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[PATCH v2 2/4] diff: turn --ita-invisible-in-index on by default

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 26, 2018, 12:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20180526120846.23663-3-pclouds@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180526120846.23663-1-pclouds@gmail.com>

Due to the implementation detail of intent-to-add entries, the current "git diff" (i.e. no treeish or --cached argument) would show the changes in the i-t-a file, but it does not mark the file as new, while "diff --cached" would mark the file as new while showing its content as empty.

     $ git diff                     | $ diff --cached
    --------------------------------|-------------------------------
     diff --git a/new b/new         | diff --git a/new b/new
     index e69de29..5ad28e2 100644  | new file mode 100644
     --- a/new                      | index 0000000..e69de29
     +++ b/new                      |
     @@ -0,0 +1 @@                  |
     +haha                          |

One evidence of the current output being wrong is that, the output from "git diff" (with ita entries) cannot be applied because it assumes empty files exist before applying.

Turning on --ita-invisible-in-index [1] [2] would fix this. The result is "new file" line moving from "git diff --cached" to "git diff".

     $ git diff                     | $ diff --cached
    --------------------------------|-------------------------------
     diff --git a/new b/new         |
     new file mode 100644           |
     index 0000000..5ad28e2         |
     --- /dev/null                  |
     +++ b/new                      |
     @@ -0,0 +1 @@                  |
     +haha                          |

This option is on by default in git-status [1] but we need more fixup in rename detection code [3]. Luckily we don't need to do anything else for the rename detection code in diff.c (wt-status.c uses a customized one).

[1] 425a28e0a4 (diff-lib: allow ita entries treated as "not yet exist
    in index" - 2016-10-24)
[2] b42b451919 (diff: add --ita-[in]visible-in-index - 2016-10-24)
[3] bc3dca07f4 (Merge branch 'nd/ita-wt-renames-in-status' - 2018-01-23)
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/diff.c          |  7 +++++++
 t/t2203-add-intent.sh   | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh | 10 ++++++----
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 16bfb22f73..00424c296d 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	rev.diffopt.flags.allow_external = 1;
 	rev.diffopt.flags.allow_textconv = 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * Default to intent-to-add entries invisible in the
+	 * index. This makes them show up as new files in diff-files
+	 * and not at all in diff-cached.
+	 */
+	rev.diffopt.ita_invisible_in_index = 1;
+
 	if (nongit)
 		die(_("Not a git repository"));
 	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
diff --git a/t/t2203-add-intent.sh b/t/t2203-add-intent.sh
index 3ab07cb404..1115347712 100755
--- a/t/t2203-add-intent.sh
+++ b/t/t2203-add-intent.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ test_expect_success 'i-t-a entry is simply ignored' '
 	git commit -m second &&
 	test $(git ls-tree HEAD -- nitfol | wc -l) = 0 &&
 	test $(git diff --name-only HEAD -- nitfol | wc -l) = 1 &&
-	test $(git diff --name-only --ita-invisible-in-index HEAD -- nitfol | wc -l) = 1 &&
-	test $(git diff --name-only --ita-invisible-in-index -- nitfol | wc -l) = 1
+	test $(git diff --name-only -- nitfol | wc -l) = 1
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'can commit with an unrelated i-t-a entry in index' '
@@ -99,13 +98,13 @@ test_expect_success 'cache-tree invalidates i-t-a paths' '
 
 	: >dir/bar &&
 	git add -N dir/bar &&
-	git diff --cached --name-only >actual &&
+	git diff --name-only >actual &&
 	echo dir/bar >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual &&
 
 	git write-tree >/dev/null &&
 
-	git diff --cached --name-only >actual &&
+	git diff --name-only >actual &&
 	echo dir/bar >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
@@ -186,7 +185,19 @@ test_expect_success 'rename detection finds the right names' '
 		cat >expected.3 <<-EOF &&
 		2 .R N... 100644 100644 100644 $hash $hash R100 third	first
 		EOF
-		test_cmp expected.3 actual.3
+		test_cmp expected.3 actual.3 &&
+
+		git diff --stat >actual.4 &&
+		cat >expected.4 <<-EOF &&
+		 first => third | 0
+		 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+		EOF
+		test_cmp expected.4 actual.4 &&
+
+		git diff --cached --stat >actual.5 &&
+		: >expected.5 &&
+		test_cmp expected.5 actual.5
+
 	)
 '
 
@@ -222,5 +233,16 @@ test_expect_success 'double rename detection in status' '
 	)
 '
 
-test_done
+test_expect_success 'diff-files/diff-cached shows ita as new/not-new files' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	echo new >new-ita &&
+	git add -N new-ita &&
+	git diff --summary >actual &&
+	echo " create mode 100644 new-ita" >expected &&
+	test_cmp expected actual &&
+	git diff --cached --summary >actual2 &&
+	: >expected2 &&
+	test_cmp expected2 actual2
+'
 
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
index cf0f3a1ee7..108c012a3a 100755
--- a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
@@ -139,11 +139,13 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'setup symlinks with attributes' '
 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlinks do not respect userdiff config by path' '
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
 	diff --git a/file.bin b/file.bin
-	index e69de29..d95f3ad 100644
-	Binary files a/file.bin and b/file.bin differ
+	new file mode 100644
+	index 0000000..d95f3ad
+	Binary files /dev/null and b/file.bin differ
 	diff --git a/link.bin b/link.bin
-	index e69de29..dce41ec 120000
-	--- a/link.bin
+	new file mode 120000
+	index 0000000..dce41ec
+	--- /dev/null
 	+++ b/link.bin
 	@@ -0,0 +1 @@
 	+file.bin
-- 
2.17.0.705.g3525833791
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  1. 1/2 diff: turn --ita-invisible-in-index on by defaultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 13, 2018
  2. 2/2 apply: add --intent-to-addNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 13, 2018
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2018
  4. Duy NguyenMay 20, 2018
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2018
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2018
  7. Duy NguyenMay 25, 2018
  8. Jonathan NiederMay 25, 2018
  9. Duy NguyenMay 25, 2018
  10. 0/4 Fix i-t-a entries in git-diff and git-applyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 26, 2018
  11. 2/4 diff: turn --ita-invisible-in-index on by defaultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 26, 2018
  12. 1/4 diff: ignore --ita-[in]visible-in-index when diffing worktree-to-treeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 26, 2018
  13. Eric SunshineMay 27, 2018
  14. 3/4 t2203: add a test about "diff HEAD" caseNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 26, 2018
  15. 4/4 apply: add --intent-to-addNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 26, 2018

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