Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I hit this oddity when not remembering the right syntax for --color-words.. > > Try this (outside of a git repository): > > touch a b > git diff -u --color=words a b > > and watch it scroll (infinitely) printing out > > error: option `color' expects "always", "auto", or "never" > > forever. > > I haven't tried to root-cause it, since I'm supposed to be merging stuff.. > > Linus Hmph, interesting. "outside a repository" is the key, it seems. And I can see it all the way down to 1.7.3 (at least). -- 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