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@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*-
** New features
- If no file operand is given, grep -r now searches the working directory.
- Formerly it ignored the -r and searched standard input nonrecursively.
+ If no file operand is given, and a command-line -r or equivalent
+ option is given, grep now searches the working directory. Formerly
+ grep ignored the -r and searched standard input nonrecursively.
+ An -r found in GREP_OPTIONS does not have this new effect.
grep now supports color highlighting of matches on MS-Windows.