Vim black text on black background in command line in Windows 10 while editing git commit message

Question

I am using git 2.7.0.windows.1 in Windows 10, with core.editor set to vim.

Vim was downloaded from vim.org latest version binary: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4.1023 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Jan 2 2016 14:24:35) MS-Windows 32-bit console version

When I do a git commit in a cmd window, it goes into a vim right in the command window. And there is no text shown or maybe black text.

Here is a link to an album with detailed description on the behaviors of the bug.

I do have syntax on setting in my .vimrc. When I type in command :syntax off the text shows up but goes away if I move the cursor.

Here is my .vimrc file:

" color scheme and syntax highlighting
syntax on
colorscheme industry

" line number
set number

" tab settings
set softtabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab

" set initial window size
set lines=30 columns=80

" set to auto write buffer before hidden
set autowrite

" set font
if has("gui_running")
  if has("gui_gtk2")
    set guifont=Inconsolata\ 12
  elseif has("gui_macvim")
    set guifont=Menlo\ Regular:h14
  elseif has("gui_win32")
    set guifont=Consolas:h11:cANSI
  endif
endif

" turn on spell check
set spell spelllang=en_us
set spellfile=$HOME/Dropbox/vim/spell/en.utf-8.add

I tried to remove the two lines below which made it worse.

colorscheme industry
syntax on

Now the screen is totally black and does not even responding to :q correctly.

"/e/java-projects/test/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG" [converted][unix] 16L, 310C

I am doubting it might be some communication bug between git, Windows command line, and vim. I do have a work around: use gvim or use git bash instead, neither have the black text problem.

How can I correct this?

Answer 1

There's a nice option called background.

From my .vimrc:

" sets dark background for terminal
set background=dark

This will tell vim that you have a dark background, and therefore it should make the text light.

In vim, type :help 'background' to see the doc for this option.

Answer 2

This happens because your _vimrc requests specific dimensions:

set lines=30 columns=80

The solution is to only set editor dimensions if you are running in a GUI (in a separate window instead of the console):

if has("gui_running")
  set lines=30 columns=80
endif