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Re: [PATCH 3/5] diff: add --default-prefix option

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 9, 2023, 16:31 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> This isn't strictly necessary for the series, but it seemed like a gap.
> You can always do:
>
>   git -c diff.noprefix=false -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false ...
>
> but that's rather a mouthful.
or "git diff --src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/"
>
> Note that there isn't a command-line equivalent for mnemonicprefix,
> either. I don't think it's worth adding unless somebody really wants it.
I don't either.  We already have src-prefix and dst-prefix.
> +--default-prefix::
> +	Use the default source and destination prefixes ("a/" and "b/").
> +	This is usually the default already, but may be used to override
> +	config such as `diff.noprefix`.
OK.
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> +static int diff_opt_default_prefix(const struct option *opt,
> +				   const char *optarg, int unset)
> +{
> +	struct diff_options *options = opt->value;
> +
> +	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
> +	BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(optarg);

OK. It is a bit unsatisfactory that we already said this does not take negative form or any argument in the option[] array, and still have to do this, but that is completely outside the topic of this series.

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> +	diff_set_default_prefix(options);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static enum parse_opt_result diff_opt_output(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
>  					     const struct option *opt,
>  					     const char *arg, int unset)
> @@ -5564,6 +5575,9 @@ struct option *add_diff_options(const struct option *opts,
>  		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "no-prefix", options, NULL,
>  			       N_("do not show any source or destination prefix"),
>  			       PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_NOARG, diff_opt_no_prefix),
> +		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "default-prefix", options, NULL,
> +			       N_("use default prefixes a/ and b/"),
> +			       PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_NOARG, diff_opt_default_prefix),
>  		OPT_INTEGER_F(0, "inter-hunk-context", &options->interhunkcontext,
>  			      N_("show context between diff hunks up to the specified number of lines"),
>  			      PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
Thanks.
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  4. 1/5 diff: factor out src/dst prefix setupJeff King, Mar 9, 2023
  5. Alejandro ColomarMar 9, 2023
  6. 2/5 t4013: add tests for diff prefix optionsJeff King, Mar 9, 2023
  7. 3/5 diff: add --default-prefix optionJeff King, Mar 9, 2023
  8. Alejandro ColomarMar 9, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2023
  10. Jeff KingMar 10, 2023
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  16. 4/5 format-patch: do not respect diff.noprefixJeff King, Mar 9, 2023
  17. Alejandro ColomarMar 9, 2023
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2023
  19. Jeff KingMar 10, 2023
  20. 5/5 format-patch: add format.noprefix optionJeff King, Mar 9, 2023
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2023
  22. Jeff KingMar 10, 2023
  23. Alejandro ColomarMar 9, 2023
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