011 · Viewed 24.4k times · Source

I miss the Git syntax highlighting I had on Windows for every "git .*" command like green staged filenames, some bolding, etc.

How do I enable Git syntax highlighting for Mac's terminal?

Answer

rob mayoff picture rob mayoff · Nov 15, 2011 
git config --global color.ui auto

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