{"id":1693,"date":"2024-07-07T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/powershell-and-git-for-the-colorblind\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:47","slug":"powershell-and-git-for-the-colorblind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/dev-setup\/powershell-and-git-for-the-colorblind\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell and Git for the colorblind"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1 id=\"powershell\">PowerShell<\/h1>\n<p>List current colors<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-ps1\">function Show-Colors() {\n  Write-Host \"Available Colors:\"\n  $colors = [Enum]::GetValues([ConsoleColor])\n  $max = ($colors | foreach { \"$_ \".Length } | Measure-Object -Maximum).Maximum\n  foreach ($color in $colors) {\n    Write-Host (\" {0,2} {1,$max} \" -f [int]$color,$color) -NoNewline\n  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class=\"language-ps1\">$host.PrivateData.ErrorBackgroundColor = 'Red'\n$host.PrivateData.ErrorForegroundColor = 'Yellow' # or: \"DarkMagenta\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 id=\"posh-git\">Posh-Git<\/h1>\n<p>List current configuration<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-powershell\">$GitPromptSettings\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h3 id=\"v0x\">v0.x<\/h3>\n<p>My changes<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-ps1\">$global:GitPromptSettings.WorkingForegroundColor = [ConsoleColor]::Yellow\n$global:GitPromptSettings.BranchForegroundColor = [ConsoleColor]::Green\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Get possible colors<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-ps1\">[ConsoleColor].GetEnumNames()\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Gray, Blue, Green, Cyan, Red, Magenta, Yellow, White<\/li>\n<li>Black, DarkBlue, DarkGreen, DarkCyan, DarkRed, DarkMagenta, DarkYellow, DarkGray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"v1x\">v1.x<\/h3>\n<p>Some breaking changes\u2026<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-ps1\">$GitPromptSettings.DefaultPromptPath.ForegroundColor = 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