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[PATCH 1/7] docs: describe ANSI 256-color mode

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 20, 2014, 15:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20141120151531.GA23680@peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20141120151418.GA23607@peff.net>

Our color specifications have supported the 256-color ANSI extension for years, but we never documented it.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
I have no clue which terminals do and don't support this. I would hope
the answer is "everything" by now, but I have seen some pretty awful
terminal emulators in my time.
 Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9220725..f615a5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -839,6 +839,10 @@ accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
 `blink` and `reverse`.  The first color given is the foreground; the
 second is the background.  The position of the attribute, if any,
 doesn't matter.
++
+Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
+0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
+terminals may support this).
 
 color.diff::
 	Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
-- 
2.2.0.rc2.402.g4519813
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  1. Jeff KingNov 12, 2014
  2. Scott BakerNov 12, 2014
  3. 0/7 color fixes and configurable diff-highlightJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  4. 1/7 docs: describe ANSI 256-color modeJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  5. 2/7 config: fix parsing of "git config --get-color some.key -1"Jeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  6. 3/7 t4026: test "normal" colorJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2014
  8. Jeff KingNov 20, 2014
  9. 4/7 parse_color: refactor color storageJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2014
  11. Johannes SixtDec 9, 2014
  12. Jeff KingDec 9, 2014
  13. Johannes SixtDec 9, 2014
  14. Jeff KingDec 9, 2014
  15. Eric SunshineDec 9, 2014
  16. 5/7 parse_color: support 24-bit RGB valuesJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2014
  18. Jeff KingNov 20, 2014
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2014
  20. 6/7 parse_color: recognize "no$foo" to clear the $foo attributeJeff King, Nov 20, 2014
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2014
  22. 7/7 diff-highlight: allow configurable colorsJeff King, Nov 20, 2014

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