From 0a82e66db42a5cb81cf54b904c20410cf9218f8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 21:41:24 +0200
Subject: Use explicit "--color=auto" in grep mode to support both GNU grep and
 ripgrep

* lisp/progmodes/grep.el (grep-highlight-matches):
(grep-compute-defaults, grep-expand-template):
Use "--color=auto" instead of "--color" (bug#44983).
---
 lisp/progmodes/grep.el | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
index 5dc99cc7e93..ef73dac4c0a 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/grep.el
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ This option sets the environment variable GREP_COLORS to specify
 markers for highlighting and adds the --color option in front of
 any explicit grep options before starting the grep.
 
-When this option is `auto', grep uses `--color' to highlight
+When this option is `auto', grep uses `--color=auto' to highlight
 matches only when it outputs to a terminal (when `grep' is the last
 command in the pipe), thus avoiding the use of any potentially-harmful
 escape sequences when standard output goes to a file or pipe.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ To change the default value, use \\[customize] or call the function
   :type '(choice (const :tag "Do not highlight matches with grep markers" nil)
 		 (const :tag "Highlight matches with grep markers" t)
 		 (const :tag "Use --color=always" always)
-		 (const :tag "Use --color" auto)
+		 (const :tag "Use --color=auto" auto)
 		 (other :tag "Not Set" auto-detect))
   :set #'grep-apply-setting
   :version "22.1")
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ The value depends on `grep-command', `grep-template',
                                `(nil nil nil "--color" "x" ,(null-device))
                                nil 1)
                               (if (eq grep-highlight-matches 'always)
-                                  "--color=always" "--color"))
+                                  "--color=always" "--color=auto"))
                          "")
                         grep-options)))
 	(unless grep-template
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ these include `opts', `dir', `files', `null-device', `excl' and
                             ((eq grep-highlight-matches 'always)
                              (push "--color=always" opts))
                             ((eq grep-highlight-matches 'auto)
-                             (push "--color" opts)))
+                             (push "--color=auto" opts)))
                            opts))
                 (excl . ,excl)
                 (dir . ,dir)
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