Re: Is it possible to configure the color of git diff outpyut

From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date: Jul 17, 2009, 17:45 UTC
Message-ID: <20090717174529.GB2925@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vbpnj5k2l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 09:51:46AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> n179911 <n179911@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > When I do git diff, for example, it has color output (red for "-" and
> > green for "+").
> > Can you please tell me how can I change the color used?
> 
> Can you please tell us what resources you consulted to figure this out
> yourself before asking your question on this list?  I am not complaining;
> I am trying to see how a "typical" user finds information on our software,
> so that we can potentially optimize our documentation set to make it
> easier to find answers to common questions.

I think it would make sense to have reference to configuration items that have a special impact on commands in their manual pages. Or at least a "See Also" section mentioning "git-config".

Mike