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[add-default-config 1/5] add --color option to git config

From
Soukaina NAIT HMID <nhsoukaina@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 12, 2017, 15:00 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Soukaina NAIT HMID <snaithmid@bloomberg.net>
Signed-off-by: Soukaina NAIT HMID <snaithmid@bloomberg.net>
---
 Documentation/git-config.txt | 4 ++++
 builtin/config.c             | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 4edd09fc6b074..5d5cd58fdae37 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 	specified user.  This option has no effect when setting the
 	value (but you can use `git config section.variable ~/`
 	from the command line to let your shell do the expansion).
+--color::
+	Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
+	output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
+	output. 
 
 -z::
 --null::
diff --git a/builtin/config.c b/builtin/config.c
index d13daeeb55927..124a682d50fa8 100644
--- a/builtin/config.c
+++ b/builtin/config.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static struct option builtin_config_options[] = {
 	OPT_BIT(0, "int", &types, N_("value is decimal number"), TYPE_INT),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "bool-or-int", &types, N_("value is --bool or --int"), TYPE_BOOL_OR_INT),
 	OPT_BIT(0, "path", &types, N_("value is a path (file or directory name)"), TYPE_PATH),
+	OPT_BIT(0, "color", &actions, N_("find the color configured"), ACTION_GET_COLOR),
 	OPT_GROUP(N_("Other")),
 	OPT_BOOL('z', "null", &end_null, N_("terminate values with NUL byte")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "name-only", &omit_values, N_("show variable names only")),

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/431
Next: Soukaina NAIT HMID
Message 1 of 14 in “[add-default-config 1/5] add --color option to git config”
  1. Soukaina NAIT HMIDNov 12, 2017
  2. 2/5 adding default to colorSoukaina NAIT HMID, Nov 12, 2017
  3. Jeff KingNov 12, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2017
  5. Jeff KingNov 13, 2017
  6. 5/5 fix return code on default + add testsSoukaina NAIT HMID, Nov 12, 2017
  7. Jeff KingNov 12, 2017
  8. 4/5 add defaults for path/int/boolSoukaina NAIT HMID, Nov 12, 2017
  9. Jeff KingNov 12, 2017
  10. 3/5 add same test for new command format with --default and --colorSoukaina NAIT HMID, Nov 12, 2017
  11. Jeff KingNov 12, 2017
  12. Jeff KingNov 12, 2017
  13. [add-default-config] add --default option to git config.Soukaina NAIT HMID, Nov 28, 2017
  14. Philip OakleyDec 2, 2017

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