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authorEric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>2018-07-22 05:57:17 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-08-14 14:27:05 -0700
commit40ce41604daf200cdc85abded0133d40faafc2f8 (patch)
tree39eebe33daf043ff9033a4728b5c278b86d8e54b /builtin/log.c
parentformat-patch: add --creation-factor tweak for --range-diff (diff)
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format-patch: allow --range-diff to apply to a lone-patch
When submitting a revised version of a patch or series, it can be helpful (to reviewers) to include a summary of changes since the previous attempt in the form of a range-diff, typically in the cover letter. However, it is occasionally useful, despite making for a noisy read, to insert a range-diff into the commentary section of the lone patch of a 1-patch series. Therefore, extend "git format-patch --range-diff=<refspec>" to insert a range-diff into the commentary section of a lone patch rather than requiring a cover letter. Implementation note: Generating a range-diff for insertion into the commentary section of a patch which itself is currently being generated requires invoking the diffing machinery recursively. However, the machinery does not (presently) support this since it uses global state. Consequently, we need to take care to stash away the state of the in-progress operation while generating the range-diff, and restore it after. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/log.c')
-rw-r--r--builtin/log.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 05965a57ca..f69b67b9ce 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
N_("show changes against <rev> in cover letter or single patch"),
parse_opt_object_name),
OPT_STRING(0, "range-diff", &rdiff_prev, N_("refspec"),
- N_("show changes against <refspec> in cover letter")),
+ N_("show changes against <refspec> in cover letter or single patch")),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "creation-factor", &creation_factor,
N_("percentage by which creation is weighted")),
OPT_END()
@@ -1817,8 +1817,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
die(_("--creation-factor requires --range-diff"));
if (rdiff_prev) {
- if (!cover_letter)
- die(_("--range-diff requires --cover-letter"));
+ if (!cover_letter && total != 1)
+ die(_("--range-diff requires --cover-letter or single patch"));
infer_range_diff_ranges(&rdiff1, &rdiff2, rdiff_prev,
origin, list[0]);
@@ -1867,8 +1867,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
print_signature(rev.diffopt.file);
total++;
start_number--;
- /* interdiff in cover-letter; omit from patches */
+ /* interdiff/range-diff in cover-letter; omit from patches */
rev.idiff_oid1 = NULL;
+ rev.rdiff1 = NULL;
}
rev.add_signoff = do_signoff;