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| author | Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> | 2017-07-25 22:53:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-07-25 14:30:49 -0700 |
| commit | c0bb6d9cef66d132ba33ff4a62eda3a7038b75d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 63e31ae28bb1f8d946896f05501ac4be1fbf38dc /Documentation/diff-options.txt | |
| parent | 95d67879735cfecfdd85f89e59d993c5b4de8835 (diff) | |
| download | git-c0bb6d9cef66d132ba33ff4a62eda3a7038b75d0.tar.gz | |
doc: add missing values "none" and "default" for diff.wsErrorHighlightah/doc-wserrorhighlight
The values have eluded documentation so far. While at it streamline
the wording by grouping relevant parts together.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-options.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index d91ddbd5fe..5cc7c7eb71 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -301,15 +301,14 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[] with --exit-code. --ws-error-highlight=<kind>:: - Highlight whitespace errors on lines specified by <kind> - in the color specified by `color.diff.whitespace`. <kind> - is a comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`. When - this option is not given, only whitespace errors in `new` - lines are highlighted. E.g. `--ws-error-highlight=new,old` - highlights whitespace errors on both deleted and added lines. - `all` can be used as a short-hand for `old,new,context`. - The `diff.wsErrorHighlight` configuration variable can be - used to specify the default behaviour. + 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`. When + this option is not given, and the configuration variable + `diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in + `new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored + whith `color.diff.whitespace`. endif::git-format-patch[] |