From 7e8f59d577e5615ceff06da0d9dde36a63608d53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Scharfe?= Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:32:32 +0100 Subject: grep: color patterns in output MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Coloring matches makes them easier to spot in the output. Add two options and two parameters: color.grep (to turn coloring on or off), color.grep.match (to set the color of matches), --color and --no-color (to turn coloring on or off, respectively). The output of external greps is not changed. This patch is based on earlier ones by Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy and Thiago Alves. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f5152c5038..b75dada9c3 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -548,6 +548,15 @@ color.diff.:: whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.. +color.grep:: + When set to `always`, always highlight matches. When `false` (or + `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only + when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. + +color.grep.match:: + Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable + may be specified as in color.branch.. + color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts and displays (such as those used by "git-add --interactive"). -- cgit v1.2.3 From a94982ef39e1bb9a6f782b5b6ced22e97d6859b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Ren=C3=A9=20Scharfe?= Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 13:34:46 +0100 Subject: grep: add support for coloring with external greps Add the config variable color.grep.external, which can be used to switch on coloring of external greps. To enable auto coloring with GNU grep, one needs to set color.grep.external to --color=always to defeat the pager started by git grep. The value of the config variable will be passed to the external grep only if it would colorize internal grep's output, so automatic terminal detected works. The default is to not pass any option, because the external grep command could be a program without color support. Also set the environment variables GREP_COLOR and GREP_COLORS to pass the configured color for matches to the external grep. This works with GNU grep; other variables could be added as needed. Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/config.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index b75dada9c3..4d42bff718 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -553,9 +553,19 @@ color.grep:: `never`), never. When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only when the output is written to the terminal. Defaults to `false`. +color.grep.external:: + The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep' + command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned + on. If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all, + turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default. + For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even + when a pager is used. + color.grep.match:: Use customized color for matches. The value of this variable - may be specified as in color.branch.. + may be specified as in color.branch.. It is passed using + the environment variables 'GREP_COLOR' and 'GREP_COLORS' when + calling an external 'grep'. color.interactive:: When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts -- cgit v1.2.3