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[PATCH/RFC] Add diff tests for trailing-space and now newline

From
Thell Fowler <git@tbfowler.name>
Date
Aug 12, 2009, 00:47 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.2.00.0908111942020.15481@GWPortableVCS>
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0908052239180.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
  - Test each diff whitespace ignore option on trailing-space at eof
Signed-off-by: Thell Fowler <git@tbfowler.name>
---
Johannes Schindelin (Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de) wrote on Aug 5, 2009:
Show 24 quoted lines
>On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Thell Fowler wrote:
>
>> mkdir test_ws_eof
>> cd test_ws_eof
>> git init
>> echo -n "Test" > test.txt
>> git add .
>> git commit -m'test'
>> git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/with_space
>> rm .git/index
>> git clean -f
>> echo -n "Test ">test.txt
>> git add .
>> git commit -m'test'
>> # Ignoring all whitespace there shouldn't be a diff.
>> git diff -w master -- test.txt
>> # Ignoring space at eol there shouldn't be a diff
>> git diff --ignore-space-at-eol master -- test.txt
>> # Ignoring with -b might have a case for a diff showing.
>> git diff -b master -- test.txt
>
>If you turn that into a patch to, say, t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh (adding 
>a test_expect_failure for a known bug), it is much easier to convince 
>developers to work on the issue.
Is this more along the right line?
Thell
 t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index 6d13da3..fddbf20 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -395,4 +395,27 @@ test_expect_success 'combined diff with autocrlf conversion' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'diff -w on trailing-space with no newline' '
+
+	git reset --hard &&
+	printf "foo " >x &&
+	git commit -m "trailing-space @ eof test" x &&
+	printf "foo" >x &&
+	git commit -m "trailing-space @ eof test" x &&
+	test_must_pass git diff -w HEAD^ -- x | grep "foo "
+
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'diff -b on trailing-space with no newline' '
+
+	test_must_pass git diff -b HEAD^ -- x | grep "foo "
+
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'diff --ignore-space-at-eol on trailing-space with no newline' '
+
+	test_must_pass git diff -ignore-space-at-eol HEAD^ -- x | grep "foo "
+
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.6.4.240.g4cd31
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Message 4 of 63 in “Help/Advice needed on diff bug in xutils.c”
  1. Thell FowlerAug 4, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 5, 2009
  3. Thell FowlerAug 10, 2009
  4. Add diff tests for trailing-space and now newlineThell Fowler, Aug 12, 2009
  5. 0/6 Series to correct xutils incomplete line handling.Thell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  6. Thell FowlerAug 21, 2009
  7. Alex RiesenAug 21, 2009
  8. Thell FowlerAug 22, 2009
  9. 0/6 improvements for trailing-space processing on incomplete linesThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  10. 1/6 Add supplemental test for trailing-whitespace on incomplete linesThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  11. 2/6 xutils: fix hash with whitespace on incomplete lineThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  13. Thell FowlerAug 23, 2009
  14. 3/6 xutils: fix ignore-all-space on incomplete lineThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  16. Nanako ShiraishiAug 23, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  18. Nanako ShiraishiAug 23, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  20. Thell FowlerAug 23, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  22. Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 24, 2009
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  25. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 24, 2009
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  27. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 24, 2009
  28. Don ZickusAug 24, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  30. Nanako ShiraishiAug 24, 2009
  31. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 24, 2009
  32. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 24, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  34. Nicolas SebrechtAug 25, 2009
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2009
  37. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 26, 2009
  38. Jakub NarebskiAug 26, 2009
  39. Johannes SchindelinAug 26, 2009
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2009
  41. Johannes SchindelinAug 27, 2009
  42. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2009
  43. Re: Teach mailinfo to ignore everything before -- >8 -- markNicolas Sebrecht, Aug 26, 2009
  44. Nanako ShiraishiAug 24, 2009
  45. Thell FowlerAug 23, 2009
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  47. Thell FowlerAug 23, 2009
  48. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2009
  49. Thell FowlerAug 24, 2009
  50. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2009
  51. Thell FowlerAug 24, 2009
  52. Thell FowlerAug 25, 2009
  53. 4/6 xutils: fix ignore-space-change on incomplete lineThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  54. 5/6 xutils: fix ignore-space-at-eol on incomplete lineThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  55. 6/6 t4015: add tests for trailing-space on incomplete lineThell Fowler, Aug 23, 2009
  56. 1/6 Add supplemental test for trailing-whitespace on incomplete lines.Thell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  57. 2/6 Make xdl_hash_record_with_whitespace ignore eofThell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  58. 3/6 Make diff -w handle trailing-spaces on incomplete lines.Thell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  59. Thell FowlerAug 20, 2009
  60. 4/6 Make diff -b handle trailing-spaces on incomplete lines.Thell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  61. 5/6 Make diff --ignore-space-at-eol handle incomplete lines.Thell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  62. 6/6 Add diff tests for trailing-space on incomplete linesThell Fowler, Aug 19, 2009
  63. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2009

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