Subject: [PATCH] diff: clarify defaults for --color
From: Peter Oliver <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Peter Oliver <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 13:00:22 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

* 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 <[email-masked]>
---
 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