From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
To: sbeller@google.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, simon@ruderich.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 25/25] diff: document the new --color-moved setting
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:53:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170630205310.7380-26-sbeller@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170630205310.7380-1-sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
Documentation/config.txt | 15 +++++++++++++--
Documentation/diff-options.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 06898a7498..74382e5ff5 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1077,14 +1077,25 @@ This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
+diff.colorMoved::
+ If set to either a valid `<mode>` or a true value, moved lines
+ in a diff are colored differently, for details of valid modes
+ see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1]. If simply set to
+ true the default color mode will be used. When set to false,
+ moved lines are not colored.
+
color.diff.<slot>::
Use customized color for diff colorization. `<slot>` specifies
which part of the patch to use the specified color, and is one
of `context` (context text - `plain` is a historical synonym),
`meta` (metainformation), `frag`
(hunk header), 'func' (function in hunk header), `old` (removed lines),
- `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), or `whitespace`
- (highlighting whitespace errors).
+ `new` (added lines), `commit` (commit headers), `whitespace`
+ (highlighting whitespace errors), `oldMoved` (deleted lines),
+ `newMoved` (added lines), `oldMovedDimmed`, `oldMovedAlternative`,
+ `oldMovedAlternativeDimmed`, `newMovedDimmed`, `newMovedAlternative`
+ and `newMovedAlternativeDimmed` (See the '<mode>'
+ setting of '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1] for details).
color.decorate.<slot>::
Use customized color for 'git log --decorate' output. `<slot>` is one
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 89cc0f48de..bc52bd0b99 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -231,6 +231,42 @@ ifdef::git-diff[]
endif::git-diff[]
It is the same as `--color=never`.
+--color-moved[=<mode>]::
+ Moved lines of code are colored differently.
+ifdef::git-diff[]
+ It can be changed by the `diff.colorMoved` configuration setting.
+endif::git-diff[]
+ The <mode> defaults to 'no' if the option is not given
+ and to 'zebra' if the option with no mode is given.
+ The mode must be one of:
++
+--
+no::
+ Moved lines are not highlighted.
+default::
+ Is a synonym for `zebra`. This may change to a more sensible mode
+ in the future.
+plain::
+ Any line that is added in one location and was removed
+ in another location will be colored with 'color.diff.newMoved'.
+ Similarly 'color.diff.oldMoved' will be used for removed lines
+ that are added somewhere else in the diff. This mode picks up any
+ moved line, but it is not very useful in a review to determine
+ if a block of code was moved without permutation.
+zebra::
+ Blocks of moved code are detected greedily. The detected blocks are
+ painted using either the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' color or
+ 'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'. The change between
+ the two colors indicates that a new block was detected. If there
+ are fewer than 3 adjacent moved lines, they are not marked up
+ as moved, but the regular colors 'color.diff.{old,new}' will be
+ used.
+dimmed_zebra::
+ Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts
+ of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent
+ blocks are considered interesting, the rest is uninteresting.
+--
+
--word-diff[=<mode>]::
Show a word diff, using the <mode> to delimit changed words.
By default, words are delimited by whitespace; see
--
2.13.0.31.g9b732c453e
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-30 20:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-30 0:06 [PATCH 00/25] Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 01/25] diff.c: readability fix Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 02/25] diff.c: move line ending check into emit_hunk_header Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 03/25] diff.c: factor out diff_flush_patch_all_file_pairs Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 04/25] diff.c: introduce emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 05/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_MARKER Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 06/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_FRAGINFO Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 07/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_NO_LF_EOF Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 08/25] diff.c: migrate emit_line_checked to use emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 09/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_WORDS[_PORCELAIN] Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 10/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_INCOMPLETE Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 11/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_FILEPAIR_{PLUS, MINUS} Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 12/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_HEADER Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 13/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILES Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:06 ` [PATCH 14/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_REWRITE_DIFF Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 15/25] submodule.c: migrate diff output to use emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 16/25] diff.c: convert emit_binary_diff_body " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 17/25] diff.c: convert show_stats " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 18/25] diff.c: convert word diffing " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 19/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_STAT_SEP Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 20/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_SUMMARY Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 21/25] diff.c: buffer all output if asked to Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 22/25] diff.c: color moved lines differently Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 17:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-30 18:13 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 18:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 23/25] diff.c: color moved lines differently, plain mode Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 24/25] diff.c: add dimming to moved line detection Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 0:07 ` [PATCH 25/25] diff: document the new --color-moved setting Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 7:26 ` Simon Ruderich
2017-06-30 16:04 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:31 ` Simon Ruderich
2017-06-30 20:33 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 00/25] Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 01/25] diff.c: readability fix Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 02/25] diff.c: move line ending check into emit_hunk_header Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 03/25] diff.c: factor out diff_flush_patch_all_file_pairs Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 04/25] diff.c: introduce emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 05/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_MARKER Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 06/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_FRAGINFO Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 07/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_NO_LF_EOF Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 08/25] diff.c: migrate emit_line_checked to use emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 09/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_WORDS[_PORCELAIN] Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 10/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_INCOMPLETE Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 11/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_FILEPAIR_{PLUS, MINUS} Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 12/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_HEADER Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 13/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILES Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:52 ` [PATCHv2 14/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_REWRITE_DIFF Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 15/25] submodule.c: migrate diff output to use emit_diff_symbol Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 16/25] diff.c: convert emit_binary_diff_body " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 17/25] diff.c: convert show_stats " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 18/25] diff.c: convert word diffing " Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 19/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_STAT_SEP Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 20/25] diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_SUMMARY Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 21/25] diff.c: buffer all output if asked to Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 22/25] diff.c: color moved lines differently Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 21:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-30 21:21 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 21:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 23/25] diff.c: color moved lines differently, plain mode Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` [PATCHv2 24/25] diff.c: add dimming to moved line detection Stefan Beller
2017-06-30 20:53 ` Stefan Beller [this message]
2017-06-30 21:49 ` [PATCHv2 00/25] Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved Junio C Hamano
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-06-20 2:47 [PATCH 00/26] reroll " Stefan Beller
2017-06-23 1:28 ` [PATCHv2 00/25] " Stefan Beller
2017-06-23 1:29 ` [PATCHv2 25/25] diff: document the new --color-moved setting Stefan Beller
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