Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > With this flag and given two paths, git-diff-files behaves as a GNU diff > lookalike (plus the git goodies like --check, colour, etc.). This flag > is also available in git-diff. It also works outside of a git repository. > > In addition, if git-diff{,-files} is called without revision or stage > parameter, and with exactly two paths at least one of which is not tracked, > the default is --no-index. > > So, you can now say > > git diff /etc/inittab /etc/fstab > > and it actually works! Modulo double slashes X-<. $ diff --git a//etc/inittab b//etc/fstab index 04eabd6..7314c1a 100644 --- a//etc/inittab +++ b//etc/fstab @@ -1,69 +1,13 @@ ... This problem is not new; this should fix it. -- >8 -- diff-patch: Avoid emitting double-slashes in textual patch. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 5ecb122..84937cb 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ static void emit_rewrite_diff(const char *name_a, const char *new = diff_get_color(color_diff, DIFF_FILE_NEW); const char *reset = diff_get_color(color_diff, DIFF_RESET); + name_a += (*name_a == '/'); + name_b += (*name_b == '/'); + name_a_tab = strchr(name_a, ' ') ? "\t" : ""; name_b_tab = strchr(name_b, ' ') ? "\t" : ""; @@ -1064,8 +1067,8 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a, const char *set = diff_get_color(o->color_diff, DIFF_METAINFO); const char *reset = diff_get_color(o->color_diff, DIFF_RESET); - a_one = quote_two("a/", name_a); - b_two = quote_two("b/", name_b); + a_one = quote_two("a/", name_a + (*name_a == '/')); + b_two = quote_two("b/", name_b + (*name_b == '/')); lbl[0] = DIFF_FILE_VALID(one) ? a_one : "/dev/null"; lbl[1] = DIFF_FILE_VALID(two) ? b_two : "/dev/null"; printf("%sdiff --git %s %s%s\n", set, a_one, b_two, reset); - 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