grep: rip out support for external grep

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a1e36d7e423e01de796ac5f866536280618199d1..6a96d9d23e1d032a7a9bc0b88729849ecb9c17f6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -645,14 +645,6 @@ color.grep::
        `never`), never.  When set to `true` or `auto`, use color only
        when the output is written to the terminal.  Defaults to `false`.
 
-color.grep.external::
-       The string value of this variable is passed to an external 'grep'
-       command as a command line option if match highlighting is turned
-       on.  If set to an empty string, no option is passed at all,
-       turning off coloring for external 'grep' calls; this is the default.
-       For GNU grep, set it to `--color=always` to highlight matches even
-       when a pager is used.
-
 color.grep.match::
        Use customized color for matches.  The value of this variable
        may be specified as in color.branch.<slot>.  It is passed using