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authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>2014-11-20 10:15:31 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-11-20 10:13:25 -0800
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docs: describe ANSI 256-color mode
Our color specifications have supported the 256-color ANSI extension for years, but we never documented it. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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@@ -825,6 +825,10 @@ accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
++
+Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
+0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
+terminals may support this).
color.diff::
Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.