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@@ -166,13 +166,14 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
- '%Cgreen': switch color to green
- '%Cblue': switch color to blue
- '%Creset': reset color
-- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option;
+- '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the
+ "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1];
adding `auto,` at the beginning will emit color only when colors are
enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and
respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a
terminal). `auto` alone (i.e. `%C(auto)`) will turn on auto coloring
on the next placeholders until the color is switched again.
-- '%m': left, right or boundary mark
+- '%m': left (`<`), right (`>`) or boundary (`-`) mark
- '%n': newline
- '%%': a raw '%'
- '%x00': print a byte from a hex code