---
id: git
title: Git
sidebar_label: Git
---

## What

Display git information when in a git repository. Also works for subfolders. For maximum compatibility,
make sure your `git` executable is up-to-date (when branch or status information is incorrect for example).

:::tip
PowerShell offers support for the [posh-git][poshgit] module for autocompletion, but it is disabled by default.
To enable this, set `$env:POSH_GIT_ENABLED = $true` in your `$PROFILE`. This will also make use of the
[posh-git][poshgit] output rather than do additional work to get the git status.

If you want to display the default [posh-git][poshgit] output, **do not** set the above environment variable
and add the following snippet after initializing Oh My Posh in your `$PROFILE`:

```powershell
function Set-PoshGitStatus {
    $global:GitStatus = Get-GitStatus
    $env:POSH_GIT_STRING = Write-GitStatus -Status $global:GitStatus
}
New-Alias -Name 'Set-PoshContext' -Value 'Set-PoshGitStatus' -Scope Global -Force
```

You can then use the `POSH_GIT_STRING` environment variable in a [text segment][text]:

```json
"template": "{{ if .Env.POSH_GIT_STRING }} {{ .Env.POSH_GIT_STRING }} {{ end }}"
```
:::

## Sample Configuration

```json
{
  "type": "git",
  "style": "powerline",
  "powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",
  "foreground": "#193549",
  "background": "#ffeb3b",
  "background_templates": [
    "{{ if or (.Working.Changed) (.Staging.Changed) }}#FFEB3B{{ end }}",
    "{{ if and (gt .Ahead 0) (gt .Behind 0) }}#FFCC80{{ end }}",
    "{{ if gt .Ahead 0 }}#B388FF{{ end }}",
    "{{ if gt .Behind 0 }}#B388FB{{ end }}"
  ],
  "template": "{{ .UpstreamIcon }}{{ .HEAD }}{{if .BranchStatus }} {{ .BranchStatus }}{{ end }}{{ if .Working.Changed }} \uF044 {{ .Working.String }}{{ end }}{{ if and (.Working.Changed) (.Staging.Changed) }} |{{ end }}{{ if .Staging.Changed }} \uF046 {{ .Staging.String }}{{ end }}{{ if gt .StashCount 0 }} \uF692 {{ .StashCount }}{{ end }}",
  "properties": {
    "fetch_status": true,
    "fetch_stash_count": true,
    "fetch_upstream_icon": true,
    "untracked_modes": {
      "/Users/user/Projects/oh-my-posh/": "no"
    }
  }
}
```

## Properties

### Fetching information

As doing multiple git calls can slow down the prompt experience, we do not fetch information by default.
You can set the following properties to `true` to enable fetching additional information (and populate the template).

| Name                   | Type                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ---------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `fetch_status`         | `boolean`           | fetch the local changes - defaults to `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `fetch_stash_count`    | `boolean`           | fetch stash count - defaults to `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `fetch_worktree_count` | `boolean`           | fetch worktree count - defaults to `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `fetch_upstream_icon`  | `boolean`           | fetch upstream icon - defaults to `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `untracked_modes`      | `map[string]string` | map of repo's where to override the default [untracked files mode][untracked]:<ul><li>`no`</li><li>`normal`</li><li>`all`</li></ul>For example `"untracked_modes": { "/Users/me/repos/repo1": "no" }` - defaults to `normal` for all repo's. If you want to override for all repo's, use `*` to set the mode instead of the repo path |
| `ignore_submodules`    | `map[string]string` | map of repo's where to change the [--ignore-submodules][submodules] flag (`none`, `untracked`, `dirty` or `all`). For example `"ignore_submodules": { "/Users/me/repos/repo1": "all" }`. If you want to override for all repo's, use `*` to set the mode instead of the repo path                             |
| `native_fallback`      | `boolean`           | when set to `true` and `git.exe` is not available when inside a WSL2 shared Windows drive, we will fallback to the native git executable to fetch data. Not all information can be displayed in this case. Defaults to `false`                                                                                |

### Icons

#### Branch

| Name                    | Type     | Description                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `branch_icon`           | `string` | the icon to use in front of the git branch name - defaults to `\uE0A0 `                      |
| `branch_identical_icon` | `string` | the icon to display when remote and local are identical - defaults to `\u2261`               |
| `branch_ahead_icon`     | `string` | the icon to display when the local branch is ahead of its remote - defaults to `\u2191`      |
| `branch_behind_icon`    | `string` | the icon to display when the local branch is behind its remote - defaults to `\u2193`        |
| `branch_gone_icon`      | `string` | the icon to display when there's no remote branch - defaults to `\u2262`                     |
| `branch_max_length`     | `int`    | the max length for the displayed branch name where `0` implies full length - defaults to `0` |
| `truncate_symbol`       | `string` | the icon to display when a branch name is truncated - defaults to empty                      |

#### HEAD

| Name               | Type     | Description                                                                              |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `commit_icon`      | `string` | icon/text to display before the commit context (detached HEAD) - defaults to `\uF417`    |
| `tag_icon`         | `string` | icon/text to display before the tag context - defaults to `\uF412`                       |
| `rebase_icon`      | `string` | icon/text to display before the context when in a rebase - defaults to `\uE728 `         |
| `cherry_pick_icon` | `string` | icon/text to display before the context when doing a cherry-pick - defaults to `\uE29B ` |
| `revert_icon`      | `string` | icon/text to display before the context when doing a revert - defaults to `\uF0E2 `      |
| `merge_icon`       | `string` | icon/text to display before the merge context - defaults to `\uE727 `                    |
| `no_commits_icon`  | `string` | icon/text to display when there are no commits in the repo - defaults to `\uF594 `       |

#### Upstream

| Name                | Type     | Description                                                                        |
| ------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `github_icon`       | `string` | icon/text to display when the upstream is Github - defaults to `\uF408 `           |
| `gitlab_icon`       | `string` | icon/text to display when the upstream is Gitlab - defaults to `\uF296 `           |
| `bitbucket_icon`    | `string` | icon/text to display when the upstream is Bitbucket - defaults to `\uF171 `        |
| `azure_devops_icon` | `string` | icon/text to display when the upstream is Azure DevOps - defaults to `\uFD03 `     |
| `git_icon`          | `string` | icon/text to display when the upstream is not known/mapped - defaults to `\uE5FB ` |

## Template ([info][templates])

:::note default template

```template
{{ .HEAD }}{{if .BranchStatus }} {{ .BranchStatus }}{{ end }}{{ if .Working.Changed }} \uF044 {{ .Working.String }}{{ end }}{{ if and (.Staging.Changed) (.Working.Changed) }} |{{ end }}{{ if .Staging.Changed }} \uF046 {{ .Staging.String }}{{ end }}{{ if gt .StashCount 0}} \uF692 {{ .StashCount }}{{ end }}{{ if gt .WorktreeCount 0}} \uf1bb {{ .WorktreeCount }}{{ end }}
```

:::

### Properties

| Name             | Type        | Description                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `.RepoName`      | `string`    | the repo folder name                                                                                                             |
| `.Working`       | `GitStatus` | changes in the worktree (see below)                                                                                              |
| `.Staging`       | `GitStatus` | staged changes in the work tree (see below)                                                                                      |
| `.HEAD`          | `string`    | the current HEAD context (branch/rebase/merge/...)                                                                               |
| `.Ref`           | `string`    | the current HEAD reference (branch/tag/...)                                                                                      |
| `.Behind`        | `int`       | commits behind of upstream                                                                                                       |
| `.Ahead`         | `int`       | commits ahead of upstream                                                                                                        |
| `.BranchStatus`  | `string`    | the current branch context (ahead/behind string representation)                                                                  |
| `.Upstream`      | `string`    | the upstream name (remote)                                                                                                       |
| `.UpstreamGone`  | `boolean`   | whether the upstream is gone (no remote)                                                                                         |
| `.UpstreamIcon`  | `string`    | the upstream icon (based on the icons above)                                                                                     |
| `.UpstreamURL`   | `string`    | the upstream URL for use in [hyperlinks][hyperlinks] in templates: `{{ url .UpstreamIcon .UpstreamURL }}`                        |
| `.StashCount`    | `int`       | the stash count                                                                                                                  |
| `.WorktreeCount` | `int`       | the worktree count                                                                                                               |
| `.IsWorkTree`    | `boolean`   | if in a worktree repo or not                                                                                                     |
| `.Dir`           | `string`    | the repository's root directory                                                                                                  |
| `.Kraken`        | `string`    | a link to the current HEAD in [GitKraken][kraken-ref] for use in [hyperlinks][hyperlinks] in templates `{{ url .HEAD .Kraken }}` |

### GitStatus

| Name        | Type      | Description                                  |
| ----------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `.Unmerged` | `int`     | number of unmerged changes                   |
| `.Deleted`  | `int`     | number of deleted changes                    |
| `.Added`    | `int`     | number of added changes                      |
| `.Modified` | `int`     | number of modified changes                   |
| `.Changed`  | `boolean` | if the status contains changes or not        |
| `.String`   | `string`  | a string representation of the changes above |

Local changes use the following syntax:

| Icon | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| `+`  | added       |
| `~`  | modified    |
| `-`  | deleted     |
| `?`  | untracked   |

[poshgit]: https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git
[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates
[hyperlinks]: /docs/configuration/templates#helper-functions
[untracked]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-status#Documentation/git-status.txt---untracked-filesltmodegt
[submodules]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-status#Documentation/git-status.txt---ignore-submodulesltwhengt
[kraken-ref]: https://www.gitkraken.com/invite/nQmDPR9D
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