The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
`\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
-and `\b` for backspace (BS). No other char escape sequence, nor octal
-char sequences are valid.
+and `\b` for backspace (BS). Other char escape sequences (including octal
+escape sequences) are invalid.
Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
customary UNIX fashion.
commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
Defaults to false.
+
-This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands. Can be overridden on the
command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
+gui.displayuntracked::
+ Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files
+ in the file list. The default is "true".
+
gui.encoding::
Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].