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[PATCH 14/15] diff: use pending "path" if it is available

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 19, 2017, 12:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20170519125915.eaw7zb3sjjs4xz3b@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20170519124651.4q7waz75rmzfopgn@sigill.intra.peff.net>

There's a subtle distinction between "name" and "path" for a blob that we resolve: the name is what the user told us on the command line, and the path is what we traversed when finding the blob within a tree (if we did so).

When we diff blobs directly, we use "name", but "path" is more likely to be useful to the user (it will find the correct .gitattributes, and give them a saner diff header).

We still have to fall back to using the name for some cases (i.e., any blob reference that isn't of the form tree:path). That's the best we can do in such a case.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/diff.c        | 7 ++++++-
 t/t4063-diff-blobs.sh | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 4c0811d6f..1a1149eed 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 static const char builtin_diff_usage[] =
 "git diff [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]";
 
+static const char *blob_path(struct object_array_entry *entry)
+{
+	return entry->path ? entry->path : entry->name;
+}
+
 static void stuff_change(struct diff_options *opt,
 			 unsigned old_mode, unsigned new_mode,
 			 const struct object_id *old_oid,
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_blobs(struct rev_info *revs,
 		     blob[0]->mode, blob[1]->mode,
 		     &blob[0]->item->oid, &blob[1]->item->oid,
 		     1, 1,
-		     blob[0]->name, blob[1]->name);
+		     blob_path(blob[0]), blob_path(blob[1]));
 	diffcore_std(&revs->diffopt);
 	diff_flush(&revs->diffopt);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/t/t4063-diff-blobs.sh b/t/t4063-diff-blobs.sh
index df9c35b2d..80ce033ab 100755
--- a/t/t4063-diff-blobs.sh
+++ b/t/t4063-diff-blobs.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff by tree:path (run)' '
 test_expect_success 'index of tree:path diff' '
 	check_index $sha1_one $sha1_two
 '
-test_expect_failure 'tree:path diff uses filenames as paths' '
+test_expect_success 'tree:path diff uses filenames as paths' '
 	check_paths one two
 '
 test_expect_success 'tree:path diff shows mode change' '
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff by ranged tree:path' '
 test_expect_success 'index of ranged tree:path diff' '
 	check_index $sha1_one $sha1_two
 '
-test_expect_failure 'ranged tree:path diff uses filenames as paths' '
+test_expect_success 'ranged tree:path diff uses filenames as paths' '
 	check_paths one two
 '
 test_expect_success 'ranged tree:path diff shows mode change' '
-- 
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  1. 0/2 Demonstrate and partially work around a gitattributes problemJohannes Schindelin, May 15, 2017
  2. 1/2 gitattributes: demonstrate that Git tries to read a bogus fileJohannes Schindelin, May 15, 2017
  3. 2/2 mingw: Suppress warning that <commit>:.gitattributes does not existJohannes Schindelin, May 15, 2017
  4. Jeff KingMay 16, 2017
  5. Jeff KingMay 16, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMay 17, 2017
  8. Johannes SchindelinMay 18, 2017
  9. Jeff KingMay 19, 2017
  10. 0/15 retain blob info for git diff HEAD:foo HEAD:barJeff King, May 19, 2017
  11. 01/15 handle_revision_arg: reset "dotdot" consistentlyJeff King, May 19, 2017
  12. Philip OakleyMay 20, 2017
  13. Jeff KingMay 23, 2017
  14. Philip OakleyMay 23, 2017
  15. 02/15 handle_revision_arg: simplify commit reference lookupsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  16. 03/15 handle_revision_arg: stop using "dotdot" as a generic pointerJeff King, May 19, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  18. Jeff KingMay 24, 2017
  19. 04/15 handle_revision_arg: hoist ".." check out of range parsingJeff King, May 19, 2017
  20. 05/15 handle_revision_arg: add handle_dotdot() helperJeff King, May 19, 2017
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  22. 06/15 sha1_name: consistently refer to object_context as "oc"Jeff King, May 19, 2017
  23. 07/15 get_sha1_with_context: always initialize oc->symlink_pathJeff King, May 19, 2017
  24. 08/15 get_sha1_with_context: dynamically allocate oc->pathJeff King, May 19, 2017
  25. 09/15 t4063: add tests of direct blob diffsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  26. 10/15 handle_revision_arg: record modes for "a..b" endpointsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  27. 11/15 handle_revision_arg: record paths for pending objectsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  28. 12/15 diff: pass whole pending entry in blobinfoJeff King, May 19, 2017
  29. 13/15 diff: use the word "path" instead of "name" for blobsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  30. 14/15 diff: use pending "path" if it is availableJeff King, May 19, 2017
  31. 15/15 diff: use blob path for blob/file diffsJeff King, May 19, 2017
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  33. Jeff KingMay 24, 2017

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