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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 6ea7c76a6a..ebda2e0f61 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -250,10 +250,15 @@ color.branch.<slot>:: Use customized color for branch coloration. `<slot>` is one of `current` (the current branch), `local` (a local branch), `remote` (a tracking branch in refs/remotes/), `plain` (other - refs), or `reset` (the normal terminal color). The value for - these configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`, - `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`, `red`, - `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or `white`. + refs). ++ +The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most +two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors +accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, +`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, +`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the +second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any, +doesn't matter. color.diff:: When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch. @@ -261,12 +266,13 @@ color.diff:: colors only when the output is to the terminal. color.diff.<slot>:: - Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` - specifies which part of the patch to use the specified - color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta` - (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), `old` (removed - lines), or `new` (added lines). The values of these - variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>. + Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies + which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one + of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` + (hunk header), `old` (removed lines), `new` (added lines), + `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` (highlighting dubious + whitespace). The values of these variables may be specified as + in color.branch.<slot>. color.pager:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in |