Re: [Question] How to parse range-diff output

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2024年2月26日周一 21:16写道:
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024, at 08:25, ZheNing Hu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am currently looking to implement a service that provides a version
> > range comparison based on git range-diff. I can easily parse out
> > commit pair headers like "3: 0bf6289 ! 3: a076e88 dev5," but I am
> > unsure how to parse the details in the subsequent diff patch body.
> >
> > It is not a standard diff output where one can parse out the filename
> > from the diff header, It should be called a diff of diffs. We can see
> > various headers with file names such as "@@ File1 (new)", "## File2
> > (new) ##", or "@@ File3: function3" in different formats. This is
> > confusing. How should we correctly parse a range-diff patch, and do
> > you have any good suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > --
> > ZheNing Hu
>
> Hi
>
> Note that “Output Stability” says that this output is not meant to be
> machine-readable. It’s for human consumption. It’s not textually stable.
>
> So a new version of Git might break your implementation without warning.
>

It is very regrettable that some crucial metadata from the range-diff
patch cannot be extracted. I can only hope that future range-diff will have
the capability of being machine-readable. Thank you!

> --
> Kristoffer Haugsbakk





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