git/builtin/diff-files.c

/*
 * GIT - The information manager from hell
 *
 * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 */
#include "cache.h"
#include "diff.h"
#include "commit.h"
#include "revision.h"
#include "builtin.h"

static const char diff_files_usage[] =
"git diff-files [-q] [-0/-1/2/3 |-c|--cc] [<common diff options>] [<path>...]"
COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;

int cmd_diff_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
	struct rev_info rev;
	int result;
	unsigned options = 0;

	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
	git_config(git_diff_basic_config, NULL); /* no "diff" UI options */
	rev.abbrev = 0;

	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL);
	while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--base"))
			rev.max_count = 1;
		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--ours"))
			rev.max_count = 2;
		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--theirs"))
			rev.max_count = 3;
		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-q"))
			options |= DIFF_SILENT_ON_REMOVED;
		else
			usage(diff_files_usage);
		argv++; argc--;
	}
	if (!rev.diffopt.output_format)
		rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_RAW;

	/*
	 * Make sure there are NO revision (i.e. pending object) parameter,
	 * rev.max_count is reasonable (0 <= n <= 3), and
	 * there is no other revision filtering parameters.
	 */
	if (rev.pending.nr ||
	    rev.min_age != -1 || rev.max_age != -1 ||
	    3 < rev.max_count)
		usage(diff_files_usage);

	/*
	 * "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;

	if (read_cache_preload(rev.diffopt.paths) < 0) {
		perror("read_cache_preload");
		return -1;
	}
	result = run_diff_files(&rev, options);
	return diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result);
}