@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ endif::git-log[]
--anchored=<text>::
Generate a diff using the "anchored diff" algorithm.
+
+--attr-source=<commit>::
+ Specify a commit to read gitattributes from when using a bare
+ repository when defining external drivers, or internal algorithms.
+
This option may be specified more than once.
+
@@ -758,7 +758,9 @@ with the above configuration, i.e. `j-c-diff`, with 7
parameters, just like `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` program is called.
See linkgit:git[1] for details.
-When using a bare repository, the gitattributes from HEAD will be used.
+When using a bare repository, the gitattributes from HEAD will be used, unless
+the --attr-source option is used to specify a commit from which the
+gitattributes will be read.
Setting the internal diff algorithm
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -787,7 +789,9 @@ This diff algorithm applies to user facing diff output like git-diff(1),
git-show(1) and is used for the `--stat` output as well. The merge machinery
will not use the diff algorithm set through this method.
-When using a bare repository, the gitattributes from HEAD will be used.
+When using a bare repository, the gitattributes from HEAD will be used, unless
+the --attr-source option is used to specify a commit from which the
+gitattributes will be read.
NOTE: If `diff.<name>.command` is defined for path with the
`diff=<name>` attribute, it is executed as an external diff driver
@@ -4448,10 +4448,13 @@ static void get_userdiff(struct diff_options *o,
struct userdiff_driver **drv,
const char *attr_path)
{
- const char *commit = "HEAD";
+ const char *commit = o->attr_source;
struct object_id *tree_oid = NULL;
- if (is_bare_repository() && o->repo->gitdir) {
+ if (!commit)
+ commit = "HEAD";
+
+ if ((o->attr_source || is_bare_repository()) && o->repo->gitdir) {
struct object_id oid;
if (!get_oid(commit, &oid)) {
@@ -4459,6 +4462,8 @@ static void get_userdiff(struct diff_options *o,
if (t)
tree_oid = &t->object.oid;
+ } else if (o->attr_source) {
+ die(_("%s is not a valid object"), commit);
}
}
@@ -4480,10 +4485,8 @@ static void run_diff_cmd(const char *pgm,
int must_show_header = 0;
struct userdiff_driver *drv = NULL;
- if (o->flags.allow_external || !o->ignore_driver_algorithm) {
-
+ if (o->flags.allow_external || !o->ignore_driver_algorithm)
get_userdiff(o, &drv, attr_path);
- }
if (o->flags.allow_external && drv && drv->external)
pgm = drv->external;
@@ -5699,6 +5702,9 @@ struct option *add_diff_options(const struct option *opts,
N_("disable all output of the program")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "ext-diff", &options->flags.allow_external,
N_("allow an external diff helper to be executed")),
+ OPT_STRING(0, "attr-source", &options->attr_source,
+ N_("attributes-source"),
+ N_("the commit to read attributes from")),
OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "textconv", options, NULL,
N_("run external text conversion filters when comparing binary files"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG, diff_opt_textconv),
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ struct diff_options {
const char *stat_sep;
int xdl_opts;
int ignore_driver_algorithm;
+ const char *attr_source;
/* see Documentation/diff-options.txt */
char **anchors;
@@ -112,25 +112,38 @@ EOF
STRATEGY=$1
- test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes" '
+ test_expect_success "setup attributes files for tests with $STRATEGY" '
+ git checkout -b master &&
echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes &&
- git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" &&
- test_must_fail git diff --no-index file1 file2 > output &&
- cat expect &&
- cat output &&
+ git add file1 file2 .gitattributes &&
+ git commit -m "adding files" &&
+ git checkout -b branchA &&
+ echo "file* diff=driverA" >.gitattributes &&
+ git add .gitattributes &&
+ git commit -m "adding driverA as diff driver" &&
+ git checkout master &&
+ git clone --bare --no-local . bare.git
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes" '
+ test_must_fail git -c diff.driver.algorithm=$STRATEGY diff --no-index file1 file2 > output &&
test_cmp expect output
'
test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes with bare repo" '
- echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes &&
- git add file1 file2 .gitattributes &&
- git commit -m "adding files" &&
- git clone --bare --no-local . bare.git &&
- git -C bare.git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" &&
- git -C bare.git diff HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2 > output &&
+ git -C bare.git -c diff.driver.algorithm=$STRATEGY diff HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2 >output &&
+ test_cmp expect output
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "diff from attributes with bare repo when branch different than HEAD" '
+ git -C bare.git -c diff.driver.algorithm=myers -c diff.driverA.algorithm=$STRATEGY diff --attr-source branchA HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2 >output &&
test_cmp expect output
'
+ test_expect_success "diff from attributes with bare repo with invalid source" '
+ test_must_fail git -C bare.git diff --attr-source invalid-branch HEAD:file1 HEAD:file2
+ '
+
test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes has valid diffstat" '
echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes &&
git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" &&
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ do
test_i18ngrep ! fatal msg &&
test_i18ngrep ! error msg
'
+
test_expect_success "builtin $p pattern compiles on bare repo" '
test_when_finished "rm -rf bare.git" &&
echo "*.java diff=$p" >.gitattributes &&
@@ -74,6 +75,23 @@ do
test_i18ngrep ! fatal msg &&
test_i18ngrep ! error msg
'
+ test_expect_success "builtin $p pattern compiles on bare repo with --attr-source" '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf bare.git" &&
+ git checkout -B master &&
+ echo "*.java diff=notexist" > .gitattributes &&
+ git add .gitattributes &&
+ git commit -am "changing gitattributes" &&
+ git checkout -B branchA &&
+ echo "*.java diff=$p" >.gitattributes &&
+ git add .gitattributes &&
+ git commit -am "changing gitattributes" &&
+ git clone --bare --no-local . bare.git &&
+ git -C bare.git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master &&
+ test_expect_code 1 git -C bare.git diff --exit-code \
+ --attr-source branchA HEAD:A.java HEAD:B.java 2>msg &&
+ test_i18ngrep ! fatal msg &&
+ test_i18ngrep ! error msg
+ '
done
test_expect_success 'last regexp must not be negated' '