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@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
diff.submodule::
Specify the format in which differences in submodules are
- shown. The "log" format lists the commits in the range like
- linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does. The "short" format
- format just shows the names of the commits at the beginning
- and end of the range. Defaults to short.
+ shown. The "short" format just shows the names of the commits
+ at the beginning and end of the range. The "log" format lists
+ the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary`
+ does. The "diff" format shows an inline diff of the changed
+ contents of the submodule. Defaults to "short".
diff.wordRegex::
A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
@@ -170,10 +171,11 @@ diff.tool::
include::mergetools-diff.txt[]
+diff.indentHeuristic::
diff.compactionHeuristic::
- Set this option to `true` to enable an experimental heuristic that
- shifts the hunk boundary in an attempt to make the resulting
- patch easier to read.
+ Set one of these options to `true` to enable one of two
+ experimental heuristics that shift diff hunk boundaries to
+ make patches easier to read.
diff.algorithm::
Choose a diff algorithm. The variants are as follows:
@@ -191,3 +193,9 @@ diff.algorithm::
low-occurrence common elements".
--
+
+
+diff.wsErrorHighlight::
+ A comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`, that
+ specifies how whitespace errors on lines are highlighted
+ with `color.diff.whitespace`. Can be overridden by the
+ command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`