1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/color.c b/color.c
index fc0b72ad5..54a3da1ba 100644
--- a/color.c
+++ b/color.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst)
 	*dst = 0;
 	return;
 bad:
-	die("bad config value '%s' for variable '%s'", value, var);
+	die("bad color value '%s' for variable '%s'", value, var);
 }
 
 int git_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty)
@@ -191,3 +191,10 @@ int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_end(args);
 	return r;
 }
+
+void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int len, const char *var, char *dst)
+{
+	char *tmp = xmemdupz(value, len);
+	color_parse(tmp, var, dst);
+	free(tmp);
+}