{"thread":{"id":"41342","subject":"changing colors in the tree view in gitk","startedAt":"2016-02-05T17:24:27Z","lastAt":"2016-02-06T13:55:55Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Britton Kerin","Philip Oakley","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"277553","messageId":"CAC4O8c-8cXCfu7GdCS6bx5RMfw_Y8PgPeOhH6Zb5awyi-Qt4tw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"41342","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"changing colors in the tree view in gitk","fromName":"Britton Kerin","fromEmail":"britton.kerin@gmail.com","sentAt":"2016-02-05T17:24:27Z","receivedAt":"2016-02-05T17:24:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"britton.kerin@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7434164?v=4"},"body":"I upgraded from 2.5 to 2.7 and the branch names went from a light\ngreen to dark green, the names of the tags are hard to read now.\n\nIs it possible to configure the branch name color in the tree view?\n"},{"id":"277559","messageId":"3FAE862069E24321A6E31D9F0CB66E35@PhilipOakley","threadId":"41342","inReplyTo":"CAC4O8c-8cXCfu7GdCS6bx5RMfw_Y8PgPeOhH6Zb5awyi-Qt4tw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: changing colors in the tree view in gitk","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":null,"receivedAt":"2016-02-05T19:05:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"From: \"Britton Kerin\" <britton.kerin@gmail.com>\n>I upgraded from 2.5 to 2.7 and the branch names went from a light\n> green to dark green, the names of the tags are hard to read now.\n>\n> Is it possible to configure the branch name color in the tree view?\n> --\nWhich Operating System is this on? and which Git version.?\n\n\nFor the Git for Windows, the Mintty window colours can be adjusted. e.g. \nhttps://code.google.com/archive/p/mintty/wikis/Tips.wiki\n\nThough I just changed my config setting for the awkward to read items (for \nme it was color.branch.upstream=green !)\n--\n\nPhilip \n"},{"id":"277652","messageId":"alpine.DEB.2.20.1602061450300.2964@virtualbox","threadId":"41342","inReplyTo":"3FAE862069E24321A6E31D9F0CB66E35@PhilipOakley","subject":"Re: changing colors in the tree view in gitk","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2016-02-06T13:55:55Z","receivedAt":"2016-02-06T13:55:55Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Philip,\n\nOn Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Philip Oakley wrote:\n\n> From: \"Britton Kerin\" <britton.kerin@gmail.com>\n> >I upgraded from 2.5 to 2.7 and the branch names went from a light\n> > green to dark green, the names of the tags are hard to read now.\n> >\n> > Is it possible to configure the branch name color in the tree view?\n> > --\n> Which Operating System is this on? and which Git version.?\n> \n> \n> For the Git for Windows, the Mintty window colours can be adjusted. e.g.\n> https://code.google.com/archive/p/mintty/wikis/Tips.wiki\n> \n> Though I just changed my config setting for the awkward to read items (for me\n> it was color.branch.upstream=green !)\n\nI think Britton was talking about gitk, not about the console.\n\nAs it happens, this issue was already reported to the Git for Windows bug\ntracker:\n\n\thttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/300\n\nIt would appear that the culprit is a change in Tcl/Tk, not in gitk. I\noutlined a possible solution in that ticket but have no plans to implement\nthat solution myself.\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}