Re: git-diff(1) appears to contradict itself

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2013, 02:54 UTC
Message-ID: <7v1ucmjl6x.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAOnWdojOT61XOY6JxL-3sR4W8N0katShsSLsOsuJ0-PuM9Vemg@mail.gmail.com>

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> Under the --color=<when> option, it says:
>
> Show colored diff. The value must be always (the default for <when>),
> never, or auto. The default value is never.

I think it wants to say this:

    You can say "diff --color" without saying "when".  That is the
    same as saying "diff --color=always".

    If you do not say "--color" at all, that is exactly the same as
    saying "diff --color=never".

Patches welcome.