Enabling Git syntax highlighting for Mac's terminal

Question

I miss the Git syntax highlighting I had on Windows for every \"git .*\" command like green staged filenames, some bolding, etc.

How do I enable Git syntax highlighting

Answer 1

Note: starting git1.8.4 (June 2013), you won't have to do anything:

Many tutorials teach users to set "color.ui" to "auto" as the first thing after you set "user.name/email" to introduce yourselves to Git.
Now the variable defaults to "auto".