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Re: diff --check is stupid about blank lines

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Aug 20, 2008, 22:20 UTC
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<20080820222048.GB8137@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:42:34AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ahhh, what idiot wrote the logic for checking trailing blank lines in
> checkdiff_consume().
> 
> It does not ask for any context lines.  Sheesh.
> 
> This should fix it.
Ah, that was much easier than I expected. ;)
Maybe this should be squashed in?
---
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index 6110566..974efd0 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -341,4 +341,13 @@ test_expect_success 'checkdiff detects trailing blank lines' '
 	git diff --check | grep "ends with blank"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'checkdiff does not mistake trailing blank lines in hunk' '
+	echo content >x &&
+	git add x &&
+	echo "" >x &&
+	echo content >>x &&
+	git diff --check >out &&
+	! grep "ends with blank" out
+'
+
 test_done
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  1. Björn SteinbrinkAug 20, 2008
  2. Jeff KingAug 20, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
  5. Björn SteinbrinkAug 20, 2008
  6. Jeff KingAug 20, 2008
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