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Re: [Bug] git add -i fails in multiple ways prior to first commit.

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 13, 2008, 10:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20080213101649.GA18444@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<C50196C5-B0C5-4536-AD4A-0F9C553782EE@gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 07:59:46PM -0500, Rhodes, Kate wrote:
> * status fails to report the current status
> * update fails to work at all

Below is a patch to address these two. It works by simulating the diff as if HEAD contained nothing. The 'diff' command is still broken (it would need to generate fake diff output against an empty tree).

However, I wonder if this is the best approach. It would be nice if there were a shorthand for "the empty tree" for diffing, so you could just diff against that rather than HEAD, and have the regular plumbing generate.

I suppose we could just create that tree object, though it adds a slight amount of cruft to the object database.

---
 git-add--interactive.perl |   62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 17ca5b8..b9f9abe 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ sub list_untracked {
 my $status_fmt = '%12s %12s %s';
 my $status_head = sprintf($status_fmt, 'staged', 'unstaged', 'path');
 
+sub is_initial_commit {
+	return system('git rev-parse HEAD -- >/dev/null 2>&1') != 0;
+}
+
+sub count_blob_lines {
+	my $sha1 = shift;
+	my @lines = run_cmd_pipe(qw(git cat-file blob), $sha1);
+	return scalar(@lines);
+}
+
+
 # Returns list of hashes, contents of each of which are:
 # VALUE:	pathname
 # BINARY:	is a binary path
@@ -103,27 +114,42 @@ sub list_modified {
 		return if (!@tracked);
 	}
 
-	for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-index --cached
-			     --numstat --summary HEAD --), @tracked)) {
-		if (($add, $del, $file) =
-		    /^([-\d]+)	([-\d]+)	(.*)/) {
-			my ($change, $bin);
-			if ($add eq '-' && $del eq '-') {
-				$change = 'binary';
-				$bin = 1;
-			}
-			else {
-				$change = "+$add/-$del";
-			}
+	if (is_initial_commit()) {
+		for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git ls-files --stage --exclude-standard
+				     --), @tracked)) {
+			my ($sha1, $file) = /\d+ ([0-9a-f]+) \d\t(.*)/
+				or die "invalid ls-files output: $_";
+			my $n = count_blob_lines($sha1);
 			$data{$file} = {
-				INDEX => $change,
-				BINARY => $bin,
+				INDEX => "+$n/-0",
 				FILE => 'nothing',
-			}
+				INDEXADDDEL => 'create',
+			};
 		}
-		elsif (($adddel, $file) =
-		       /^ (create|delete) mode [0-7]+ (.*)$/) {
-			$data{$file}{INDEX_ADDDEL} = $adddel;
+	}
+	else {
+		for (run_cmd_pipe(qw(git diff-index --cached
+				     --numstat --summary HEAD --), @tracked)) {
+			if (($add, $del, $file) =
+			    /^([-\d]+)	([-\d]+)	(.*)/) {
+				my ($change, $bin);
+				if ($add eq '-' && $del eq '-') {
+					$change = 'binary';
+					$bin = 1;
+				}
+				else {
+					$change = "+$add/-$del";
+				}
+				$data{$file} = {
+					INDEX => $change,
+					BINARY => $bin,
+					FILE => 'nothing',
+				}
+			}
+			elsif (($adddel, $file) =
+			       /^ (create|delete) mode [0-7]+ (.*)$/) {
+				$data{$file}{INDEX_ADDDEL} = $adddel;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.5.4.1.1296.g34f89-dirty
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  1. Rhodes, KateFeb 12, 2008
  2. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 13, 2008
  4. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  5. add--interactive: handle initial commit betterJeff King, Feb 13, 2008
  6. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 13, 2008
  9. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2008
  13. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008

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