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Re: Notes in format-patch

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2012, 18:09 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
Show 6 quoted lines
> ... and it is broken X-<.
>
> The blank line should be added before the diffstat, not after the
> notes message (t3307 shows a case where we give notes without
> diffstat, and we shouldn't be adding an extra blank line in that
> case.
Second try.
-- >8 --
Subject: format-patch: add a blank line between notes and diffstat

The last line of the note text comes immediately before the diffstat block, making the latter unnecessarily harder to view.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 log-tree.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git c/log-tree.c w/log-tree.c
index 712a22b..4f86def 100644
--- c/log-tree.c
+++ w/log-tree.c
@@ -727,15 +727,16 @@ int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *opt)
 	}
 
 	if (opt->loginfo && !opt->no_commit_id) {
-		/* When showing a verbose header (i.e. log message),
-		 * and not in --pretty=oneline format, we would want
-		 * an extra newline between the end of log and the
-		 * output for readability.
-		 */
 		show_log(opt);
 		if ((opt->diffopt.output_format & ~DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT) &&
 		    opt->verbose_header &&
 		    opt->commit_format != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) {
+			/*
+			 * When showing a verbose header (i.e. log message),
+			 * and not in --pretty=oneline format, we would want
+			 * an extra newline between the end of log and the
+			 * diff/diffstat output for readability.
+			 */
 			int pch = DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT | DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 			if (opt->diffopt.output_prefix) {
 				struct strbuf *msg = NULL;
@@ -743,11 +744,21 @@ int log_tree_diff_flush(struct rev_info *opt)
 					opt->diffopt.output_prefix_data);
 				fwrite(msg->buf, msg->len, 1, stdout);
 			}
-			if (!opt->shown_dashes) {
-				if ((pch & opt->diffopt.output_format) == pch)
-					printf("---");
-				putchar('\n');
-			}
+
+			/*
+			 * We may have shown three-dashes line early
+			 * between notes and the log message, in which
+			 * case we only want a blank line after the
+			 * notes without (an extra) three-dashes line.
+			 * Otherwise, we show the three-dashes line if
+			 * we are showing the patch with diffstat, but
+			 * in that case, there is no extra blank line
+			 * after the three-dashes line.
+			 */
+			if (!opt->shown_dashes &&
+			    (pch & opt->diffopt.output_format) == pch)
+				printf("---");
+			putchar('\n');
 		}
 	}
 	diff_flush(&opt->diffopt);
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Message 20 of 22 in “replace: parse revision argument for -d”
  1. replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Oct 26, 2012
  2. Christian CouderOct 26, 2012
  3. Jeff KingOct 29, 2012
  4. Michael J GruberOct 29, 2012
  5. Jeff KingOct 29, 2012
  6. Michael J GruberOct 29, 2012
  7. [PATCHv2] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Oct 29, 2012
  8. Jeff KingNov 9, 2012
  9. Michael J GruberNov 12, 2012
  10. [PATCHv3] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Nov 12, 2012
  11. Jeff KingNov 12, 2012
  12. Michael J GruberNov 13, 2012
  13. [PATCHv4] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Nov 13, 2012
  14. Jeff KingNov 13, 2012
  15. Notes in format-patch (was: Re: [PATCHv3] replace: parse revision argument for -d)Michael J Gruber, Nov 13, 2012
  16. Jeff KingNov 13, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  21. Michael J GruberNov 14, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2012

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