Re: [PATCH] builtin/config.c: don't print a newline with --color

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 09:50:57AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Mostly I was just surprised by the new behavior. Perhaps the right
> > solution is not a patch to the code, but to the documentation. Something
> > like:
> 
> Let me forge your sign-off and commit this to prevent us from
> forgetting.
> 
> Thanks, all.

Thanks for tying this up. One minor nit:

> diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> index 1bfe9f56a7..611a32445c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
> @@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
>  	output.  The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
>  	there is no color configured for `name`.
>  +
> -`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`.
> +`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`
> +(but note that `--get-color` will omit the trailing newline printed by
> +--type=color).

That final line probably should have literal quotes, like:

  `--type=color`).

-Peff