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[PATCH] diff: add support for --color

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano <at> gnu.org>, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 20062 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20062: [bug-diffutils] bug#20062: [PATCH] diff: add support for --color
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:34:04 -0700

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On 11/02/2015 12:17 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:

> Anyway, I would like an opinion about the new name before I send te full
> series again.  I avoided --colors as it is very similar to --color, but
> I am not sure how --color-scheme sounds for a native speaker.

--color-scheme sounds okay to a native, but has the issue that it cannot
be abbreviated (--col would be short for --color, not --color-scheme).
Can you come up with a name that does not share a common prefix?  Maybe
--palette?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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