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Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] diff --no-index: optionally follow symlinks

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2017, 22:14 UTC
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Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> writes:
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> diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
> index be11e4ef2b..2afecfb939 100644
> --- a/diff.c
> +++ b/diff.c
> @@ -2815,7 +2815,7 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, unsigned int flags)
>  		s->size = xsize_t(st.st_size);
>  		if (!s->size)
>  			goto empty;
> -		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
> +		if (S_ISLNK(s->mode)) {
>  			struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
>  
>  			if (strbuf_readlink(&sb, s->path, s->size))
> @@ -2825,6 +2825,10 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, unsigned int flags)
>  			s->should_free = 1;
>  			return 0;
>  		}
> +		if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
> +			stat(s->path, &st);
> +			s->size = xsize_t(st.st_size);

Doesn't this affect --no-index mode? We never need to do a wasteful stat() after lstat() and we are penalizing the normal codepath with this change, no?

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> @@ -3884,7 +3888,11 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options,
>  	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-follow")) {
>  		DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, FOLLOW_RENAMES);
>  		DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, DEFAULT_FOLLOW_RENAMES);
> -	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--color"))
> +	} else if (!strcmp(arg, "--dereference"))
> +		DIFF_OPT_SET(options, DEREFERENCE);
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-dereference"))
> +		DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, DEREFERENCE);
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--color"))
>  		options->use_color = 1;

Also shouldn't be some code to detect --[no-]dereference options given when --no-index is not in effect and error out? As the patch title says, this change should be a no-op for normal codepath and only affect the no-index hack.

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  1. 0/2 diff --no-index: support symlinks and pipesDennis Kaarsemaker, Mar 18, 2017
  2. 2/2 diff --no-index: support reading from pipesDennis Kaarsemaker, Mar 18, 2017
  3. 1/2 diff --no-index: optionally follow symlinksDennis Kaarsemaker, Mar 18, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2017
  5. Dennis KaarsemakerMar 20, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2017
  7. Dennis KaarsemakerMar 20, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2017

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