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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 36 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 06898a7498..74382e5ff5 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1077,14 +1077,25 @@ This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option. +diff.colorMoved:: + If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines + in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes + see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to + true the default color mode will be used. When set to false, + moved lines are not colored. + 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 `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym), `meta` (metainformation), `frag` (hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines), - `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace` - (highlighting whitespace errors). + `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace` + (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines), + `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`, + `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative` + and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>' + setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details). color.decorate.<slot>:: Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 89cc0f48de..bc52bd0b99 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -231,6 +231,42 @@ ifdef::git-diff[] endif::git-diff[] It is the same as `--color=never`. +--color-moved[=<mode>]:: + Moved lines of code are colored differently. +ifdef::git-diff[] + It can be changed by the `diff.colorMoved` configuration setting. +endif::git-diff[] + The <mode> defaults to 'no' if the option is not given + and to 'zebra' if the option with no mode is given. + The mode must be one of: ++ +-- +no:: + Moved lines are not highlighted. +default:: + Is a synonym for `zebra`. This may change to a more sensible mode + in the future. +plain:: + Any line that is added in one location and was removed + in another location will be colored with 'color.diff.newMoved'. + Similarly 'color.diff.oldMoved' will be used for removed lines + that are added somewhere else in the diff. This mode picks up any + moved line, but it is not very useful in a review to determine + if a block of code was moved without permutation. +zebra:: + Blocks of moved code are detected greedily. The detected blocks are + painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or + 'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'. The change between + the two colors indicates that a new block was detected. If there + are fewer than 3 adjacent moved lines, they are not marked up + as moved, but the regular colors 'color.diff.{old,new}' will be + used. +dimmed_zebra:: + Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts + of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent + blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting. +-- + --word-diff[=<mode>]:: Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words. By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see |