Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 1 author, 2017-06-28

[PATCH 4/6] Documentation/diff: reword color moved

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From: Stefan Beller <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-28 00:57:19
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

This is easier for the casual reader.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <redacted>
---
 Documentation/config.txt       | 6 ++++--
 Documentation/diff-options.txt | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 29e0b9fa69..3d89be2d84 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1052,8 +1052,10 @@ This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
 
 diff.colorMoved::
-	If set moved lines in a diff are colored differently,
-	for details see '--color-moved' in linkgit:git-diff[1].
+	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.
 
 color.diff.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>` specifies
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index d2c6a60af2..d4dc46ee2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@ plain::
 	Similarly 'color.diff.oldMoved' will be used for removed lines
 	that are added somewhere else in the diff.
 zebra::
-	Blocks of moved code are detected. The detected blocks are
-	painted using the 'color.diff.{old,new}Moved' alternating with
-	'color.diff.{old,new}MovedAlternative'.
+	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.
 dimmed_zebra::
 	Similar to 'zebra', but additional dimming of uninteresting parts
 	of moved code is performed. The bordering lines of two adjacent
-- 
2.13.0.31.g9b732c453e
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