diff: teach diff to read algorithm from diff driver

index 4b36d51beb..966e969631 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -758,6 +758,37 @@ with the above configuration, i.e. `j-c-diff`, with 7 parameters, just like `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` program is called. See linkgit:git[1] for details. +Setting the internal diff algorithm +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The diff algorithm can be set through the `diff.algorithm` config key, but +sometimes it may be helpful to set the diff algorithm per path. For example, +one may want to use the `minimal` diff algorithm for .json files, and the +`histogram` for .c files, and so on without having to pass in the algorithm +through the command line each time. + +First, in `.gitattributes`, assign the `diff` attribute for paths. + +------------------------ +*.json diff=<name> +------------------------ + +Then, define a "diff.<name>.algorithm" configuration to specify the diff +algorithm, choosing from `myers`, `patience`, `minimal`, or `histogram`. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[diff "<name>"] + algorithm = histogram +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +This diff algorithm applies to user facing diff output like git-diff(1), +git-show(1) and is used for the `--stat` output as well. The merge machinery +will not use the diff algorithm set through this method. + +NOTE: If `diff.<name>.command` is defined for path with the +`diff=<name>` attribute, it is executed as an external diff driver +(see above), and adding `diff.<name>.algorithm` has no effect, as the +algorithm is not passed to the external diff driver. Defining a custom hunk-header ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

index 3b97f5eca2..b006467dc2 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -4460,15 +4460,13 @@ static void run_diff_cmd(const char *pgm, const char *xfrm_msg = NULL; int complete_rewrite = (p->status == DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED) && p->score; int must_show_header = 0; + struct userdiff_driver *drv = NULL; - - if (o->flags.allow_external) { - struct userdiff_driver *drv; - + if (o->flags.allow_external || !o->ignore_driver_algorithm) drv = userdiff_find_by_path(o->repo->index, attr_path); - if (drv && drv->external) - pgm = drv->external; - } + + if (o->flags.allow_external && drv && drv->external) + pgm = drv->external; if (msg) { /* @@ -4485,12 +4483,16 @@ static void run_diff_cmd(const char *pgm, run_external_diff(pgm, name, other, one, two, xfrm_msg, o); return; } - if (one && two) + if (one && two) { + if (!o->ignore_driver_algorithm && drv && drv->algorithm) + set_diff_algorithm(o, drv->algorithm); + builtin_diff(name, other ? other : name, one, two, xfrm_msg, must_show_header, o, complete_rewrite); - else + } else { fprintf(o->file, "* Unmerged path %s\n", name); + } } static void diff_fill_oid_info(struct diff_filespec *one, struct index_state *istate) @@ -4587,6 +4589,14 @@ static void run_diffstat(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o, const char *name; const char *other; + if (!o->ignore_driver_algorithm) { + struct userdiff_driver *drv = userdiff_find_by_path(o->repo->index, + p->one->path); + + if (drv && drv->algorithm) + set_diff_algorithm(o, drv->algorithm); + } + if (DIFF_PAIR_UNMERGED(p)) { /* unmerged */ builtin_diffstat(p->one->path, NULL, NULL, NULL, @@ -5140,6 +5150,8 @@ static int diff_opt_diff_algorithm(const struct option *opt, return error(_("option diff-algorithm accepts \"myers\", " "\"minimal\", \"patience\" and \"histogram\"")); + options->ignore_driver_algorithm = 1; + return 0; } @@ -5155,6 +5167,8 @@ static int diff_opt_diff_algorithm_no_arg(const struct option *opt, BUG("available diff algorithms include \"myers\", " "\"minimal\", \"patience\" and \"histogram\""); + options->ignore_driver_algorithm = 1; + return 0; } @@ -5295,6 +5309,7 @@ static int diff_opt_patience(const struct option *opt, for (i = 0; i < options->anchors_nr; i++) free(options->anchors[i]); options->anchors_nr = 0; + options->ignore_driver_algorithm = 1; return set_diff_algorithm(options, "patience"); }

index fd33caeb25..7b1fe25a53 100644 --- a/diff.h +++ b/diff.h @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct diff_options { int prefix_length; const char *stat_sep; int xdl_opts; + int ignore_driver_algorithm; /* see Documentation/diff-options.txt */ char **anchors;

index 8d1e408bb5..a8f5d3274a 100644 --- a/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh +++ b/t/lib-diff-alternative.sh @@ -105,10 +105,46 @@ index $file1..$file2 100644 } EOF + cat >expect_diffstat <<EOF + file1 => file2 | 21 ++++++++++----------- + 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) +EOF + STRATEGY=$1 + test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes" ' + echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes && + git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" && + test_must_fail git diff --no-index file1 file2 > output && + cat expect && + cat output && + test_cmp expect output + ' + + test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff from attributes has valid diffstat" ' + echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes && + git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" && + test_must_fail git diff --stat --no-index file1 file2 > output && + test_cmp expect_diffstat output + ' + test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff" ' - test_must_fail git diff --no-index "--$STRATEGY" file1 file2 > output && + test_must_fail git diff --no-index "--diff-algorithm=$STRATEGY" file1 file2 > output && + test_cmp expect output + ' + + test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff command line precedence before attributes" ' + echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes && + git config diff.driver.algorithm myers && + test_must_fail git diff --no-index "--diff-algorithm=$STRATEGY" file1 file2 > output && + test_cmp expect output + ' + + test_expect_success "$STRATEGY diff attributes precedence before config" ' + git config diff.algorithm default && + echo "file* diff=driver" >.gitattributes && + git config diff.driver.algorithm "$STRATEGY" && + test_must_fail git diff --no-index file1 file2 > output && test_cmp expect output '

index 151d9a5278..8719a5111c 100644 --- a/userdiff.c +++ b/userdiff.c @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ PATTERNS("scheme", "|([^][)(}{[ \t])+"), PATTERNS("tex", "^(\\\\((sub)*section|chapter|part)\\*{0,1}\\{.*)$", "\\\\[a-zA-Z@]+|\\\\.|[a-zA-Z0-9\x80-\xff]+"), -{ "default", NULL, -1, { NULL, 0 } }, +{ "default", NULL, NULL, -1, { NULL, 0 } }, }; #undef PATTERNS #undef IPATTERN @@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ int userdiff_config(const char *k, const char *v) return parse_bool(&drv->textconv_want_cache, k, v); if (!strcmp(type, "wordregex")) return git_config_string(&drv->word_regex, k, v); + if (!strcmp(type, "algorithm")) + return git_config_string(&drv->algorithm, k, v); return 0; }

index aee91bc77e..24419db697 100644 --- a/userdiff.h +++ b/userdiff.h @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct userdiff_funcname { struct userdiff_driver { const char *name; const char *external; + const char *algorithm; int binary; struct userdiff_funcname funcname; const char *word_regex;