I'm trying to work with tig to see git database. But it doesn't display colors at all. If I try to set a color in ~/.tigrc it just ignores it. I added a binding and it works, so tig do see my tigrc file.
Can any one help me please?
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Do regular git commands like `git status` or `git log` display in colour? What is the value of `$TERM`? – ChrisGPT was on strike Mar 18 '14 at 12:22
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I'm glad this helped you. I've added it as an answer. – ChrisGPT was on strike Mar 20 '14 at 11:47
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In general, command line applications rely on the value of your $TERM environment variable to determine whether your system supports coloured output. A setting of vt100 like you have does not indicate colour support.
There are many possible settings for this variable, though a common "base" setting that supports 16 colours is xterm. The way to change this setting will depend on your shell, but in Bash you can try this:
# Set the new value for the current session
export TERM=xterm
# Now test tig...
# If successful, add to your .bashrc for future sessions
echo export TERM=xterm >> ~/.bashrc
This section from the GNU gettext manpage that discusses some other possible settings for the $TERM variable.
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