From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org,
"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Montalbo <mmontalbo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] line-log: integrate -L with the standard log output pipeline
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 13:01:08 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqfr3xp98b.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2094.git.1777349126.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget's message of "Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:05:23 +0000")
"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 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.
This unfortunately saw no reviews and
https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.2094.git.1777349126.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
does not show the previous rouns so I am assuming nobody is
interested in the topic?
Or are people more busily writing their own patches than reviewing
others' patches? Unfortunately that is not sustainable.
> 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. Also rejects --full-diff, which is meaningless 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.
>
> 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 | 9 +-
> revision.c | 25 +++--
> t/t4211-line-log.sh | 99 ++++++++++++++++---
> t/t4211/sha1/expect.parallel-change-f-to-main | 1 -
> .../sha256/expect.parallel-change-f-to-main | 1 -
> 8 files changed, 120 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-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2094/mmontalbo/mm/line-log-use-log-tree-diff-flush-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2094
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-12 4:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ 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 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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