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[PATCH 3/3] refresh_index: make porcelain output more specific

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 18, 2011, 11:13 UTC
Message-ID
<20111118111308.GC6335@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20111118110938.GA5940@sigill.intra.peff.net>

If you have a deleted file and a porcelain refreshes the cache, we print:

  Unstaged changes after reset:
  M	file

This is technically correct, in that the file is modified, but it's friendlier to the user if we further differentiate the case of a deleted file (especially because this output looks a lot like "diff --name-status", which would also make the distinction).

Similarly, we can distinguish typechanges ("T") and intent-to-add files ("A"), both of which appear as just "M" in the current output.

The plumbing output for all cases remains "needs update" for historical compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
This is my deletion and typechange patches squashed together with your
intent-to-add, and using an if/else series instead of the ternary
operator, as you did.
 read-cache.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index f19b2f1..27e9fc6 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1106,13 +1106,20 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags, const char **p
 	int in_porcelain = (flags & REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN);
 	unsigned int options = really ? CE_MATCH_IGNORE_VALID : 0;
 	const char *modified_fmt;
+	const char *deleted_fmt;
+	const char *typechange_fmt;
+	const char *added_fmt;
 	const char *unmerged_fmt;
 
 	modified_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "M\t%s\n" : "%s: needs update\n");
+	deleted_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "D\t%s\n" : "%s: needs update\n");
+	typechange_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "T\t%s\n" : "%s needs update\n");
+	added_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "A\t%s\n" : "%s needs update\n");
 	unmerged_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "U\t%s\n" : "%s: needs merge\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
 		struct cache_entry *ce, *new;
 		int cache_errno = 0;
+		int changed = 0;
 
 		ce = istate->cache[i];
 		if (ignore_submodules && S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
@@ -1133,10 +1140,12 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags, const char **p
 		if (pathspec && !match_pathspec(pathspec, ce->name, strlen(ce->name), 0, seen))
 			continue;
 
-		new = refresh_cache_ent(istate, ce, options, &cache_errno, NULL);
+		new = refresh_cache_ent(istate, ce, options, &cache_errno, &changed);
 		if (new == ce)
 			continue;
 		if (!new) {
+			const char *fmt;
+
 			if (not_new && cache_errno == ENOENT)
 				continue;
 			if (really && cache_errno == EINVAL) {
@@ -1148,7 +1157,17 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags, const char **p
 			}
 			if (quiet)
 				continue;
-			show_file(modified_fmt, ce->name, in_porcelain, &first, header_msg);
+
+			if (cache_errno == ENOENT)
+				fmt = deleted_fmt;
+			else if (ce->ce_flags & CE_INTENT_TO_ADD)
+				fmt = added_fmt; /* must be before other checks */
+			else if (changed & TYPE_CHANGED)
+				fmt = typechange_fmt;
+			else
+				fmt = modified_fmt;
+			show_file(fmt,
+				  ce->name, in_porcelain, &first, header_msg);
 			has_errors = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-- 
1.7.7.3.8.g38efa
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Message 17 of 18 in “reset reports file as modified when it's in fact deleted”
  1. Carlos Martín NietoNov 7, 2011
  2. Jeff KingNov 7, 2011
  3. Carlos Martín NietoNov 11, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2011
  5. Jeff KingNov 11, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2011
  7. Jeff KingNov 14, 2011
  8. 1/4 refresh_index: rename format variablesJeff King, Nov 14, 2011
  9. 2/4 refresh_index: mark deletions in porcelain outputJeff King, Nov 14, 2011
  10. 3/4 read-cache: let refresh_cache_ent pass up changed flagsJeff King, Nov 14, 2011
  11. 4/4 refresh_index: notice typechanges in outputJeff King, Nov 14, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2011
  13. Jeff KingNov 15, 2011
  14. Jeff KingNov 18, 2011
  15. 1/3 read-cache: let refresh_cache_ent pass up changed flagsJeff King, Nov 18, 2011
  16. 2/3 refresh_index: rename format variablesJeff King, Nov 18, 2011
  17. 3/3 refresh_index: make porcelain output more specificJeff King, Nov 18, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 18, 2011

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