From: Mike Hommey Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:45:29 GMT Subject: Re: Is it possible to configure the color of git diff outpyut 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: > n179911 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