Re: %C(auto) not working as expected
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 10:52:47PM +0200, René Scharfe wrote:
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> > I like the intent here, though I found "Values, color" hard to parse (it
> > was not immediately clear that you mean "the color paragraph of the
> > Values section", as commas are already being used in that sentence for
> > the parenthetical phrase).
> >
> > I'm not sure how to say that succinctly, as we are four levels deep
> > (git-config -> configuration file -> values -> color). Too bad there is
> > no good link syntax for it. Maybe:
> >
> > ...color specification, as described in linkgit:git-config[1] (see the
> > paragraph on colors in the "Values" section, under "CONFIGURATION
> > FILE")
> >
> > or something.
>
> That's better. Or we could remove the "color" part and trust readers to
> find the right paragraph in the Values sub-section?
>
> -- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option;
> +- '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the
> + "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1];
Yeah, I think that is plenty of roadmap to give the user.
-Peff