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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 1bfe9f56a7..d0b9c50d20 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+
-`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`.
+`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
+(but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
+`--type=color`).
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