Documentation/config.txt: describe 'color' value type in the "Values" section

Instead of describing it for color.branch.<slot> and have everybody
else refer to it, explain how colors are spelled in "Values" section
upfront.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2015-03-03 23:07:13 -08:00
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@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ integer::
be suffixed with `k`, `M`,... to mean "scale the number by
1024", "by 1024x1024", etc.
color::
The value for a variables that takes a color is a list of
colors (at most two) and attributes (at most one), separated
by spaces. The colors accepted are `normal`, `black`,
`red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and
`white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`, `blink` and
`reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
second is the background. The position of the attribute, if
any, doesn't matter.
Variables
~~~~~~~~~
@ -838,14 +848,6 @@ color.branch.<slot>::
`remote` (a remote-tracking branch in refs/remotes/),
`upstream` (upstream tracking branch), `plain` (other
refs).
+
The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
color.diff::
Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.
@ -865,8 +867,7 @@ color.diff.<slot>::
of `plain` (context text), `meta` (metainformation), `frag`
(hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
`new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
(highlighting whitespace errors). The values of these variables may be
specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
(highlighting whitespace errors).
color.decorate.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
@ -899,8 +900,6 @@ color.grep.<slot>::
separators between fields on a line (`:`, `-`, and `=`)
and between hunks (`--`)
--
+
The values of these variables may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
color.interactive::
When set to `always`, always use colors for interactive prompts
@ -913,8 +912,7 @@ color.interactive.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git add --interactive' and 'git clean
--interactive' output. `<slot>` may be `prompt`, `header`, `help`
or `error`, for four distinct types of normal output from
interactive commands. The values of these variables may be
specified as in color.branch.<slot>.
interactive commands.
color.pager::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
@ -940,8 +938,7 @@ color.status.<slot>::
`untracked` (files which are not tracked by Git),
`branch` (the current branch), or
`nobranch` (the color the 'no branch' warning is shown in, defaulting
to red). The values of these variables may be specified as in
color.branch.<slot>.
to red).
color.ui::
This variable determines the default value for variables such