* [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does)
@ 2006-12-17 19:32 Jim Meyering
2006-12-17 20:00 ` Linus Torvalds
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jim Meyering @ 2006-12-17 19:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
This means that blank context lines are now blank also in diff -u output.
Before, they would have a single trailing space.
Then, git was changed to allow that new diff output format.
Now that git-diff generates output using its internal diff, its
output is no longer identical to what you get when using GNU diff.
This patch makes the output of git-diff the same as GNU diff's.
Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
---
t/t4016-diff-trailing-space.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
xdiff/xutils.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t4016-diff-trailing-space.sh b/t/t4016-diff-trailing-space.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95c4674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4016-diff-trailing-space.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) Jim Meyering
+#
+test_description='diff does not add trailing spaces'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+cat <<\EOF > exp ||
+diff --git a/f b/f
+index 5f6a263..8cb8bae 100644
+--- a/f
++++ b/f
+@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
+
+-x
++y
+EOF
+exit 1
+
+test_expect_success \
+ "$test_description" \
+ '(echo; echo x) > f &&
+ git-add f &&
+ git-commit -q -m. f &&
+ (echo; echo y) > f &&
+ git-diff f > actual &&
+ cmp exp actual
+ '
+
+test_done
diff --git a/xdiff/xutils.c b/xdiff/xutils.c
index 1b899f3..8b7380a 100644
--- a/xdiff/xutils.c
+++ b/xdiff/xutils.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ int xdl_emit_diffrec(char const *rec, long size, char const *pre, long psize,
mb[0].size = psize;
mb[1].ptr = (char *) rec;
mb[1].size = size;
+ /* Don't emit a trailing space for an empty context line. */
+ if (size == 1 && rec[0] == '\n' && psize == 1 && *pre == ' ')
+ mb[0].size = 0;
if (size > 0 && rec[size - 1] != '\n') {
mb[2].ptr = (char *) "\n\\ No newline at end of file\n";
mb[2].size = strlen(mb[2].ptr);
--
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2006-12-17 19:32 [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does) Jim Meyering
@ 2006-12-17 20:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-17 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Linus Torvalds @ 2006-12-17 20:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jim Meyering; +Cc: git
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:
>
> You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
> longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
I still consider that to be a bug in GNU "diff -u".
We work around that bug when applying patches, but I don't think we should
replicate it.
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* Re: [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does)
2006-12-17 20:00 ` Linus Torvalds
@ 2006-12-17 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-17 20:36 ` Jim Meyering
2006-12-17 20:54 ` Jakub Narebski
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2006-12-17 20:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linus Torvalds; +Cc: git, Jim Meyering
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>
>> You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
>> longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
>
> I still consider that to be a bug in GNU "diff -u".
>
> We work around that bug when applying patches, but I don't think we should
> replicate it.
Me neither.
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* Re: [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does)
2006-12-17 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2006-12-17 20:36 ` Jim Meyering
2006-12-17 20:54 ` Jakub Narebski
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jim Meyering @ 2006-12-17 20:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: Linus Torvalds, git
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
>> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
>>> longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
>>
>> I still consider that to be a bug in GNU "diff -u".
>>
>> We work around that bug when applying patches, but I don't think we should
>> replicate it.
>
> Me neither.
I can't say I didn't expect this.
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* Re: [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does)
2006-12-17 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-17 20:36 ` Jim Meyering
@ 2006-12-17 20:54 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-18 12:06 ` Johannes Schindelin
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Narebski @ 2006-12-17 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
>
>> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>
>>> You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
>>> longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
>>
>> I still consider that to be a bug in GNU "diff -u".
>>
>> We work around that bug when applying patches, but I don't think we should
>> replicate it.
>
> Me neither.
Perhaps with --gnu-diff-compatibility then?
--
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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* Re: [PATCH] git-diff: don't add trailing blanks (i.e., do what GNU diff -u now does)
2006-12-17 20:54 ` Jakub Narebski
@ 2006-12-18 12:06 ` Johannes Schindelin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Johannes Schindelin @ 2006-12-18 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jakub Narebski; +Cc: git
Hi,
On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> >
> >> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:
> >>>
> >>> You may recall that GNU diff -u changed recently so that it no
> >>> longer outputs any trailing space unless the input data has it.
> >>
> >> I still consider that to be a bug in GNU "diff -u".
> >>
> >> We work around that bug when applying patches, but I don't think we should
> >> replicate it.
> >
> > Me neither.
>
> Perhaps with --gnu-diff-compatibility then?
Rather --braindead-gnu-bug-compatibility.
Ciao,
Dscho
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