Aha, I found this in my ~/.gitconfig [color] ui = auto
And it does what I want when I add it to the other machines. Many thanks On 12/04/2013 12:58, Ilia Akgaev wrote: > AFAIK colored git output is generated from values you put into your > ~/.gitconfig file. > For git status you should use something like > > [color "status"] > added = yellow > changed = green > untracked = cyan > > Ilia > > On Apr 12, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Peter Flood <i...@whywouldwe.com> wrote: > >> On my machine (osx) I get coloured output when I run `git status` (local >> changes are red and staged changes are green), when I ssh into ubuntu >> machines I get a coloured prompt and coloured output when I run `ls -la` >> but not for `git status`. Anyone know how to fix this? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced >> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building >> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use >> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! >> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter >> _______________________________________________ >> Fish-users mailing list >> Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list Fish-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users