[PATCH v4 2/2] blame: document --color-* options
Commit cdc2d5f11f1a (builtin/blame: dim uninteresting metadata lines, 2018-04-23) and 25d5f52901f0 (builtin/blame: highlight recently changed lines, 2018-04-23) introduce --color-lines and --color-by-age options to git blame, respectively. While both options are mentioned in usage help, they aren't documented in git-blame(1). Document them.
Co-authored-by: Dr. Matthias St. Pierre <m.st.pierre@ncp-e.com>
Signed-off-by: Dr. Matthias St. Pierre <m.st.pierre@ncp-e.com>
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/blame-options.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
Documentation/config/color.txt | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
Documentation/git-blame.txt | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
Show changes to 3 files +33 −17
Documentation/blame-options.txt, Documentation/config/color.txt, Documentation/git-blame.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 117f4cf806..3972cc8cef 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -136,5 +136,18 @@ take effect.
option. An empty file name, `""`, will clear the list of revs from
previously processed files.
+--color-lines::
+ Color line annotations (see "The Default Format" section) differently if they
+ come from the same commit as the preceding line, and if neither `--porcelain`
+ nor `--incremental` format option is specified. This makes it easier to distinguish
+ code blocks introduced by different commits. The color defaults to cyan and
+ can be adjusted using the `color.blame.repeatedLines` config option.
+
+--color-by-age::
+ Color line annotations (see "The Default Format" section) depending on the age of
+ the line, if neither `--porcelain` nor `--incremental` format option is specified.
+ The `color.blame.highlightRecent` config option controls what color is used for
+ each range of age.
+
-h::
Show help message.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/color.txt b/Documentation/config/color.txt
index e05d520a86..dd2d2e0d84 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/color.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/color.txt
@@ -9,26 +9,29 @@ color.advice.hint::
Use customized color for hints.
color.blame.highlightRecent::
- This can be used to color the metadata of a blame line depending
- on age of the line.
+ Specify the line annotation color for `git blame --color-by-age`
+ depending upon the age of the line.
+
-This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and date settings,
-starting and ending with a color, the dates should be set from oldest to newest.
-The metadata will be colored given the colors if the line was introduced
-before the given timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
+This setting should be set to a comma-separated list of color and
+date settings, starting and ending with a color, the dates should be
+set from oldest to newest. The metadata will be colored with the
+specified colors if the line was introduced before the given
+timestamp, overwriting older timestamped colors.
+
+
-Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well, e.g.
-2.weeks.ago is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.
+Instead of an absolute timestamp relative timestamps work as well,
+e.g. `2.weeks.ago` is valid to address anything older than 2 weeks.
+
+
-It defaults to 'blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red', which colors
-everything older than one year blue, recent changes between one month and
-one year old are kept white, and lines introduced within the last month are
-colored red.
+It defaults to `blue,12 month ago,white,1 month ago,red`, which
+colors everything older than one year blue, recent changes between
+one month and one year old are kept white, and lines introduced
+within the last month are colored red.
color.blame.repeatedLines::
- Use the customized color for the part of git-blame output that
- is repeated meta information per line (such as commit id,
- author name, date and timezone). Defaults to cyan.
+ Use the specified color to colorize line annotations for
+ `git blame --color-lines`, if they come from the same commit as the
+ preceding line. Defaults to cyan.
color.branch::
A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index 08008f4a60..e03029fb99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
[-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
[--ignore-rev <rev>] [--ignore-revs-file <file>]
- [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>]
- [--] <file>
+ [--color-lines] [--color-by-age] [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>]
+ [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>] [--] <file>
DESCRIPTION
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--
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