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Chris
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When I run 'git diff'git diff, the header part of each diff comes out in white text. SinceSince I'm using a light background it is hard to read, so I want to change it.

I have found that I can change other colors in the diff output like this (in .gitconfig):

[color "diff"]
    old = green
    new = red

But I can't figure out what to put there for the header color. EvenEven better, is there someplace where all of the default git config settings are documented?

By 'diff header' I mean lines like this:

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f102026..c5e3428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md

When I run 'git diff', the header part of each diff comes out in white text. Since I'm using a light background it is hard to read, so I want to change it.

I have found that I can change other colors in the diff output like this (in .gitconfig):

[color "diff"]
    old = green
    new = red

But I can't figure out what to put there for the header color. Even better, is there someplace where all of the default git config settings are documented?

By 'diff header' I mean lines like this:

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f102026..c5e3428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md

When I run git diff, the header part of each diff comes out in white text. Since I'm using a light background it is hard to read, so I want to change it.

I have found that I can change other colors in the diff output like this (in .gitconfig):

[color "diff"]
    old = green
    new = red

But I can't figure out what to put there for the header color. Even better, is there someplace where all of the default git config settings are documented?

By 'diff header' I mean lines like this:

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f102026..c5e3428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
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TimK
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How do you customize the color of the diff header in git diff?

When I run 'git diff', the header part of each diff comes out in white text. Since I'm using a light background it is hard to read, so I want to change it.

I have found that I can change other colors in the diff output like this (in .gitconfig):

[color "diff"]
    old = green
    new = red

But I can't figure out what to put there for the header color. Even better, is there someplace where all of the default git config settings are documented?

By 'diff header' I mean lines like this:

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f102026..c5e3428 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md