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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index bf82766a6a..b168f02dc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -262,11 +262,19 @@ color:: colors (at most two, one for foreground and one for background) and attributes (as many as you want), separated by spaces. + -The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, -`blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`. The first color given is the -foreground; the second is the background. All the basic colors except -`normal` have a bright variant that can be specified by prefixing the -color with `bright`, like `brightred`. +The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, +`yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, `white` and `default`. The first +color given is the foreground; the second is the background. All the +basic colors except `normal` and `default` have a bright variant that can +be specified by prefixing the color with `bright`, like `brightred`. ++ +The color `normal` makes no change to the color. It is the same as an +empty string, but can be used as the foreground color when specifying a +background color alone (for example, "normal red"). ++ +The color `default` explicitly resets the color to the terminal default, +for example to specify a cleared background. Although it varies between +terminals, this is usually not the same as setting to "white black". + Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all terminals may support this). If @@ -280,6 +288,11 @@ The position of any attributes with respect to the colors be turned off by prefixing them with `no` or `no-` (e.g., `noreverse`, `no-ul`, etc). + +The pseudo-attribute `reset` resets all colors and attributes before +applying the specified coloring. For example, `reset green` will result +in a green foreground and default background without any active +attributes. ++ An empty color string produces no color effect at all. This can be used to avoid coloring specific elements without disabling color entirely. + @@ -298,6 +311,15 @@ pathname:: tilde expansion happens to such a string: `~/` is expanded to the value of `$HOME`, and `~user/` to the specified user's home directory. ++ +If a path starts with `%(prefix)/`, the remainder is interpreted as a +path relative to Git's "runtime prefix", i.e. relative to the location +where Git itself was installed. For example, `%(prefix)/bin/` refers to +the directory in which the Git executable itself lives. If Git was +compiled without runtime prefix support, the compiled-in prefix will be +substituted instead. In the unlikely event that a literal path needs to +be specified that should _not_ be expanded, it needs to be prefixed by +`./`, like so: `./%(prefix)/bin`. Variables |