GNU bug report logs - #36842
Bug when colors and -C used together

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Alex Meiburg <Alex.Meiburg <at> Oculus.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Alex Meiburg <Alex.Meiburg <at> Oculus.com>
To: "bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Bug when colors and -C used together
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:42:29 +0000

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Hello! I'd like to report a bug. I'm running version "diff (GNU diffutils) 3.6, Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.". When I run it with --color=always and -C1, the wrong lines are highlighted: it highlights the lines that _would have_ been the line numbers of output if no context was enabled, but since there are extra lines of output, it's highlighting the wrong lines.


Best,

Alex Meiburg

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Information forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#36842; Package diffutils. (Mon, 29 Jul 2019 22:06:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Meiburg <Alex.Meiburg <at> Oculus.com>
To: "bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bug when colors and -C used together
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 20:46:24 +0000

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I'm so sorry, please ignore, I made a mistake in understanding how diff highlights colors. I guess I was thinking of `hg diff` and the like, and my coworkers had also thought this seemed wrong.


Apologies.

________________________________
From: Alex Meiburg
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 1:42:29 PM
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org <bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Bug when colors and -C used together


Hello! I'd like to report a bug. I'm running version "diff (GNU diffutils) 3.6, Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.". When I run it with --color=always and -C1, the wrong lines are highlighted: it highlights the lines that _would have_ been the line numbers of output if no context was enabled, but since there are extra lines of output, it's highlighting the wrong lines.


Best,

Alex Meiburg

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bug closed, send any further explanations to 36842 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Alex Meiburg <Alex.Meiburg <at> Oculus.com> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 Aug 2021 06:53:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 Aug 2021 06:53:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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