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[patch 05/16] diff-export.patch

From
GVGary V. Vaughan <git@mlists.thewrittenword.com>
Date
Apr 27, 2010, 13:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20100427135828.216091000@mlists.thewrittenword.com>
In-Reply-To
<20100427135708.258636000@mlists.thewrittenword.com>
Some of the flags used with the first diff found in PATH cause the
vendor diff to choke.
---
 Documentation/install-webdoc.sh |    2 +-
 Makefile                        |    4 +++-
 config.mak.in                   |    1 +
 configure.ac                    |    1 +
 git-merge-one-file.sh           |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Index: b/Makefile
===================================================================
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ export prefix bindir sharedir sysconfdir
 CC = gcc
 AR = ar
 RM = rm -f
+DIFF = diff
 TAR = tar
 FIND = find
 INSTALL = install
@@ -1460,7 +1461,7 @@ endif
 ALL_CFLAGS += $(BASIC_CFLAGS)
 ALL_LDFLAGS += $(BASIC_LDFLAGS)
 
-export TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH
+export DIFF TAR INSTALL DESTDIR SHELL_PATH
 
 
 ### Build rules
@@ -1877,6 +1878,7 @@ GIT-CFLAGS: FORCE
 GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
 	@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@
 	@echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@
+	@echo DIFF=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DIFF)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo TAR=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(TAR)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo NO_CURL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_CURL)))'\' >>$@
 	@echo NO_PERL=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(NO_PERL)))'\' >>$@
Index: b/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ fi
 #AC_PROG_INSTALL		# needs install-sh or install.sh in sources
 AC_CHECK_TOOLS(AR, [gar ar], :)
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(TAR, [gtar tar])
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(DIFF, [gnudiff gdiff diff])
 # TCLTK_PATH will be set to some value if we want Tcl/Tk
 # or will be empty otherwise.
 if test -z "$NO_TCLTK"; then
Index: b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
===================================================================
--- a/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
+++ b/Documentation/install-webdoc.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ do
 	then
 		: did not match
 	elif test -f "$T/$h" &&
-	   diff -u -I'Last updated [0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][a-z][a-z]-' "$T/$h" "$h"
+	   $DIFF -u -I'Last updated [0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][a-z][a-z]-' "$T/$h" "$h"
 	then
 		:; # up to date
 	else
Index: b/git-merge-one-file.sh
===================================================================
--- a/git-merge-one-file.sh
+++ b/git-merge-one-file.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
 		# remove lines that are unique to ours.
 		orig=`git-unpack-file $2`
 		sz0=`wc -c <"$orig"`
-		diff -u -La/$orig -Lb/$orig $orig $src2 | git apply --no-add
+		$DIFF -u -La/$orig -Lb/$orig $orig $src2 | git apply --no-add
 		sz1=`wc -c <"$orig"`
 
 		# If we do not have enough common material, it is not
Index: b/config.mak.in
===================================================================
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 CC_LD_DYNPATH = @CC_LD_DYNPATH@
 AR = @AR@
 TAR = @TAR@
+DIFF = @DIFF@
 #INSTALL = @INSTALL@		# needs install-sh or install.sh in sources
 TCLTK_PATH = @TCLTK_PATH@
 
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary@thewrittenword.com)
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  2. 01/16 user-cppflags.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  3. 02/16 const-expr.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  4. Erik Faye-LundApr 27, 2010
  5. Gary V. VaughanApr 27, 2010
  6. 03/16 pthread.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  7. 04/16 Without this patch at least IBM VisualAge C 5.0 (I have 5.0.2) on AIX 5.1 fails to compile git.Gary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
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  9. Gary V. VaughanApr 28, 2010
  10. Tor ArntsenApr 28, 2010
  11. Jeff KingApr 28, 2010
  12. 05/16 diff-export.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  13. 06/16 diff-test_cmp.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
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  15. Gary V. VaughanApr 28, 2010
  16. Jonathan NiederApr 28, 2010
  17. Gary V. VaughanApr 28, 2010
  18. Jonathan NiederApr 28, 2010
  19. 07/16 diff-defaults.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  20. 08/16 host-SunOS56.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  21. 09/16 host-IRIX.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
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  24. 12/16 host-OSF1.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
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  29. 13/16 no-hstrerror.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  30. 14/16 no-inet_ntop.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
  31. 15/16 no-socklen_t.patchGary V. Vaughan, Apr 27, 2010
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