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Configuring diff --color-words using git-config?

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FDFrédéric Delanoy <frederic.delanoy@gmail.com>
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Jun 1, 2011, 10:12 UTC
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Hi

Is it possible to use a config option so that "--color-words" is used as default for diff?

I RTFM'ed git-config but didn't find such an option.
Frédéric
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  1. Frédéric DelanoyJun 1, 2011
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