Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano schrieb: > ... >> It all happens inside combine-diff.c::make_hunks(). If you pass dense==0, >> you should be able to get all the uninteresting hunks, I think. >> >> Perhaps >> >> $ git diff --base -c > > Yes, that does it! It may do so, but I do not necessarily agree with the logic. It is very much Ok and useful for "git diff" to default to "--cc -p", and it may be fine for "git diff-files -p" to default to "--cc". But I think ideally an explicit "git diff -c" and "git diff-files -c -p" should not turn the "dense combined" mode on. The commonality of these two functions is striking and calls for proper refactoring, but aside from that, I think a patch like this should be applied. What do you think? --- builtin-diff-files.c | 7 ++++++- builtin-diff.c | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git i/builtin-diff-files.c w/builtin-diff-files.c index 9bf10bb..2b578c7 100644 --- i/builtin-diff-files.c +++ w/builtin-diff-files.c @@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ int cmd_diff_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) 3 < rev.max_count) usage(diff_files_usage); - if (rev.max_count == -1 && + /* + * "diff-files --base -p" should not combine merges because it + * was not asked to. "diff-files -c -p" should not densify + * (the user should ask with "diff-files --cc" explicitly). + */ + if (rev.max_count == -1 && !rev.combine_merges && (rev.diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH)) rev.combine_merges = rev.dense_combined_merges = 1; diff --git i/builtin-diff.c w/builtin-diff.c index 037c303..9fb30c6 100644 --- i/builtin-diff.c +++ w/builtin-diff.c @@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv argv++; argc--; } - if (revs->max_count == -1 && + /* + * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not + * asked to. "diff -c" should not densify (the user should ask + * with "diff --cc" explicitly. + */ + if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges && (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH)) revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1; -- 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