Larry D'Anna <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Rationale: diff_flush_patch expects to write its output to options->file. > Adding a "silence" flag to diff_flush_patch and everything it calls would be > more invasive. I would agree that the logic to redirect the output to nowhere may be the easiest way out, but because the reason anybody sane would want to give -q is to say "I don't care what the actual changes are, but I want to know if there is any real quick" (otherwise the call would be "diff -w >/dev/null"), shouldn't we at least be exiting the loop early when we see any difference? > Signed-off-by: Larry D'Anna <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c > index 68def6c..ff00816 100644 > --- a/diff.c > +++ b/diff.c > @@ -3522,6 +3522,26 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options) > separator++; > } > > + if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT && > + DIFF_OPT_TST(options, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) && > + DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS)) { > + /* run diff_flush_patch for the exit status */ > + /* setting options->file to /dev/null should be safe, becaue we > + aren't supposed to produce any output anyways */ Style? > + static FILE *devnull = NULL; Would this cause one file descriptor to leak? Do we care? > + if(!devnull) { Style? if (!devnull) > + devnull = fopen("/dev/null", "w"); > + if (!devnull) > + die_errno("Could not open /dev/null"); > + } > + options->file = devnull; Would this cause the original "options->file" leak? Do we care? > + for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) { > + struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i]; > + if (check_pair_status(p)) > + diff_flush_patch(p, options); > + } > + } > + > if (output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH) { > if (separator) { > putc(options->line_termination, options->file); > -- > 1.7.0.rc2.40.g7d8aa -- 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