From: "Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>,
Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] line-log: integrate -L with the standard log output pipeline
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 19:40:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2094.v2.git.1779738059.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2094.git.1777349126.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Since its introduction, git log -L has short-circuited from
log_tree_commit() into its own output function, bypassing log_tree_diff()
and log_tree_diff_flush(). This skips no_free save/restore,
always_show_header, diff_free() cleanup, and means that pickaxe (-S, -G,
--find-object) and --diff-filter cannot suppress commits whose pairs are all
filtered out, because show_log() runs before diffcore_std().
This series restructures the flow so that -L goes through the same
log_tree_diff() -> log_tree_diff_flush() path as normal single-parent and
merge diffs, then uses that to enable several non-patch diff formats.
Patch 1: revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation
Preparatory reorder in setup_revisions(). The -L block sets a default
DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH when no format is requested; move it before the derivation
of revs->diff from output_format so the default is visible to that check. No
behavior change on its own.
Patch 2: line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline
Rename line_log_print() to line_log_queue_pairs(), stripping it down to only
queue pre-computed filepairs. log_tree_diff_flush() handles show_log(),
diffcore_std(), and diff_flush(). This fixes pickaxe and --diff-filter
suppression, and aligns the commit/diff separator with the rest of log
output. Rejects --full-diff, which is not yet supported when filepairs are
pre-computed.
Patch 3: line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L
Expand the allowlist to accept --raw, --name-only, --name-status, and
--summary. These only read filepair metadata already set by the line-log
machinery. Diff stat formats (--stat, --numstat, --shortstat, --dirstat)
remain blocked because they call compute_diffstat() on full blob content and
would show whole-file statistics rather than range-scoped ones.
Changes since v1:
* Patch 2: use !opt->loginfo return convention in log_tree_diff() to match
the existing single-parent and merge codepaths, instead of returning
log_tree_diff_flush() directly.
* Patch 2: reword the early-return removal to explicitly tie it to the
pipeline change.
* Patch 2: soften --full-diff rejection to "not yet supported".
* Patches 2-3: use test_grep consistently in new tests.
* Patch 2: replace sed | grep pipe with sed > file && test_grep for proper
exit status handling.
Michael Montalbo (3):
revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation
line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline
line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L
Documentation/line-range-options.adoc | 10 +-
line-log.c | 30 ++----
line-log.h | 2 +-
log-tree.c | 10 +-
revision.c | 24 +++--
t/t4211-line-log.sh | 100 +++++++++++++++---
t/t4211/sha1/expect.parallel-change-f-to-main | 1 -
.../sha256/expect.parallel-change-f-to-main | 1 -
8 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)
base-commit: 9f223ef1c026d91c7ac68cc0211bde255dda6199
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2094%2Fmmontalbo%2Fmm%2Fline-log-use-log-tree-diff-flush-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2094/mmontalbo/mm/line-log-use-log-tree-diff-flush-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2094
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 9633eb62c6 = 1: 9633eb62c6 revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation
2: 2d9e0ca015 ! 2: 7acfc5376e line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline
@@ Commit message
log_tree_diff_flush(), mirroring the diff_tree_oid() + flush
pattern used by the single-parent and merge codepaths.
- - Remove the early return in log_tree_commit() that bypassed
- no_free save/restore, always_show_header, and diff_free().
+ - Remove the early return in log_tree_commit() that is no longer
+ needed now that -L output flows through log_tree_diff() and
+ log_tree_diff_flush(); this restores no_free save/restore,
+ always_show_header, and diff_free() cleanup.
Because show_log() is now deferred until after diffcore_std() inside
log_tree_diff_flush(), pickaxe (-S, -G, --find-object) and
@@ Commit message
log_tree_diff_flush() only emits one for verbose headers. This
matches the rest of log output.
- Also reject --full-diff, which is meaningless with -L: the filepairs
- are pre-computed during the history walk and scoped to tracked paths,
- so there is no tree diff to widen.
+ Also reject --full-diff, which is not yet supported with -L: the
+ filepairs are pre-computed during the history walk and scoped to
+ tracked line ranges, so there is currently no full-tree diff to
+ fall back to for display.
Update tests accordingly.
@@ log-tree.c: static int log_tree_diff(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit
+ if (opt->line_level_traverse) {
+ line_log_queue_pairs(opt, commit);
-+ return log_tree_diff_flush(opt);
++ log_tree_diff_flush(opt);
++ return !opt->loginfo;
+ }
+
parse_commit_or_die(commit);
@@ log-tree.c: int log_tree_commit(struct rev_info *opt, struct commit *commit)
## revision.c ##
@@ revision.c: int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
+ die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--grep-reflog", "--walk-reflogs");
+
if (revs->line_level_traverse &&
- (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)))
- die(_("-L does not yet support diff formats besides -p and -s"));
-+ if (revs->line_level_traverse && revs->full_diff)
-+ die(_("-L is not compatible with --full-diff"));
+- (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)))
+- die(_("-L does not yet support diff formats besides -p and -s"));
++ (revs->full_diff ||
++ (revs->diffopt.output_format &
++ ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT))))
++ die(_("-L does not yet support the requested diff format"));
if (revs->expand_tabs_in_log < 0)
revs->expand_tabs_in_log = revs->expand_tabs_in_log_default;
@@ t/t4211-line-log.sh: test_expect_success '-L with -G filters to diff-text matche
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
-+test_expect_success '--full-diff is not supported with -L' '
++test_expect_success '--full-diff is not yet supported with -L' '
+ test_must_fail git log -L1,24:b.c --full-diff 2>err &&
-+ test_grep "not compatible with --full-diff" err
++ test_grep "does not yet support" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-L --oneline has no extra blank line before diff' '
+ git checkout parent-oids &&
+ git log --oneline -L:func2:file.c -1 >actual &&
+ # Oneline header on line 1, diff starts immediately on line 2
-+ sed -n 2p actual | grep "^diff --git"
++ sed -n 2p actual >line2 &&
++ test_grep "^diff --git" line2
+'
+
test_done
3: 06c24b416f ! 3: 10a3d8dde2 line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L
@@ Documentation/line-range-options.adoc
## revision.c ##
@@ revision.c: int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
- die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "--grep-reflog", "--walk-reflogs");
-
if (revs->line_level_traverse &&
-- (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)))
-- die(_("-L does not yet support diff formats besides -p and -s"));
-+ (revs->diffopt.output_format &
-+ ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT |
-+ DIFF_FORMAT_RAW | DIFF_FORMAT_NAME |
-+ DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS | DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY)))
-+ die(_("-L does not yet support the requested diff format"));
- if (revs->line_level_traverse && revs->full_diff)
- die(_("-L is not compatible with --full-diff"));
+ (revs->full_diff ||
+ (revs->diffopt.output_format &
+- ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT))))
++ ~(DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH | DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT |
++ DIFF_FORMAT_RAW | DIFF_FORMAT_NAME |
++ DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS | DIFF_FORMAT_SUMMARY))))
+ die(_("-L does not yet support the requested diff format"));
+ if (revs->expand_tabs_in_log < 0)
## t/t4211-line-log.sh ##
@@ t/t4211-line-log.sh: test_expect_success '-p shows the default patch output' '
@@ t/t4211-line-log.sh: test_expect_success '-p shows the default patch output' '
- test_must_fail git log -L1,24:b.c --raw
+test_expect_success '--raw shows mode, oid, status and path' '
+ git log -L1,24:b.c --raw --format= >actual &&
-+ grep "^:100644 100644 [0-9a-f]\{7\} [0-9a-f]\{7\} M b.c$" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^diff --git" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^@@" actual
++ test_grep "^:100644 100644 [0-9a-f]\{7\} [0-9a-f]\{7\} M b.c$" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^diff --git" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^@@" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--name-only shows path' '
+ git log -L1,24:b.c --name-only --format= >actual &&
-+ grep "^b.c$" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^diff --git" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^@@" actual
++ test_grep "^b.c$" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^diff --git" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^@@" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--name-status shows status and path' '
+ git log -L1,24:b.c --name-status --format= >actual &&
-+ grep "^M b.c$" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^diff --git" actual &&
-+ ! grep "^@@" actual
++ test_grep "^M b.c$" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^diff --git" actual &&
++ ! test_grep "^@@" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--stat is not yet supported with -L' '
@@ t/t4211-line-log.sh: test_expect_success '-p shows the default patch output' '
test_expect_success 'setup for checking fancy rename following' '
@@ t/t4211-line-log.sh: test_expect_success '-L --oneline has no extra blank line before diff' '
- sed -n 2p actual | grep "^diff --git"
+ test_grep "^diff --git" line2
'
+test_expect_success '--summary shows new file on root commit' '
+ git checkout parent-oids &&
+ git log -L:func2:file.c --summary --format= >actual &&
-+ grep "create mode 100644 file.c" actual
++ test_grep "create mode 100644 file.c" actual
+'
+
test_done
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-25 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 4:05 [PATCH 0/3] line-log: integrate -L with the standard log output pipeline Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-04-28 4:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-04-28 4:05 ` [PATCH 2/3] line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-04-28 4:05 ` [PATCH 3/3] line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-05-12 4:01 ` [PATCH 0/3] line-log: integrate -L with the standard log output pipeline Junio C Hamano
2026-05-22 18:48 ` D. Ben Knoble
[not found] ` <CALnO6CBh7nDCwT=u1xSN2c6_x88t_gNfAaT_B4PzYKr=5i_bNA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-05-24 2:00 ` Michael Montalbo
2026-05-25 19:40 ` Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-05-25 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-05-25 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] line-log: integrate -L output with the standard log-tree pipeline Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
2026-05-25 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget
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