Signed-off-by: Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx>
---
I have a ritual of doing "git dic" (short for diff --cached) before
committing and does not want to break it, even on new repos.
Looks like a good thing and no harm to the rest of the world.
builtin/diff.c | 9 +++++++--
t/t4046-diff-cached-root.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 t/t4046-diff-cached-root.sh
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index a43d326..45be6f3 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
else if (!strcmp(arg, "--cached") ||
!strcmp(arg, "--staged")) {
add_head_to_pending(&rev);
- if (!rev.pending.nr)
- die("No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)");
+ if (!rev.pending.nr) {
+ struct object *obj;
+ if (!rev.show_root_diff)
+ die("No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)");
+ obj = (struct object*)lookup_tree((unsigned char*)EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN);
+ add_pending_object(&rev, obj, "HEAD");
+ }
break;
}
}
diff --git a/t/t4046-diff-cached-root.sh b/t/t4046-diff-cached-root.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..82e3ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4046-diff-cached-root.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git diff --cached --root test'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+ echo cached >file &&
+ git add file &&
+ echo not-cached >>file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'diff --cached' '
+ test_must_fail git diff --cached
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'diff --cached --root' '
+ git diff --cached --root >result &&
+ cat >expected <<\EOF &&
+diff --git a/file b/file
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..ec9a961
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/file
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++cached
+EOF
+ test_cmp expected result
+'
+
+test_done
--
1.7.0.2.445.gcbdb3
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