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[PATCH v3 5/5] diff: the -w option breaks --exit-code for --raw and other output modes

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 18, 2023, 23:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20230818235932.3253552-6-gitster@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To
<20230818235932.3253552-1-gitster@pobox.com>

The output from "--raw", "--name-status", and "--name-only" modes in "git diff" does depend on and does not reflect how certain different contents are considered equal, unlike "--patch" and "--stat" output modes do, when used with options like "-w" (another way of thinking about it is that it is not like we recompute the hash of the blob after removing all whitespaces to show "git diff --raw -w" output).

But that is not an excuse for "git diff --exit-code --raw" to fail to report differences with its exit status, when used with options like "-w". Make sure the command exits with 1 when these options report paths that are different.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 diff.c                     | 6 ++++++
 t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index da965ff688..78f4e7518f 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4744,6 +4744,10 @@ void diff_setup_done(struct diff_options *options)
 	else
 		options->prefix_length = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * --name-only, --name-status, --checkdiff, and -s
+	 * turn other output format off.
+	 */
 	if (options->output_format & (DIFF_FORMAT_NAME |
 				      DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS |
 				      DIFF_FORMAT_CHECKDIFF |
@@ -6072,6 +6076,8 @@ static void flush_one_pair(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *opt)
 		fprintf(opt->file, "%s", diff_line_prefix(opt));
 		write_name_quoted(name_a, opt->file, opt->line_termination);
 	}
+
+	opt->found_changes = 1;
 }
 
 static void show_file_mode_name(struct diff_options *opt, const char *newdelete, struct diff_filespec *fs)
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index 230a89b951..7fcffa4b11 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-diff.sh
 
-for opts in --patch --quiet -s --stat --shortstat --dirstat=lines
+for opt_res in --patch --quiet -s --stat --shortstat --dirstat=lines \
+	       --raw! --name-only! --name-status!
 do
+	opts=${opt_res%!} expect_failure=
+	test "$opts" = "$opt_res" ||
+		expect_failure="test_expect_code 1"
 
 	test_expect_success "status with $opts (different)" '
 		echo foo >x &&
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ do
 		echo foo >x &&
 		git add x &&
 		echo " foo" >x &&
-		git diff -w $opts --exit-code x
+		$expect_failure git diff -w $opts --exit-code x
 	'
 done
 
-- 
2.42.0-rc2-7-gf9972720e9
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  2. rsbecker@nexbridge.comAug 4, 2023
  3. Paul WatsonAug 4, 2023
  4. rsbecker@nexbridge.comAug 4, 2023
  5. Paul WatsonAug 7, 2023
  6. Paul WatsonAug 8, 2023
  7. rsbecker@nexbridge.comAug 8, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2023
  9. diff: tighten interaction between -w and --exit-codeJunio C Hamano, Aug 16, 2023
  10. Jeff KingAug 17, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2023
  12. Jeff KingAug 17, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2023
  14. 0/5 fix interactions with "-w" and "--exit-code"Junio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  15. 1/5 diff: --dirstat leakfixJunio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  16. 2/5 diff: move the fallback "--exit-code" code downJunio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  17. 3/5 diff: mode-only change should be noticed by "--patch -w --exit-code"Junio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 18, 2023
  19. 4/5 diff: teach "--stat -w --exit-code" to notice differencesJunio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  20. 5/5 diff: teach "--name-status" and friends to honor "--exit-code -w"Junio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2023
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2023
  22. 0/5 fix interactions with "-w" and "--exit-code"Junio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  23. 2/5 diff: mode-only change should be noticed by "--patch -w --exit-code"Junio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  24. 3/5 diff: teach "--stat -w --exit-code" to notice differencesJunio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  25. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023
  26. 4/5 t4040: remove test that succeeded for a wrong reasonJunio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  27. 1/5 diff: move the fallback "--exit-code" code downJunio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  28. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023
  29. 5/5 diff: the -w option breaks --exit-code for --raw and other output modesJunio C Hamano, Aug 18, 2023
  30. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023
  31. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023
  32. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2023
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2023
  35. Jeff KingAug 22, 2023
  36. Jeff KingAug 21, 2023

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