Subject: Re: git diff woes

From: Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:03:50 +0100

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
>> In the check_ntpd.c program, there is no bug. I found the git diff output
>> surprising, so I reported it.
> 
> This is what I get from "GNU diff -pu" which makes me surpried
> that anybody finds "git diff" hunk header surprising.  Notice
> that hunk at line 84.
> 
> --- read-cache.c	2007-11-12 12:08:00.000000000 -0800
> +++ read-cache.c+	2007-11-12 12:07:54.000000000 -0800
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int ce_compare_data(struct cache_
>  	return match;
>  }
>  
> -static int ce_compare_link(struct cache_entry *ce, size_t expected_size)
> +static int ce_compare_lonk(struct cache_entry *ce, size_t expected_size)
>  {
>  	int match = -1;
>  	char *target;
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int ce_compare_link(struct cache_
>  		match = memcmp(buffer, target, size);
>  	free(buffer);
>  	free(target);
> -	return match;
> +	return match + 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int ce_compare_gitlink(struct cache_entry *ce)

I notice it, and I don't like it. I guess I'm just used to git being
smarter than their GNU tool equivalents, especially since it only ever
applies patches in full.

I have a patch ready to make it configurable but it lacks doc updates
and tests, so I'll send it tomorrow morning when I've had time to
fiddle a bit with that.

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