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Re: [PATCH 3/4] add-interactive: manually fall back color config to color.ui

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 8, 2025, 16:17 UTC
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 09:23:33AM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
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> > It is tempting to teach want_color() to look up the value of
> > repo_config_get_value("color.ui") itself. But I think that would have
> > disastrous consequences. Plumbing commands, especially older ones, avoid
> > porcelain config like color. by simply not parsing it in their config
> 
> Is the "color." intended to refer to config keys starting with that
> string? If so it would help to quote it and maybe say "color.*".

I'm not sure if I meant "config like color" in the general sense, or typo'd "color.*". Either way, what is there is indeed confusing. ;) I'll fix it.

-Peff
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Message 16 of 23 in “[BUG] Some subcommands ignore color.diff and color.ui in --patch mode”
  1. Isaac Oscar GarianoAug 20, 2025
  2. Jeff KingAug 20, 2025
  3. Isaac Oscar GarianoAug 20, 2025
  4. Jeff KingAug 21, 2025
  5. 0/4 oddities around add-interactive and colorJeff King, Aug 21, 2025
  6. 1/4 stash: pass --no-color to diff-tree child processesJeff King, Aug 21, 2025
  7. Patrick SteinhardtSep 3, 2025
  8. Jeff KingSep 8, 2025
  9. 2/4 add-interactive: respect color.diff for diff coloringJeff King, Aug 21, 2025
  10. Patrick SteinhardtSep 3, 2025
  11. Jeff KingSep 8, 2025
  12. Patrick SteinhardtSep 9, 2025
  13. 3/4 add-interactive: manually fall back color config to color.uiJeff King, Aug 21, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2025
  15. Patrick SteinhardtSep 3, 2025
  16. Jeff KingSep 8, 2025
  17. 4/4 contrib/diff-highlight: mention interactive.diffFilterJeff King, Aug 21, 2025
  18. 0/4 oddities around add-interactive and colorJeff King, Sep 8, 2025
  19. 1/4 stash: pass --no-color to diff plumbing child processesJeff King, Sep 8, 2025
  20. 2/4 add-interactive: respect color.diff for diff coloringJeff King, Sep 8, 2025
  21. 3/4 add-interactive: manually fall back color config to color.uiJeff King, Sep 8, 2025
  22. 4/4 contrib/diff-highlight: mention interactive.diffFilterJeff King, Sep 8, 2025
  23. Patrick SteinhardtSep 9, 2025

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