From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
"Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: explain the use of color.pager
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 07:47:59 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7djuxrvk.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YKVsw3uqb66ifzvd@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Wed, 19 May 2021 12:53:39 -0700")
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> Side note, not about this patch: we treat pager.color as a synonym for
> color.pager. Is that something we want to document, or is that an
> instance of being extra friendly when the user makes a typo?
IIUC, this is the same historical wart that comes from the same
place as diff.color that existed before color.<cmd> wanted to be the
way forward. We do not break existing configuration files by
starting to suddenly reject diff.color or pager.color, but we do not
encourage new uses by not advertising them.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-19 22:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-19 9:17 [PATCH] doc: explain the use of color.pager Jeff King
2021-05-19 10:41 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-19 19:53 ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-05-19 20:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-19 22:47 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-05-20 6:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-20 8:33 ` Jeff King
2021-05-20 15:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
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