From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:54:46 GMT Subject: Re: git-diff(1) appears to contradict itself Message-ID: <7v1ucmjl6x.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Reuben Thomas writes: > Under the --color= option, it says: > > Show colored diff. The value must be always (the default for ), > 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.