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Re: is this a bug of git-diff?

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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Date
May 15, 2013, 09:50 UTC
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On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:34:41AM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
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> Antoine's answer is correct. In addition, I'd say that you may want to
> enable color in the output to make it clearer (the @@ ... @@ part would
> be colored, but not the function name):
> 
>   git config --global color.ui auto

I wonder if that should be the default. I've advised a lot of people to turn it on and it seems to me that a user is much more likely to go looking for a "turn color off" option than realise that color is an option at all.

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Message 5 of 27 in “is this a bug of git-diff?”
  1. eric liouMay 15, 2013
  2. Antoine PelisseMay 15, 2013
  3. Antoine PelisseMay 15, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyMay 15, 2013
  5. John KeepingMay 15, 2013
  6. Default for color.ui (was Re: is this a bug of git-diff?)Matthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  7. Felipe ContrerasMay 15, 2013
  8. make color.ui default to 'auto'Matthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  9. Johan HerlandMay 15, 2013
  10. make color.ui default to 'auto'Matthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  12. Matthieu MoyMay 15, 2013
  13. 1/2 config: refactor management of color.ui's default valueMatthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  14. 2/2 make color.ui default to 'auto'Matthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  16. Stefano LattariniMay 15, 2013
  17. make color.ui default to 'auto'Matthieu Moy, May 15, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  19. Matthieu MoyMay 15, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  21. Matthieu MoyMay 15, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  23. Matthieu MoyMay 15, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2013
  25. Felipe ContrerasMay 15, 2013
  26. John KeepingMay 15, 2013
  27. Mike HommeyMay 15, 2013

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