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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt index cbce8ec638..77caa66c2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt @@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ diff.orderFile:: diff.renameLimit:: The number of files to consider when performing the copy/rename - detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. + detection; equivalent to the 'git diff' option `-l`. This setting + has no effect if rename detection is turned off. diff.renames:: Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", @@ -200,7 +201,10 @@ diff.algorithm:: + diff.wsErrorHighlight:: - A comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`, that - specifies how whitespace errors on lines are highlighted - with `color.diff.whitespace`. Can be overridden by the - command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>` + Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new` + lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma, + `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to + `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. The + whitespace errors are colored with `color.diff.whitespace`. + The command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>` + overrides this setting. |