On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:59 PM, Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] > This commit (and those following it in this series) aim to eventually > replace `--get-color` with a consistent alternative. By introducing > `--default`, we allow the `--get-color` action to be promoted to a > `--type=color` type specifier, retaining the "fallback" behavior via the > `--default` flag introduced in this commit. > [...] > > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt > @@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include: > +--default value:: This should be typeset as: --default <value> > + When using `--get`, and the requested slot is not found, behave as if value > + were the value assigned to the that slot. And you might use "behaves as if <value>" in the body as well (though I think Git documentation isn't terribly consistent about typesetting as "<value>" in the body, so I don't insist upon it).