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Re: [PATCH v2] difftool --dir-diff: always use identical working tree file

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 28, 2013, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID
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Kenichi Saita <nitoyon@gmail.com> writes:
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> When deciding whether or not we should link a working tree file into
> the temporary right-hand directory for a directory diff, we
> currently behave differently in the --symlink and --no-symlink
> cases.  If using symlinks any identical files are linked across but
> with --no-symlink only files that contain unstaged changes are
> copied back into the working tree.

I may have missed an earlier discussion, but I do not follow the last sentence. The former part (i.e. symlinks) talks about what is done to populate the temporary tree (i.e. everything is linked), but the latter part (i.e. not symlinks) only talks about what is copied back, i.e. it is not a contrast between the behaviour of symlink vs no-symlink case wrt how the temporary tree is populated.

Confused...
> Change this so that identical files are copied back as well.  This
> is beneficial because it widens the set of circumstances in which we
> copy changes made by the user back into the working tree.

Ah, OK, you meant that the set of files we keep in @working_tree array for later copying back are different between the two.

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> Signed-off-by: Kenichi Saita <nitoyon@gmail.com>
> ---
>  git-difftool.perl   |    9 ++-------
>  t/t7800-difftool.sh |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
> index 8a75205..e57d3d1 100755
> --- a/git-difftool.perl
> +++ b/git-difftool.perl
> @@ -85,13 +85,9 @@ sub exit_cleanup
>  
>  sub use_wt_file
>  {
> -	my ($repo, $workdir, $file, $sha1, $symlinks) = @_;
> +	my ($repo, $workdir, $file, $sha1) = @_;
>  	my $null_sha1 = '0' x 40;
>  
> -	if ($sha1 ne $null_sha1 and not $symlinks) {
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
>  	if (! -e "$workdir/$file") {
>  		# If the file doesn't exist in the working tree, we cannot
>  		# use it.
> @@ -213,8 +209,7 @@ EOF
>  
>  		if ($rmode ne $null_mode) {
>  			my ($use, $wt_sha1) = use_wt_file($repo, $workdir,
> -							  $dst_path, $rsha1,
> -							  $symlinks);
> +							  $dst_path, $rsha1);
>  			if ($use) {
>  				push @working_tree, $dst_path;
>  				$wtindex .= "$rmode $wt_sha1\t$dst_path\0";
> diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
> index d46f041..2418528 100755
> --- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
> +++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
> @@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ test_expect_success PERL,SYMLINKS 'difftool --dir-diff --symlink without unstage
>  	test_cmp actual expect
>  '
>  
> +write_script modify-right-file <<\EOF
> +echo "new content" >"$2/file"
> +EOF
> +
> +run_dir_diff_test 'difftool --dir-diff syncs worktree with unstaged change' '
> +	test_when_finished git reset --hard &&
> +	echo "orig content" >file &&
> +	git difftool -d $symlinks --extcmd "$(pwd)/modify-right-file" branch &&
> +	echo "new content" >expect &&
> +	test_cmp expect file
> +'
> +
> +run_dir_diff_test 'difftool --dir-diff syncs worktree without unstaged change' '
> +	test_when_finished git reset --hard &&
> +	git difftool -d $symlinks --extcmd "$(pwd)/modify-right-file" branch &&
> +	echo "new content" >expect &&
> +	test_cmp expect file
> +'
> +
>  write_script modify-file <<\EOF
>  echo "new content" >file
>  EOF
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Message 4 of 10 in “difftool --dir-diff: copy back all files matching the working tree”
  1. difftool --dir-diff: copy back all files matching the working treeKenichi Saita, May 26, 2013
  2. John KeepingMay 26, 2013
  3. difftool --dir-diff: always use identical working tree fileKenichi Saita, May 27, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2013
  5. John KeepingMay 28, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2013
  7. John KeepingMay 28, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2013
  9. difftool --dir-diff: allow changing any clean working tree fileKenichi Saita, May 29, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2013

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