Merge branch 'jc/color-diff-doc'

The --color[=<when>] option to the diff family was documented in a
confusing way.

* jc/color-diff-doc:
diff-options: unconfuse description of --color

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 869d965a3b93e25c71fd4c81a7f7742ff2222cfe..104579dc75128811e475d408035569ac09f3283b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ any of those replacements occurred.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
        Show colored diff.
-       The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`.
-       The default value is `never`.
+       `--color` (i.e. without '=<when>') is the same as `--color=always`.
+       '<when>' can be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto`.
 ifdef::git-diff[]
        It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff`
        configuration settings.