Subject: [PATCH 1/3] revision: move -L setup before output_format-to-diff derivation

From: "Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:05:24 +0000

From: Michael Montalbo <[email-masked]>

The line_level_traverse block sets a default DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH when
no output format has been explicitly requested.  This default must
be visible to the "Did the user ask for any diff output?" check
that derives revs->diff from revs->diffopt.output_format.

Currently the -L block runs after that derivation, so revs->diff
stays 0 when no explicit format is given.  This does not matter yet
because log_tree_commit() short-circuits into line_log_print()
before consulting revs->diff, but the next commit will route -L
through the normal log_tree_diff() path, which checks revs->diff.

Move the block above the derivation so the default DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH
is in place when revs->diff is computed.  No behavior change on its
own.

Signed-off-by: Michael Montalbo <[email-masked]>
---
 revision.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 599b3a66c3..4a8e24bc38 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -3112,6 +3112,14 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 		object_context_release(&oc);
 	}
 
+	if (revs->line_level_traverse) {
+		if (want_ancestry(revs))
+			revs->limited = 1;
+		revs->topo_order = 1;
+		if (!revs->diffopt.output_format)
+			revs->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+	}
+
 	/* Did the user ask for any diff output? Run the diff! */
 	if (revs->diffopt.output_format & ~DIFF_FORMAT_NO_OUTPUT)
 		revs->diff = 1;
@@ -3125,14 +3133,6 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 	if (revs->diffopt.objfind)
 		revs->simplify_history = 0;
 
-	if (revs->line_level_traverse) {
-		if (want_ancestry(revs))
-			revs->limited = 1;
-		revs->topo_order = 1;
-		if (!revs->diffopt.output_format)
-			revs->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-	}
-
 	if (revs->topo_order && !generation_numbers_enabled(the_repository))
 		revs->limited = 1;
 
-- 
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