Re: [INFO] Does Git GUI support Dark Mode on Windows 10 ?

From: Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>
Date: Oct 4, 2021, 07:56 UTC
Message-ID: <20211004075600.5lbqed4mnwfsy4al@yadavpratyush.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABkJDHEZuZSun0spZ8SAcgQQvu-zamnJiqGk7VnS6agU-_KqqA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sashank,

On 03/10/21 08:03PM, Sashank Bandi wrote:

> Hey!
> Is there any way to reach Pratyush Yadav ?
> This thread has been stale for days.

Sorry, I couldn't find time to catch up on this because its been busy at $DAYJOB.

Anyway, git-gui does have some basic dark mode support, though I have seen reports that it does not work very well. You can change the Tk theme and it should enable dark mode on git-gui as well. See [0] for some more info. I am not very familiar with how Tk theming would work on Windows.

I think it would be nice if we can have a theme picker in the options menu though, so that is something you might want to look into.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20201008082004.5643-1-serg.partizan@gmail.com/

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> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 8:51 AM Sashank Bandi <bandi.rao999@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:39 PM David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Have you tried git cola? [1]
> > Yes, I did try it.
> >
> > > Git GUI is useful because it's built in, but from a usability
> > > perspective cola has many advantages.
> > But it is just too much for my very light usage. I want something
> > light and embedded in Git for Windows itself.
> >
> > > .. and beyond these rather small differences, git cola even has image
> > > diffs[2]. That alone is a killer feature.
> > It is a really great feature. But it isn't useful for me in my projects.
> >
> > I have looked at tortoise Git, Git Cola, lazygit and some others too
> > but Git GUI seems perfect for my usage, except dark mode.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav