range-diff: also show the diff between patches

Just like tbdiff, we now show the diff between matching patches. This is
a "diff of two diffs", so it can be a bit daunting to read for the
beginner.

An alternative would be to display an interdiff, i.e. the hypothetical
diff which is the result of first reverting the old diff and then
applying the new diff.

Especially when rebasing frequently, an interdiff is often not feasible,
though: if the old diff cannot be applied in reverse (due to a moving
upstream), an interdiff can simply not be inferred.

This commit brings `range-diff` closer to feature parity with regard
to tbdiff.

To make `git range-diff` respect e.g. color.diff.* settings, we have
to adjust git_branch_config() accordingly.

Note: while we now parse diff options such as --color, the effect is not
yet the same as in tbdiff, where also the commit pairs would be colored.
This is left for a later commit.

Note also: while tbdiff accepts the `--no-patches` option to suppress
these diffs between patches, we prefer the `-s` (or `--no-patch`) option
that is automatically supported via our use of diff_opt_parse().

And finally note: to support diff options, we have to call
`parse_options()` such that it keeps unknown options, and then loop over
those and let `diff_opt_parse()` handle them. After that loop, we have
to call `parse_options()` again, to make sure that no unknown options
are left.

Helped-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/range-diff.c b/builtin/range-diff.c
index 94c1f36..3b06ed9 100644
--- a/builtin/range-diff.c
+++ b/builtin/range-diff.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "range-diff.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_range_diff_usage[] = {
 N_("git range-diff [<options>] <old-base>..<old-tip> <new-base>..<new-tip>"),
@@ -13,15 +14,40 @@ NULL
 int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int creation_factor = 60;
+	struct diff_options diffopt = { NULL };
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_INTEGER(0, "creation-factor", &creation_factor,
 			    N_("Percentage by which creation is weighted")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
-	int res = 0;
+	int i, j, res = 0;
 	struct strbuf range1 = STRBUF_INIT, range2 = STRBUF_INIT;
 
+	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
+
+	diff_setup(&diffopt);
+	diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, options,
+			     builtin_range_diff_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN |
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH | PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
+
+	for (i = j = 1; i < argc && strcmp("--", argv[i]); ) {
+		int c = diff_opt_parse(&diffopt, argv + i, argc - i, prefix);
+
+		if (!c)
+			argv[j++] = argv[i++];
+		else
+			i += c;
+	}
+	while (i < argc)
+		argv[j++] = argv[i++];
+	argc = j;
+	diff_setup_done(&diffopt);
+
+	/* Make sure that there are no unparsed options */
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL,
+			     options + ARRAY_SIZE(options) - 1, /* OPT_END */
 			     builtin_range_diff_usage, 0);
 
 	if (argc == 2) {
@@ -59,7 +85,8 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(builtin_range_diff_usage, options);
 	}
 
-	res = show_range_diff(range1.buf, range2.buf, creation_factor);
+	res = show_range_diff(range1.buf, range2.buf, creation_factor,
+			      &diffopt);
 
 	strbuf_release(&range1);
 	strbuf_release(&range2);