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From: | GNU bug Tracking System |
Subject: | bug#48532: closed ([PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color) |
Date: | Fri, 21 May 2021 07:14:02 +0000 |
Your message dated Fri, 21 May 2021 00:13:23 -0700 with message-id <e92278b2-2a4d-2a56-8208-07f737fabc18@cs.ucla.edu> and subject line Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#48532: [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #48532, regarding [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color to be marked as done. (If you believe you have received this mail in error, please contact help-debbugs@gnu.org.) -- 48532: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=48532 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems
--- Begin Message ---Subject: [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 13:00:22 +0100 * src/diff.c (option_help_msgid): Make it clear that --color=auto is not the default when --color is not specified. Signed-off-by: Peter Oliver <git@mavit.org.uk> --- src/diff.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/diff.c b/src/diff.c index 6af50e8..f391ab9 100644 --- a/src/diff.c +++ b/src/diff.c @@ -973,8 +973,9 @@ static char const * const option_help_msgid[] = { N_("-d, --minimal try hard to find a smaller set of changes"), N_(" --horizon-lines=NUM keep NUM lines of the common prefix and suffix"), N_(" --speed-large-files assume large files and many scattered small changes"), - N_(" --color[=WHEN] colorize the output; WHEN can be 'never', 'always',\n" - " or 'auto' (the default)"), + N_(" --color[=WHEN] colorize the output; WHEN can be 'never' (the\n" + " default), 'auto' (implied if --color is specified\n" + " without WHEN), or 'always'"), N_(" --palette=PALETTE the colors to use when --color is active; PALETTE is\n" " a colon-separated list of terminfo capabilities"), "", -- 2.31.1
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--- Begin Message ---Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#48532: [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 00:13:23 -0700 Thanks for the report about the confusing wording. I installed the attached, which avoids the tricky word "default" entirely. User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 0001-diff-better-color-help.patch
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