Am 21.09.2024 um 17:09 schrieb René Scharfe: Hi René,
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 3be927b073..84a6bb0868 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -3675,6 +3675,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a, emit_diff_symbol(o, DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILES, sb.buf, sb.len, 0); strbuf_release(&sb); + o->found_changes = 1; goto free_ab_and_return; } if (fill_mmfile(o->repo, &mf1, one) < 0 ||
I poked at the same issue in parallel and had the same fix, but ...
diff --git a/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh b/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh index d644310e22..1cea73ef5a 100755 --- a/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh +++ b/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh @@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ test_expect_success 'option errors are not confused by --exit-code' ' for option in --exit-code --quiet do + test_expect_success "git diff $option returns 1 for changed binary file" " + test_when_finished 'rm -f .gitattributes' && + git reset --hard && + echo a binary >.gitattributes && + echo 2 >>a && + test_expect_code 1 git diff $option + " + test_expect_success "git diff $option returns 1 for copied file" " git reset --hard && cp a copy &&
your test is nicer. The patch works here locally. For what it's worth: Reviewed-by: Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thomas
