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[PATCH v2] commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verbose

From
Caleb Thompson <cjaysson@gmail.com>
Date
May 25, 2014, 06:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20140525062427.GA94219@sirius.att.net>
Incorporated changes from Duy Nguyen and Jeremiah Mahler.

Jeremiah, I didn't make the changes about `<<-EOF` or `test_expect_success` because I'm guessing that keeping the local style of the code intact is more important than using those. Do you think it makes sense to refactor the rest of the test file (t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh) to use those? I could also change the other `git config` calls to use `test_config`.

Duy, you were right about `-V`. Do you know of a simple way to add that shortened flag? `OPT_BOOL('v', "verbose", ...)` gives me `-v`, `--verbose`, and `--no-verbose`, but no `-V` as a shortened form of `--no-verbose`.

commit 1a49356b87c9028e68e731f34790c11a3075f736
Author: Caleb Thompson <caleb@calebthompson.io>
Date:   Fri May 23 11:47:44 2014 -0500
    commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verbose
    Add a new configuration variable commit.verbose to implicitly pass
    `--verbose` to `git-commit`. Add `--no-verbose` to commit to negate that
    setting.
    Signed-off-by: Caleb Thompson <caleb@calebthompson.io>
    Reviewed-by: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1932e9b..a245928 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1009,6 +1009,11 @@ commit.template::
 	"`~/`" is expanded to the value of `$HOME` and "`~user/`" to the
 	specified user's home directory.

+commit.verbose::
+	A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of diff information in the
+	commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
+	message.  Defaults to false.
+
 credential.helper::
 	Specify an external helper to be called when a username or
 	password credential is needed; the helper may consult external
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 0bbc8f5..d7b50e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -282,7 +282,13 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
 	Show unified diff between the HEAD commit and what
 	would be committed at the bottom of the commit message
 	template.  Note that this diff output doesn't have its
-	lines prefixed with '#'.
+	lines prefixed with '#'.  The `commit.verbose` configuration
+	variable can be set to true to implicitly send this option.
+
+--no-verbose::
+	Do not show the unified diff  at the bottom of the commit message
+	template.  This is the default behavior, but can be used to override
+	the`commit.verbose` configuration variable.

 -q::
 --quiet::
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 9cfef6c..7978d7f 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1417,6 +1417,10 @@ static int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		sign_commit = git_config_bool(k, v) ? "" : NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(k, "commit.verbose")) {
+		verbose = git_config_bool(k, v);
+		return 0;
+	}

 	status = git_gpg_config(k, v, NULL);
 	if (status)
@@ -1484,7 +1488,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	static struct wt_status s;
 	static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("suppress summary after successful commit")),
-		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("show diff in commit message template")),
+		OPT_BOOL('v', "verbose", &verbose, N_("show diff in commit message template")),
 
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Commit message options")),
 		OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, N_("read message from file")),
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 2c59a76..b8f4b94 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1976,6 +1976,7 @@ _git_config ()
 		color.ui
 		commit.status
 		commit.template
+		commit.verbose
 		core.abbrev
 		core.askpass
 		core.attributesfile
diff --git a/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh b/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
index 2ddf28c..bea5d88 100755
--- a/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
+++ b/t/t7507-commit-verbose.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ EOF
 chmod +x check-for-diff
 test_set_editor "$PWD/check-for-diff"
 
+cat >check-for-no-diff <<EOF
+#!$SHELL_PATH
+exec grep -v '^diff --git' "\$1"
+EOF
+chmod +x check-for-no-diff
+
 cat >message <<'EOF'
 subject

@@ -48,6 +54,21 @@ test_expect_success 'verbose diff is stripped out (mnemonicprefix)' '
 	check_message message
 '

+test_expect_success 'commit shows verbose diff with set commit.verbose' '
+	echo morecontent >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_config commit.verbose true &&
+	check_message message
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'commit does not show verbose diff with --no-verbose' '
+	echo morecontent >file &&
+	git add file &&
+	test_config commit.verbose true &&
+	test_set_editor "$PWD/check-for-no-diff" &&
+	git commit --amend --no-verbose
+'
+
 cat >diff <<'EOF'
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Next: Jeremiah Mahler
Message 1 of 25 in “commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verbose”
  1. commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verboseCaleb Thompson, May 25, 2014
  2. Jeremiah MahlerMay 25, 2014
  3. Jeremiah MahlerMay 25, 2014
  4. Duy NguyenMay 25, 2014
  5. Eric SunshineMay 25, 2014
  6. 0/5 commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verboseCaleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  7. 1/5 commit test: Use test_config instead of git-configCaleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  8. 2/5 commit test: Change $PWD to $(pwd)Caleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  9. Johannes SixtMay 27, 2014
  10. Eric SunshineMay 27, 2014
  11. Jeremiah MahlerMay 27, 2014
  12. Johannes SixtMay 27, 2014
  13. David KastrupMay 27, 2014
  14. 3/5 commit test: Use write_scriptCaleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  15. Eric SunshineMay 27, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2014
  17. 4/5 commit test: test_set_editor in each testCaleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  18. Eric SunshineMay 27, 2014
  19. 5/5 commit: support commit.verbose and --no-verboseCaleb Thompson, May 26, 2014
  20. Jeremiah MahlerMay 26, 2014
  21. Caleb ThompsonMay 26, 2014
  22. Jeremiah MahlerMay 26, 2014
  23. Jeremiah MahlerMay 26, 2014
  24. Caleb ThompsonMay 26, 2014
  25. Jeremiah MahlerMay 26, 2014

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