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[PATCH] diff: add configuration option for disabling diff prefixes.

From
Eli Collins <eli@cloudera.com>
Date
May 3, 2010, 02:03 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Eli Collins <eli@cloudera.com>
With new configuration "diff.noprefix", "git diff" does not show a source or destination prefix ala "git diff --no-prefix".
Signed-off-by: Eli Collins <eli@cloudera.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    2 ++
 diff.c                   |    9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 92f851e..e883952 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ diff.mnemonicprefix::
 	standard "a/" and "b/" depending on what is being compared.  When
 	this configuration is in effect, reverse diff output also swaps
 	the order of the prefixes:
+diff.noprefix::
+	If set, 'git diff' does not show any source or destination prefix.
 `git diff`;;
 	compares the (i)ndex and the (w)ork tree;
 `git diff HEAD`;;
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index d0ecbc3..07269c2 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static const char *diff_word_regex_cfg;
 static const char *external_diff_cmd_cfg;
 int diff_auto_refresh_index = 1;
 static int diff_mnemonic_prefix;
+static int diff_no_prefix;
 
 static char diff_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
 	GIT_COLOR_RESET,
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ int git_diff_ui_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		diff_mnemonic_prefix = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.noprefix")) {
+		diff_no_prefix = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.external"))
 		return git_config_string(&external_diff_cmd_cfg, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "diff.wordregex"))
@@ -2559,7 +2564,9 @@ void diff_setup(struct diff_options *options)
 		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, COLOR_DIFF);
 	options->detect_rename = diff_detect_rename_default;
 
-	if (!diff_mnemonic_prefix) {
+	if (diff_no_prefix) {
+		options->a_prefix = options->b_prefix = "";
+	} else if (!diff_mnemonic_prefix) {
 		options->a_prefix = "a/";
 		options->b_prefix = "b/";
 	}
-- 
1.7.1.dirty
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  1. diff: add configuration option for disabling diff prefixes.Eli Collins, May 3, 2010
  2. diff: add a 'path' meta header for non-renames and non-copiesBert Wesarg, May 3, 2010
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