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Re: [PATCH 2/4] diff.c: add --output-indicator-{new, old, context}

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2018, 18:23 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 4:47 AM Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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>
> Hi Steafn,
>
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:
>
> > This will prove useful in range-diff in a later patch as we will be able to
> > differentiate between adding a new file (that line is starting with +++
> > and then the file name) and regular new lines.
>
> Very good!
>
> > It could also be useful for experimentation in new patch formats, i.e.
> > we could teach git to emit moved lines with lines other than +/-.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
> > ---
> >  diff.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
> >  diff.h |  5 +++++
> >  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> > index b3cb73eb69a..b75eb085cb3 100644
> > --- a/diff.c
> > +++ b/diff.c
> > @@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static void emit_diff_symbol_from_struct(struct diff_options *o,
> >                                        struct emitted_diff_symbol *eds)
> >  {
> >       static const char *nneof = " No newline at end of file\n";
> > -     const char *context, *reset, *set, *set_sign, *meta, *fraginfo;
> > +     const char *context, *reset, *set, *set_sign, *meta, *fraginfo, *first;
> >       struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
> >
> >       enum diff_symbol s = eds->s;
> > @@ -1288,7 +1288,9 @@ static void emit_diff_symbol_from_struct(struct diff_options *o,
> >                       else if (c == '-')
> >                               set = diff_get_color_opt(o, DIFF_FILE_OLD);
> >               }
> > -             emit_line_ws_markup(o, set_sign, set, reset, " ", line, len,
> > +             first = o->output_indicators[OI_CONTEXT] ?
> > +                     o->output_indicators[OI_CONTEXT] : " ";
> > +             emit_line_ws_markup(o, set_sign, set, reset, first, line, len,
>
> Instead of doing this over and over again, how about
>
> 1) setting o->output_indicators to " " in diff_setup()?
... and when parsing the command line options we could already overwrite it
  in place.
> 2) passing OI_CONTEXT to emit_line_ws_markup() instead of `first`? I.e.
>    change it to the index in the output_indicators, with -1 indicating
>    "none"?

That sounds like an elegant design, as then it is super clear that 'first' can only ever be a sign (or character that we chose), but giving -1 for "none" sounds cumbersome. I'll take a look into that.

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> > +#define OI_NEW 0
> > +#define OI_OLD 1
> > +#define OI_CONTEXT 2
>
> I could imagine that OI_* is too generic a prefix, and that we would want
> to have a prefix that is less prone to collide with other global
> constants, such as OUTPUT_INDICATOR_*.

I agree on that; will take the suggestion of OUTPUT_INDICATOR_*.

Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Stefan Beller
Message 7 of 27 in “Better colors in range-diff!”
  1. 0/4 Better colors in range-diff!Stefan Beller, Aug 10, 2018
  2. 1/4 diff.c: emit_line_0 to take string instead of first signStefan Beller, Aug 10, 2018
  3. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2018
  4. Stefan BellerAug 13, 2018
  5. 2/4 diff.c: add --output-indicator-{new, old, context}Stefan Beller, Aug 10, 2018
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2018
  7. Stefan BellerAug 13, 2018
  8. 3/4 range-diff: make use of different output indicatorsStefan Beller, Aug 10, 2018
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2018
  10. Stefan BellerAug 13, 2018
  11. 4/4 range-diff: indent special lines as contextStefan Beller, Aug 10, 2018
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 13, 2018
  13. Stefan BellerAug 13, 2018
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2018
  15. Stefan BellerAug 14, 2018
  16. Johannes SchindelinAug 16, 2018
  17. 0/3 Better colors in range-diffStefan Beller, Aug 17, 2018
  18. 1/3 diff.c: add --output-indicator-{new, old, context}Stefan Beller, Aug 17, 2018
  19. Johannes SchindelinAug 20, 2018
  20. Stefan BellerAug 20, 2018
  21. Johannes SchindelinAug 21, 2018
  22. diff.c: pass sign_index to emit_line_ws_markupStefan Beller, Aug 22, 2018
  23. Johannes SchindelinAug 23, 2018
  24. 2/3 range-diff: make use of different output indicatorsStefan Beller, Aug 17, 2018
  25. 3/3 range-diff: indent special lines as contextStefan Beller, Aug 17, 2018
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2018
  27. Stefan BellerAug 17, 2018

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