On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 12:12:18PM +0200, FrÃdÃric Delanoy wrote: > Is it possible to use a config option so that "--color-words" is used > as default for diff? No. And I'm not sure it would be a good idea, as the resulting diffs would not be able to be applied, which could create some confusion. Another option would be to use an alias to reduce the amount of typing: git config alias.dcw "diff --color-words" -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html