Re: git diff returns fatal error with core.safecrlf is set to true.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> The helper may want to learn a way to be told to demote that error
> to a warning.
Perhaps something like this?
diff.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index f0b3e7c..9b4f3ac 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2677,6 +2677,10 @@ static int diff_populate_gitlink(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
{
int err = 0;
+ enum safe_crlf crlf_warn = (safe_crlf != SAFE_CRLF_FAIL
+ ? safe_crlf
+ : SAFE_CRLF_WARN);
+
if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(s))
die("internal error: asking to populate invalid file.");
if (S_ISDIR(s->mode))
@@ -2732,7 +2736,7 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
/*
* Convert from working tree format to canonical git format
*/
- if (convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, s->size, &buf, safe_crlf)) {
+ if (convert_to_git(s->path, s->data, s->size, &buf, crlf_warn)) {
size_t size = 0;
munmap(s->data, s->size);
s->should_munmap = 0;
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>