If we are given an empty pickaxe needle like "git log -S ''", it is impossible for us to find anything (because no matter what the content, the count will always be 0). We currently check this at the lowest level of contains(). Let's hoist the logic much earlier to has_changes(), so that it is simpler to return our answer before loading any blob data. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- diffcore-pickaxe.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/diffcore-pickaxe.c b/diffcore-pickaxe.c index a209376..61f628c 100644 --- a/diffcore-pickaxe.c +++ b/diffcore-pickaxe.c @@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ static unsigned int contains(struct diff_filespec *one, struct diff_options *o, unsigned int cnt; unsigned long sz; const char *data; - if (!o->pickaxe[0]) - return 0; if (diff_populate_filespec(one, 0)) return 0; @@ -206,6 +204,9 @@ static int has_changes(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o, static int has_changes(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o, regex_t *regexp, kwset_t kws) { + if (!o->pickaxe[0]) + return 0; + if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->one)) { if (!DIFF_FILE_VALID(p->two)) return 0; /* ignore unmerged */ -- 1.8.0.3.g3456896 -- 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