title: Git Bash is displaying strange characters on Windows 7
body: <p>I installed Gitbash in my Windows and defined the Linux command lines (ls to list directory for example) but the command line is returning strange characters.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Reginaldo@Dell MINGW64 /c/dev/php/laravel/flamboyant (master)
  $ php artisan
  ←[32mLaravel Framework←[39m version ←[33m5.1.29 (LTS)←[39m
  
  ←[33mUsage:←[39m
    command [options] [arguments]
  
  ←[33mOptions:←[39m
    ←[32m-h, --help←[39m            Display this help message
    ←[32m-q, --quiet←[39m           Do not output any message
    ←[32m-V, --version←[39m         Display this application version
    ←[32m    --ansi←[39m            Force ANSI output
    ←[32m    --no-ansi←[39m         Disable ANSI output
    ←[32m-n, --no-interaction←[39m  Do not ask any interactive question
    ←[32m    --env[=ENV]←[39m       The environment the command should run under.
    ←[32m-v|vv|vvv, --verbose←[39m  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for norm
  al output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
  
  ←[33mAvailable commands:←[39m
    ←[32mclear-compiled←[39m      Remove the compiled class file
    ←[32mdown←[39m                Put the application into maintenance mode
    ←[32menv←[39m                 Display the current framework environment
    ←[32mhelp←[39m                Displays help for a command
    ←[32minspire←[39m             Display an inspiring quote
    ←[32mlist←[39m                Lists commands
    ←[32mmigrate←[39m             Run the database migrations
    ←[32moptimize←[39m            Optimize the framework for better performance
    ←[32mserve←[39m               Serve the application on the PHP development ser
  ver
    ←[32mtinker←[39m              Interact with your application
    ←[32mup←[39m                  Bring the application out of maintenance mode
   ←[33mapp←[39m
    ←[32mapp:name←[39m            Set the application namespace
   ←[33mauth←[39m
    ←[32mauth:clear-resets←[39m   Flush expired password reset tokens
   ←[33mcache←[39m
    ←[32mcache:clear←[39m         Flush the application cache
    ←[32mcache:table←[39m         Create a migration for the cache database table
   ←[33mconfig←[39m
    ←[32mconfig:cache←[39m        Create a cache file for faster configuration loa
  ding
    ←[32mconfig:clear←[39m        Remove the configuration cache file
   ←[33mdb←[39m
    ←[32mdb:seed←[39m             Seed the database with records
   ←[33mevent←[39m
    ←[32mevent:generate←[39m      Generate the missing events and listeners based
  on registration
   ←[33mhandler←[39m
    ←[32mhandler:command←[39m     Create a new command handler class
    ←[32mhandler:event←[39m       Create a new event handler class
   ←[33mkey←[39m
    ←[32mkey:generate←[39m        Set the application key
   ←[33mmake←[39m
    ←[32mmake:command←[39m        Create a new command class
    ←[32mmake:console←[39m        Create a new Artisan command
    ←[32mmake:controller←[39m     Create a new resource controller class
    ←[32mmake:event←[39m          Create a new event class
    ←[32mmake:job←[39m            Create a new job class
    ←[32mmake:listener←[39m       Create a new event listener class
    ←[32mmake:middleware←[39m     Create a new middleware class
    ←[32mmake:migration←[39m      Create a new migration file
    ←[32mmake:model←[39m          Create a new Eloquent model class
    ←[32mmake:policy←[39m         Create a new policy class
    ←[32mmake:provider←[39m       Create a new service provider class
    ←[32mmake:request←[39m        Create a new form request class
    ←[32mmake:seeder←[39m         Create a new seeder class
    ←[32mmake:test←[39m           Create a new test class
   ←[33mmigrate←[39m
    ←[32mmigrate:install←[39m     Create the migration repository
    ←[32mmigrate:refresh←[39m     Reset and re-run all migrations
    ←[32mmigrate:reset←[39m       Rollback all database migrations
    ←[32mmigrate:rollback←[39m    Rollback the last database migration
    ←[32mmigrate:status←[39m      Show the status of each migration
   ←[33mqueue←[39m
    ←[32mqueue:failed←[39m        List all of the failed queue jobs
    ←[32mqueue:failed-table←[39m  Create a migration for the failed queue jobs dat
  abase table
    ←[32mqueue:flush←[39m         Flush all of the failed queue jobs
    ←[32mqueue:forget←[39m        Delete a failed queue job
    ←[32mqueue:listen←[39m        Listen to a given queue
    ←[32mqueue:restart←[39m       Restart queue worker daemons after their current
   job
    ←[32mqueue:retry←[39m         Retry a failed queue job
    ←[32mqueue:subscribe←[39m     Subscribe a URL to an Iron.io push queue
    ←[32mqueue:table←[39m         Create a migration for the queue jobs database t
  able
    ←[32mqueue:work←[39m          Process the next job on a queue
   ←[33mroute←[39m
    ←[32mroute:cache←[39m         Create a route cache file for faster route regis
  tration
    ←[32mroute:clear←[39m         Remove the route cache file
    ←[32mroute:list←[39m          List all registered routes
   ←[33mschedule←[39m
    ←[32mschedule:run←[39m        Run the scheduled commands
   ←[33msession←[39m
    ←[32msession:table←[39m       Create a migration for the session database tabl
  e
   ←[33mtracker←[39m
    ←[32mtracker:tables←[39m      Create the migrations for Tracker database table
  s and columns
   ←[33mvendor←[39m
    ←[32mvendor:publish←[39m      Publish any publishable assets from vendor packa
  ges
   ←[33mview←[39m
    ←[32mview:clear←[39m          Clear all compiled view files
  
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  <p>Can someone help me please?</p>