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Re: [PATCH] stash: default listing to working-tree diff

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 7, 2014, 21:39 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqk36kj7yh.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20140806183525.GA21254@peff.net>
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> See the patch below, which I think could replace the top three from
> jk/stash-list-p (or really, could replace the whole series, and the
> bottom three could go into their own topic).

Sounds sensible. Let's split those three changes into a separate topic (jk/pretty-empty-format) and queue this independently.

Thanks.
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> -- >8 --
> Subject: stash: default listing to working-tree diff
>
> When you list stashes, you can provide arbitrary git-log
> options to change the display. However, adding just "-p"
> does nothing, because each stash is actually a merge commit.
>
> This implementation detail is easy to forget, leading to
> confused users who think "-p" is not working. We can make
> this easier by defaulting to "--first-parent -m", which will
> show the diff against the working tree. This omits the
> index portion of the stash entirely, but it's simple and it
> matches what "git stash show" provides.
>
> People who are more clueful about stash's true form can use
> "--cc" to override the "-m", and the "--first-parent" will
> then do nothing. For diffs, it only affects non-combined
> diffs, so "--cc" overrides it. And for the traversal, we are
> walking the linear reflog anyway, so we do not even care
> about the parents.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  git-stash.sh     |  2 +-
>  t/t3903-stash.sh | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh
> index bcc757b..9c1ba8e 100755
> --- a/git-stash.sh
> +++ b/git-stash.sh
> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ have_stash () {
>  
>  list_stash () {
>  	have_stash || return 0
> -	git log --format="%gd: %gs" -g "$@" $ref_stash --
> +	git log --format="%gd: %gs" -g --first-parent -m "$@" $ref_stash --
>  }
>  
>  show_stash () {
> diff --git a/t/t3903-stash.sh b/t/t3903-stash.sh
> index 5b79b21..1e29962 100755
> --- a/t/t3903-stash.sh
> +++ b/t/t3903-stash.sh
> @@ -685,4 +685,46 @@ test_expect_success 'handle stash specification with spaces' '
>  	grep pig file
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'setup stash with index and worktree changes' '
> +	git stash clear &&
> +	git reset --hard &&
> +	echo index >file &&
> +	git add file &&
> +	echo working >file &&
> +	git stash
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'stash list implies --first-parent -m' '
> +	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
> +	stash@{0}: WIP on master: b27a2bc subdir
> +
> +	diff --git a/file b/file
> +	index 257cc56..d26b33d 100644
> +	--- a/file
> +	+++ b/file
> +	@@ -1 +1 @@
> +	-foo
> +	+working
> +	EOF
> +	git stash list -p >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'stash list --cc shows combined diff' '
> +	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
> +	stash@{0}: WIP on master: b27a2bc subdir
> +
> +	diff --cc file
> +	index 257cc56,9015a7a..d26b33d
> +	--- a/file
> +	+++ b/file
> +	@@@ -1,1 -1,1 +1,1 @@@
> +	- foo
> +	 -index
> +	++working
> +	EOF
> +	git stash list -p --cc >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
>  test_done
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  1. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2014
  2. Jeff KingAug 6, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2014
  4. stash: default listing to working-tree diffJeff King, Aug 6, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2014

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