bug#48532: closed ([PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color)

[GNU bug Tracking System]

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
>
>
>
>
> --- End Message ---

--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#48532: [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 00:13:23 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.1 Thanks for the report about the confusing wording. I installed the attached, which avoids the tricky word "default" entirely.

0001-diff-better-color-help.patch
Description: Text Data

--- End Message ---