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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-03-20 06:16:07 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-03-20 06:16:08 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'jk/config-type-color-ends-with-lf'
"git config --type=color ..." is meant to replace "git config --get-color" but there is a slight difference that wasn't documented, which is now fixed. * jk/config-type-color-ends-with-lf: config: document --type=color output is a complete line
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 1bfe9f5..d0b9c50 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+
-`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`.
+`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
+(but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
+`--type=color`).
-e::
--edit::