Somebody was wondering on #git channel why a git generated diff does not apply with GNU patch when the filename contains a SP. It is because GNU patch expects to find TAB (and trailing timestamp) on ---/+++ (old_name and new_name) lines after the filenames. The "diff --git" output format was carefully designed to be compatible with GNU patch where it can, but whitespace characters were always a pain. This adds an extra TAB (but not trailing timestamp) to old_name and new_name lines of git-diff output when the filename has a SP in it. When a filename contains a real tab, "diff --git" format always c-quotes it as discussed on the list with GNU patch maintainer previously: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2 so there is no real room for confusion. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> --- * This patch, if people like its general direction, should be split into two parts, one to update "git-apply" so that it understands that old/new name lines may contain the extra TAB at the end, and another to update "git-diff" to actually generate such a patch. We apply the former immediately to get people prepared, and when everybody's git-apply is ready then we can apply the latter to actually produce the new format. builtin-apply.c | 4 ++-- diff.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c index 25e90d8..84dbbc3 100644 --- a/builtin-apply.c +++ b/builtin-apply.c @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int gitdiff_hdrend(const char *li static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name, const char *oldnew) { if (!orig_name && !isnull) - return find_name(line, NULL, 1, 0); + return find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB); if (orig_name) { int len; @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const c len = strlen(name); if (isnull) die("git-apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d", name, linenr); - another = find_name(line, NULL, 1, 0); + another = find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB); if (!another || memcmp(another, name, len)) die("git-apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent %s filename on line %d", oldnew, linenr); free(another); diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 443e248..37a4ce1 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -201,11 +201,18 @@ static void emit_rewrite_diff(const char struct diff_filespec *two) { int lc_a, lc_b; + const char *name_a_tab, *name_b_tab; + + name_a_tab = strchr(name_a, ' ') ? "\t" : ""; + name_b_tab = strchr(name_b, ' ') ? "\t" : ""; + diff_populate_filespec(one, 0); diff_populate_filespec(two, 0); lc_a = count_lines(one->data, one->size); lc_b = count_lines(two->data, two->size); - printf("--- %s\n+++ %s\n@@ -", name_a, name_b); + printf("--- %s%s\n+++ %s%s\n@@ -", + name_a, name_a_tab, + name_b, name_b_tab); print_line_count(lc_a); printf(" +"); print_line_count(lc_b); @@ -391,8 +398,15 @@ static void fn_out_consume(void *priv, c const char *reset = diff_get_color(ecbdata->color_diff, DIFF_RESET); if (ecbdata->label_path[0]) { - printf("%s--- %s%s\n", set, ecbdata->label_path[0], reset); - printf("%s+++ %s%s\n", set, ecbdata->label_path[1], reset); + const char *name_a_tab, *name_b_tab; + + name_a_tab = strchr(ecbdata->label_path[0], ' ') ? "\t" : ""; + name_b_tab = strchr(ecbdata->label_path[1], ' ') ? "\t" : ""; + + printf("%s--- %s%s%s\n", + set, ecbdata->label_path[0], reset, name_a_tab); + printf("%s+++ %s%s%s\n", + set, ecbdata->label_path[1], reset, name_b_tab); ecbdata->label_path[0] = ecbdata->label_path[1] = NULL; } -- 1.4.2.1.gb6052 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html