diff <(command1) <(command2) provides useful output, let's make it
possible for git to do the same.
Signed-off-by: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff-no-index.c | 8 ++++++++
diff.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/diff-no-index.c b/diff-no-index.c
index 15811c2..487dbf5 100644
--- a/diff-no-index.c
+++ b/diff-no-index.c
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ static struct diff_filespec *noindex_filespec(const char *name, int mode)
name = "/dev/null";
s = alloc_filespec(name);
fill_filespec(s, null_sha1, 0, mode);
+ /*
+ * In --no-index mode, we support reading from pipes. canon_mode, called by
+ * fill_filespec, gets confused by this and thinks we now have subprojects.
+ * Detect this and tell the rest of the diff machinery to treat pipes as
+ * normal files.
+ */
+ if (S_ISGITLINK(s->mode))
+ s->mode = S_IFREG | ce_permissions(mode);
if (name == file_from_standard_input)
populate_from_stdin(s);
return s;
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 1eaf604..c599efb 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2839,9 +2839,18 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, unsigned int flags)
fd = open(s->path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
goto err_empty;
- s->data = xmmap(NULL, s->size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+ if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+ struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+ strbuf_read(&sb, fd, 0);
+ s->size = sb.len;
+ s->data = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+ s->should_free = 1;
+ }
+ else {
+ s->data = xmmap(NULL, s->size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+ s->should_munmap = 1;
+ }
close(fd);
- s->should_munmap = 1;
/*
* Convert from working tree format to canonical git format
--
2.10.1-449-gab0f84c