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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-10-18 15:47:58 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-10-18 15:47:58 -0700 |
commit | 871e42eb0996ff43a11faf47c6c05f869c4bb72c (patch) | |
tree | 4374c5aeefb3383900dafbb7560a0397e4bcc755 /Documentation/config/color.txt | |
parent | Merge branch 'rs/make-verify-path-really-verify-again' (diff) | |
parent | blame: document --color-* options (diff) | |
download | tgif-871e42eb0996ff43a11faf47c6c05f869c4bb72c.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'bs/doc-blame-color-lines'
The "--color-lines" and "--color-by-age" options of "git blame"
have been missing, which are now documented.
* bs/doc-blame-color-lines:
blame: document --color-* options
blame: describe default output format
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config/color.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/color.txt | 33 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt index e05d520a86..dd2d2e0d84 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/color.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt @@ -9,26 +9,29 @@ color.advice.hint:: Use customized color for hints. color.blame.highlightRecent:: - This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending - on age of the line. + Specify the line annotation color for `git blame --color-by-age` + depending upon the age of the line. + -This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings, -starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest. -The metadata will be colored given the colors if the line was introduced -before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. +This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and +date settings, starting and ending with a color, the dates should be +set from oldest to newest. The metadata will be colored with the +specified colors if the line was introduced before the given +timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors. + + -Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g. -2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. +Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, +e.g. `2.weeks.ago` is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks. + + -It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors -everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and -one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are -colored red. +It defaults to `blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red`, which +colors everything older than one year blue, recent changes between +one month and one year old are kept white, and lines introduced +within the last month are colored red. color.blame.repeatedLines:: - Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that - is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id, - author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan. + Use the specified color to colorize line annotations for + `git blame --color-lines`, if they come from the same commit as the + preceding line. Defaults to cyan. color.branch:: A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of |