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Windows: GIT STATUS unreadable because the usage of RED textcolor on BLACK background

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MSMirco Babin | Trip Software <mirco@tripsoftware.nl>
Date
Jun 23, 2021, 07:48 UTC
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Dear Git community,
git version 2.31.1.windows.1

Whenever I use GIT STATUS in a Windows cmd.exe dosbox the output is unreadable. Because of the usage of RED textcolor on a BLACK background.

See attached screenshot.png

Kind regards, Mirco Babin

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