How do I get a terminal to display colors on CentOS 7 when viewing Git changes.? This is not Git Bash this is just a terminal window

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Can someone direct me to how I can get the color coding option in CentOS for Git?

Is there a specific version that is needed to get this color coding highlight when under the terminal (either terminal or the built-in IntelliJ Terminal?

I had it working on RedHat version but I got switched over to a CentOS VM today and I cannot for the life of me find a way to enable the color coding format for Git so when a file is added or modified it shows a different color for 'git status'.

Thanks

Possible duplicate of [How to color the Git console?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10998792/how-to-color-the-git-console) — phd, Jan 22 '19 at 14:17
@phd I thought that as well but I never call the terminal a console. If the other ticket were to be updated to include terminal in the title then that may help others as well. Being that the answer was there was the reason I put the link into this posting rather than just a random new post with the same answer. — edjm, Jan 22 '19 at 15:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '19 at 13:09

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git config --global color.ui auto

Just found it, of course: How to color the Git console?

answered Jan 22 '19 at 13:09

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How do I get a terminal to display colors on CentOS 7 when viewing Git changes.? This is not Git Bash this is just a terminal window

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