color: make it easier for non-config to parse color specs

diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index fc0b72ad59b13e4bd86372e5e81b4f400c99d26e..54a3da1bad2118815eb8dd1a5f401b67c0879262 100644 (file)
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst)
        *dst = 0;
        return;
 bad:
-       die("bad config value '%s' for variable '%s'", value, var);
+       die("bad color value '%s' for variable '%s'", value, var);
 }
 
 int git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty)
@@ -191,3 +191,10 @@ int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
        va_end(args);
        return r;
 }
+
+void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int len, const char *var, char *dst)
+{
+       char *tmp = xmemdupz(value, len);
+       color_parse(tmp, var, dst);
+       free(tmp);
+}