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Re: [PATCH 2/4] config doc: clarify "to a terminal" in color.ui

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 31, 2018, 05:27 UTC
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<20180531052711.GC17068@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<20180530210641.19771-3-avarab@gmail.com>
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 09:06:39PM +0000, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Change the documentation added when color.ui=auto was made the default
> in 4c7f1819b3 ("make color.ui default to 'auto'", 2013-06-10) to
> describe "auto" as kicking in when writing to the terminal or a pager,
> not just to the terminal.

Makes sense. Usually the pager only kicks in when we're going to a terminal in the first place, so the two would be the same thing. But obviously you can override that with "-p".

-Peff
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  2. 2/4 config doc: clarify "to a terminal" in color.uiÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 30, 2018
  3. Jeff KingMay 31, 2018
  4. 3/4 color.ui config: don't die on unknown valuesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 30, 2018
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  8. Jeff KingJun 1, 2018
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  13. 4/4 color.ui config: add "isatty" settingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 30, 2018
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2018
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 31, 2018
  16. Jeff KingMay 31, 2018
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