git-config --get-color: get configured color
This new option allows scripts to grab color setting from the user
configuration, translated to ANSI color escape sequence.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index a592b61..7640450 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -134,6 +135,12 @@
output without getting confused e.g. by values that
contain line breaks.
+--get-color name default::
+
+ Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
+ output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
+ output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
+ there is no color configured for `name`.
[[FILES]]
FILES
@@ -292,6 +299,15 @@
% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
------------
+An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
+script:
+
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
+RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
+echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
+------------
include::config.txt[]
