From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Aguilar Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] difftool: Use symlinks when diffing against the worktree Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:05:30 -0700 Message-ID: <1343023530-31463-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com> References: <7vzk6rnkgq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Cc: Tim Henigan , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 23 08:05:42 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1StBm0-00045X-Ca for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:05:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752912Ab2GWGFf (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:05:35 -0400 Received: from mail-gg0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:48279 "EHLO mail-gg0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750990Ab2GWGFf (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:05:35 -0400 Received: by gglu4 with SMTP id u4so5104256ggl.19 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:05:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer:in-reply-to:references; bh=K5l9qX2bHiarg9fkBQrfMHaub2jKbo23xHr5z2OqLhs=; b=msGGQcP5mLAvSsmzJEgmwsxCUhEOWrKb696A4WWcH0iwoXR1M2Qp/DNilvQX3oDkNI g+93Txsiu80Pg9aQvj1uQxe1/CLgduuRa/4RmEqW9bTzoWmf+mKPBVaKjn2TagWtW8Gc j0Ax0ij71vHZpp1YnaY+koXxZzkBtHCet4L6bBsvpam6QcTKfwy592pDOGBK16cBngOU O8UaS3r0GdBmqslzyatq6piSMlr6yx1p341fLvYGmLE2OlD30dsQby9GcBJTwwfajg+u rl8nwXlx1tOdcM7Q9I4lJhVCjySt6TlFKRxjhVoXTplZFnHWWHEFCUkhxq3g8HDrz9oH tKWw== Received: by 10.66.85.135 with SMTP id h7mr28097253paz.75.1343023533730; Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lustrous.fas.fa.disney.com (208-106-56-2.static.sonic.net. [208.106.56.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id og4sm9290904pbb.48.2012.07.22.23.05.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:05:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.11.3.293.gf8e7f10 In-Reply-To: <7vzk6rnkgq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Teach difftool's --dir-diff mode to use symlinks to represent files from the working copy, and make it the default behavior for the non-Windows platforms. Using symlinks is simpler and safer since we do not need to worry about copying files back into the worktree. The old behavior is still available as --no-symlinks. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar --- Handles the case where an editor unlinks the original symlink, replacing it with a file. Documentation/git-difftool.txt | 8 ++++++++ git-difftool.perl | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 31fc2e3..313d54e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ of the diff post-image. `$MERGED` is the name of the file which is being compared. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`. +--symlinks:: +--no-symlinks:: + 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the + working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode. ++ + Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create + copies instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows. + --tool-help:: Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`. diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl index 2ae344c..a5b371f 100755 --- a/git-difftool.perl +++ b/git-difftool.perl @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ sub print_tool_help sub setup_dir_diff { - my ($repo, $workdir) = @_; + my ($repo, $workdir, $symlinks) = @_; # Run the diff; exit immediately if no diff found # 'Repository' and 'WorkingCopy' must be explicitly set to insure that @@ -209,8 +209,13 @@ sub setup_dir_diff unless (-d "$rdir/$dir") { mkpath("$rdir/$dir") or die $!; } - copy("$workdir/$file", "$rdir/$file") or die $!; - chmod(stat("$workdir/$file")->mode, "$rdir/$file") or die $!; + if ($symlinks) { + symlink("$workdir/$file", "$rdir/$file") or die $!; + } else { + copy("$workdir/$file", "$rdir/$file") or die $!; + my $mode = stat("$workdir/$file")->mode; + chmod($mode, "$rdir/$file") or die $!; + } } # Changes to submodules require special treatment. This loop writes a @@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ sub main gui => undef, help => undef, prompt => undef, + symlinks => $^O ne 'MSWin32' && $^O ne 'msys', tool_help => undef, ); GetOptions('g|gui!' => \$opts{gui}, @@ -278,6 +284,8 @@ sub main 'h' => \$opts{help}, 'prompt!' => \$opts{prompt}, 'y' => sub { $opts{prompt} = 0; }, + 'symlinks' => \$opts{symlinks}, + 'no-symlinks' => sub { $opts{symlinks} = 0; }, 't|tool:s' => \$opts{difftool_cmd}, 'tool-help' => \$opts{tool_help}, 'x|extcmd:s' => \$opts{extcmd}); @@ -316,7 +324,7 @@ sub main # will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for # each file that changed. if (defined($opts{dirdiff})) { - dir_diff($opts{extcmd}); + dir_diff($opts{extcmd}, $opts{symlinks}); } else { file_diff($opts{prompt}); } @@ -324,13 +332,13 @@ sub main sub dir_diff { - my ($extcmd) = @_; + my ($extcmd, $symlinks) = @_; my $rc; my $repo = Git->repository(); my $workdir = find_worktree($repo); - my ($a, $b, @working_tree) = setup_dir_diff($repo, $workdir); + my ($a, $b, @worktree) = setup_dir_diff($repo, $workdir, $symlinks); if (defined($extcmd)) { $rc = system($extcmd, $a, $b); } else { @@ -342,13 +350,18 @@ sub dir_diff # If the diff including working copy files and those # files were modified during the diff, then the changes - # should be copied back to the working tree - for my $file (@working_tree) { - if (-e "$b/$file" && compare("$b/$file", "$workdir/$file")) { + # should be copied back to the working tree. + # Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the + # external tool did not replace the original link with a file. + for my $file (@worktree) { + next if $symlinks && -l "$b/$file"; + if (-f "$b/$file" && compare("$b/$file", "$workdir/$file")) { copy("$b/$file", "$workdir/$file") or die $!; - chmod(stat("$b/$file")->mode, "$workdir/$file") or die $!; + my $mode = stat("$b/$file")->mode; + chmod($mode, "$workdir/$file") or die $!; } } + exit(0); } sub file_diff -- 1.7.7.2.448.gee6df