The values have eluded documentation so far. While at it streamline
the wording by grouping relevant parts together.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <ashei...@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/diff-config.txt | 11 +++++++----
Documentation/diff-options.txt | 17 ++++++++---------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index cbce8ec63..5ca942ab5 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ diff.algorithm::
+
diff.wsErrorHighlight::
- A comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`, that
- specifies how whitespace errors on lines are highlighted
- with `color.diff.whitespace`. Can be overridden by the
- command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
+ Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
+ lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
+ `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
+ `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. The
+ whitespace errors are colored with `color.diff.whitespace`.
+ The command line option `--ws-error-highlight=<kind>`
+ overrides this setting.
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 89cc0f48d..d60f61ad4 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -300,15 +300,14 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
with --exit-code.
--ws-error-highlight=<kind>::
- Highlight whitespace errors on lines specified by <kind>
- in the color specified by `color.diff.whitespace`. <kind>
- is a comma separated list of `old`, `new`, `context`. When
- this option is not given, only whitespace errors in `new`
- lines are highlighted. E.g. `--ws-error-highlight=new,old`
- highlights whitespace errors on both deleted and added lines.
- `all` can be used as a short-hand for `old,new,context`.
- The `diff.wsErrorHighlight` configuration variable can be
- used to specify the default behaviour.
+ Highlight whitespace errors in the `context`, `old` or `new`
+ lines of the diff. Multiple values are separated by comma,
+ `none` resets previous values, `default` reset the list to
+ `new` and `all` is a shorthand for `old,new,context`. When
+ this option is not given, and the configuration variable
+ `diff.wsErrorHighlight` is not set, only whitespace errors in
+ `new` lines are highlighted. The whitespace errors are colored
+ whith `color.diff.whitespace`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
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2.13.3
