pretty-formats: define "literal formatting code"
The description for a %(trailer) option already uses this term without having a definition anywhere in the document, and we are about to add another one in %(decorate) that uses it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ The placeholders are:
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- Placeholders that expand to a single literal character:
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'%n':: newline
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'%%':: a raw '%'
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-'%x00':: print a byte from a hex code
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+'%x00':: '%x' followed by two hexadecimal digits is replaced with a
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+ byte with the hexadecimal digits' value (we will call this
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+ "literal formatting code" in the rest of this document).
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- Placeholders that affect formatting of later placeholders:
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'%Cred':: switch color to red