Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > Thomas Gummerer wrote: > >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks, and sorry for the slow follow-up. > > [...] >> --- a/builtin/diff.c >> +++ b/builtin/diff.c >> @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ > [...] >> @@ -283,14 +286,57 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> * Other cases are errors. >> */ >> >> + /* Were we asked to do --no-index explicitly? */ >> + for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) { >> + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) { >> + i++; >> + break; >> + } >> + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--no-index")) >> + no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT; > > Neat. > > [...] >> + /* >> + * Treat git diff with at least one path outside of the >> + * repo the same as if the command would have been executed >> + * outside of a git repository. In this case it behaves >> + * the same way as "git diff --no-index <a> <b>", which acts >> + * as a colourful "diff" replacement. >> + */ >> + if (nongit || ((argc == i + 2) && >> + (!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) || >> + !path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1])))) >> + no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; > > What happens if I run 'git diff --no-index /tmp git.c git.c' from > within a git repository? With this, I fear I will get Thanks, I've missed that one. It only happens when run outside a git repository, but the same comments still apply. Will fix and send a re-roll. > Not a git repository > To compare two paths outside a working tree: > usage: git diff [--no-index] <path> <path> > > instead of the expected > > usage: git diff --no-index <path> <path> > > Something like > > if (no_index) > ; > else if (nongit) > no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; > else if (argc != i + 2) > ; > else if (!path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) || > !path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1])) > no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; > > should work. Or: > > if (!no_index) { > /* > * Treat git diff with ... > */ > if (nongit || ...) > no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT; > } > > Or the '!no_index &&' condition inserted some other way. > >> - /* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */ >> - diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, nongit, prefix); >> + if (no_index) { >> + if (argc != i + 2) { > [...] >> + /* Give the usage message for non-repository usage and exit. */ >> + usagef("git diff %s <path> <path>", >> + no_index == DIFF_NO_INDEX_EXPLICIT ? >> + "--no-index" : "[--no-index]"); >> + >> + } >> + /* If this is a no-index diff, just run it and exit there. */ >> + diff_no_index(&rev, argc, argv, prefix); >> + } > > Perhaps, to avoid some nesting: > > /* A no-index diff takes exactly two path arguments. */ > if (no_index && argc != i + 2) { > ... > usagef(...); > } > > if (no_index) > /* Just run the diff and exit. */ > diff_no_index(...); > > Jonathan Thanks, will change in the re-roll. -- Thomas -- 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