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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xgit-difftool.perl21
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7800-difftool.sh22
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index e575fea..8361e6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
--symlinks::
--no-symlinks::
'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the
- working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode.
+ working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode and the right-hand
+ side of the comparison yields the same content as the file in
+ the working tree.
+
Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create copies
instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
index 3cab257..c433e86 100755
--- a/git-difftool.perl
+++ b/git-difftool.perl
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ sub exit_cleanup
exit($status | ($status >> 8));
}
+sub use_wt_file
+{
+ my ($repo, $workdir, $file, $sha1, $symlinks) = @_;
+ my $null_sha1 = '0' x 40;
+
+ if ($sha1 eq $null_sha1) {
+ return 1;
+ } elsif (not $symlinks) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ my $wt_sha1 = $repo->command_oneline('hash-object', "$workdir/$file");
+ return $sha1 eq $wt_sha1;
+}
+
sub setup_dir_diff
{
my ($repo, $workdir, $symlinks) = @_;
@@ -159,10 +174,10 @@ EOF
}
if ($rmode ne $null_mode) {
- if ($rsha1 ne $null_sha1) {
- $rindex .= "$rmode $rsha1\t$dst_path\0";
- } else {
+ if (use_wt_file($repo, $workdir, $dst_path, $rsha1, $symlinks)) {
push(@working_tree, $dst_path);
+ } else {
+ $rindex .= "$rmode $rsha1\t$dst_path\0";
}
}
}
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
index eb1d3f8..db3d3d6 100755
--- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -370,6 +370,28 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'difftool --dir-diff' '
echo "$diff" | stdin_contains file
'
+write_script .git/CHECK_SYMLINKS <<\EOF
+for f in file file2 sub/sub
+do
+ echo "$f"
+ readlink "$2/$f"
+done >actual
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success PERL,SYMLINKS 'difftool --dir-diff --symlink without unstaged changes' '
+ cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+ file
+ $(pwd)/file
+ file2
+ $(pwd)/file2
+ sub/sub
+ $(pwd)/sub/sub
+ EOF
+ git difftool --dir-diff --symlink \
+ --extcmd "./.git/CHECK_SYMLINKS" branch HEAD &&
+ test_cmp actual expect
+'
+
test_expect_success PERL 'difftool --dir-diff ignores --prompt' '
diff=$(git difftool --dir-diff --prompt --extcmd ls branch) &&
echo "$diff" | stdin_contains sub &&