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[PATCH v3 1/1] range-diff: treat notes like `log`

From
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Date
Sep 10, 2023, 22:06 UTC
Message-ID
<a37dfb3748e23b4f5081bc9a3c80a5c546101f1d.1694383248.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1694383247.git.code@khaugsbakk.name>

Currently, `range-diff` shows the default notes if no notes-related arguments are given. This is also how `log` behaves. But unlike `range-diff`, `log` does *not* show the default notes if `--notes=<custom>` are given. In other words, this:

    git log --notes=custom
is equivalent to this:
    git log --no-notes --notes=custom
While:
    git range-diff --notes=custom
acts like this:
    git log --notes --notes-custom

This can’t be how the user expects `range-diff` to behave given that the man page for `range-diff` under `--[no-]notes[=<ref>]` says:

> This flag is passed to the `git log` program (see git-log(1)) that
> generates the patches.

This behavior also affects `format-patch` since it uses `range-diff` for the cover letter. Unlike `log`, though, `format-patch` is not supposed to show the default notes if no notes-related arguments are given.[1] But this promise is broken when the range-diff happens to have something to say about the changes to the default notes, since that will be shown in the cover letter.

Remedy this by only conditionally passing in `--notes` to `range-diff`.
§ Root cause

8cf51561d1e (range-diff: fix a crash in parsing git-log output, 2020-04-15) added `--notes` in order to deal with a side-effect of `--pretty=medium`:

> To fix this explicitly set the output format of the internally executed
> `git log` with `--pretty=medium`. Because that cancels `--notes`, add
> explicitly `--notes` at the end.
§ Authors

• Fix by Johannes • Tests by Kristoffer

† 1: See e.g. 66b2ed09c2 (Fix "log" family not to be too agressive about
    showing notes, 2010-01-20).
Co-authored-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
---
 range-diff.c          | 13 +++++++++++--
 t/t3206-range-diff.sh | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/range-diff.c b/range-diff.c
index 2e86063491..fbb81a92cc 100644
--- a/range-diff.c
+++ b/range-diff.c
@@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
 	struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, contents = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct patch_util *util = NULL;
-	int in_header = 1;
+	int i, implicit_notes_arg = 1, in_header = 1;
 	char *line, *current_filename = NULL;
 	ssize_t len;
 	size_t size;
 	int ret = -1;
 
+	for (i = 0; other_arg && i < other_arg->nr; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(other_arg->v[i], "--notes") ||
+		    starts_with(other_arg->v[i], "--notes=") ||
+		    !strcmp(other_arg->v[i], "--no-notes")) {
+			implicit_notes_arg = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
 	strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "log", "--no-color", "-p", "--no-merges",
 		     "--reverse", "--date-order", "--decorate=no",
 		     "--no-prefix", "--submodule=short",
@@ -60,8 +68,9 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
 		     "--output-indicator-context=#",
 		     "--no-abbrev-commit",
 		     "--pretty=medium",
-		     "--notes",
 		     NULL);
+	if (implicit_notes_arg)
+		     strvec_push(&cp.args, "--notes");
 	strvec_push(&cp.args, range);
 	if (other_arg)
 		strvec_pushv(&cp.args, other_arg->v);
diff --git a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
index b5f4d6a653..b33afa1c6a 100755
--- a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
+++ b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh
@@ -662,6 +662,20 @@ test_expect_success 'range-diff with multiple --notes' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+# `range-diff` should act like `log` with regards to notes
+test_expect_success 'range-diff with --notes=custom does not show default notes' '
+	git notes add -m "topic note" topic &&
+	git notes add -m "unmodified note" unmodified &&
+	git notes --ref=custom add -m "topic note" topic &&
+	git notes --ref=custom add -m "unmodified note" unmodified &&
+	test_when_finished git notes remove topic unmodified &&
+	test_when_finished git notes --ref=custom remove topic unmodified &&
+	git range-diff --notes=custom main..topic main..unmodified \
+		>actual &&
+	! grep "## Notes ##" actual &&
+	grep "## Notes (custom) ##" actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'format-patch --range-diff does not compare notes by default' '
 	git notes add -m "topic note" topic &&
 	git notes add -m "unmodified note" unmodified &&
@@ -679,6 +693,20 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --range-diff does not compare notes by default
 	! grep "note" 0000-*
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'format-patch --notes=custom --range-diff only compares custom notes' '
+	git notes add -m "topic note" topic &&
+	git notes --ref=custom add -m "topic note (custom)" topic &&
+	git notes add -m "unmodified note" unmodified &&
+	git notes --ref=custom add -m "unmodified note (custom)" unmodified &&
+	test_when_finished git notes remove topic unmodified &&
+	test_when_finished git notes --ref=custom remove topic unmodified &&
+	git format-patch --notes=custom --cover-letter --range-diff=$prev \
+		main..unmodified >actual &&
+	test_when_finished "rm 000?-*" &&
+	grep "## Notes (custom) ##" 0000-* &&
+	! grep "## Notes ##" 0000-*
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'format-patch --range-diff with --no-notes' '
 	git notes add -m "topic note" topic &&
 	git notes add -m "unmodified note" unmodified &&
-- 
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  1. 0/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, May 30, 2023
  2. 1/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, May 30, 2023
  3. Jeff KingJun 1, 2023
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJun 2, 2023
  5. 2/3 doc: pretty-options: remove documentation for deprecated optionsKristoffer Haugsbakk, May 30, 2023
  6. 3/3 revision: comment `--no-standard-notes` as deprecatedKristoffer Haugsbakk, May 30, 2023
  7. 0/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Jun 11, 2023
  8. 2/3 doc: pretty-options: remove documentation for deprecated optionsKristoffer Haugsbakk, Jun 11, 2023
  9. 3/3 revision: comment `--no-standard-notes` as deprecatedKristoffer Haugsbakk, Jun 11, 2023
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2023
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJun 13, 2023
  12. 1/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Jun 11, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2023
  14. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJun 13, 2023
  15. 0/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 1, 2023
  16. 1/3 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 1, 2023
  17. Johannes SchindelinSep 3, 2023
  18. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 4, 2023
  19. Johannes SchindelinSep 5, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2023
  21. 2/3 doc: pretty-options: remove documentation for deprecated optionsKristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 1, 2023
  22. 3/3 revision: comment `--no-standard-notes` as deprecatedKristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 1, 2023
  23. 0/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 10, 2023
  24. 1/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 10, 2023
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2023
  26. Johannes SchindelinSep 14, 2023
  27. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2023
  28. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 14, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  30. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 19, 2023
  31. Johannes SchindelinSep 11, 2023
  32. 0/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 19, 2023
  33. 1/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 19, 2023
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  35. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 19, 2023
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  37. Kristoffer HaugsbakkSep 19, 2023
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  39. 0/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 19, 2023
  40. 1/1 range-diff: treat notes like `log`Kristoffer Haugsbakk, Sep 19, 2023
  41. Johannes SchindelinSep 21, 2023

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