Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] builtin/config: introduce `color` type specifier
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2018-04-10 01:54:53
Taylor Blau [off-list ref] writes:
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt index b644a44ae9..7c8365e377 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include: ~/` from the command line to let your shell do the expansion.) - 'expiry-date': canonicalize by converting from a fixed or relative date-string to a timestamp. This specifier has no effect when setting the value. +- 'color': When getting a value, canonicalize by converting to an ANSI color + escape sequence. When setting a value, a sanity-check is performed to ensure + that the given value is canonicalize-able as an ANSI color, but it is written + as-is.
This makes sense, in the same spirit as a value with "path" type where tilde expansion is not done at all while setting. Will queue. Thanks.