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@@ -9,6 +9,49 @@ #include "object.h" #include "oidset.h" +/** + * The diff API is for programs that compare two sets of files (e.g. two trees, + * one tree and the index) and present the found difference in various ways. + * The calling program is responsible for feeding the API pairs of files, one + * from the "old" set and the corresponding one from "new" set, that are + * different. + * The library called through this API is called diffcore, and is responsible + * for two things. + * + * - finding total rewrites (`-B`), renames (`-M`) and copies (`-C`), and + * changes that touch a string (`-S`), as specified by the caller. + * + * - outputting the differences in various formats, as specified by the caller. + * + * Calling sequence + * ---------------- + * + * - Prepare `struct diff_options` to record the set of diff options, and then + * call `repo_diff_setup()` to initialize this structure. This sets up the + * vanilla default. + * + * - Fill in the options structure to specify desired output format, rename + * detection, etc. `diff_opt_parse()` can be used to parse options given + * from the command line in a way consistent with existing git-diff family + * of programs. + * + * - Call `diff_setup_done()`; this inspects the options set up so far for + * internal consistency and make necessary tweaking to it (e.g. if textual + * patch output was asked, recursive behaviour is turned on); the callback + * set_default in diff_options can be used to tweak this more. + * + * - As you find different pairs of files, call `diff_change()` to feed + * modified files, `diff_addremove()` to feed created or deleted files, or + * `diff_unmerge()` to feed a file whose state is 'unmerged' to the API. + * These are thin wrappers to a lower-level `diff_queue()` function that is + * flexible enough to record any of these kinds of changes. + * + * - Once you finish feeding the pairs of files, call `diffcore_std()`. + * This will tell the diffcore library to go ahead and do its work. + * + * - Calling `diff_flush()` will produce the output. + */ + struct combine_diff_path; struct commit; struct diff_filespec; @@ -65,21 +108,66 @@ typedef struct strbuf *(*diff_prefix_fn_t)(struct diff_options *opt, void *data) #define DIFF_FLAGS_INIT { 0 } struct diff_flags { + + /** + * Tells if tree traversal done by tree-diff should recursively descend + * into a tree object pair that are different in preimage and postimage set. + */ unsigned recursive; unsigned tree_in_recursive; + + /* Affects the way how a file that is seemingly binary is treated. */ unsigned binary; unsigned text; + + /** + * Tells the patch output format not to use abbreviated object names on the + * "index" lines. + */ unsigned full_index; + + /* Affects if diff-files shows removed files. */ unsigned silent_on_remove; + + /** + * Tells the diffcore library that the caller is feeding unchanged + * filepairs to allow copies from unmodified files be detected. + */ unsigned find_copies_harder; + unsigned follow_renames; unsigned rename_empty; + + /* Internal; used for optimization to see if there is any change. */ unsigned has_changes; + unsigned quick; + + /** + * Tells diff-files that the input is not tracked files but files in random + * locations on the filesystem. + */ unsigned no_index; + + /** + * Tells output routine that it is Ok to call user specified patch output + * routine. Plumbing disables this to ensure stable output. + */ unsigned allow_external; + + /** + * For communication between the calling program and the options parser; + * tell the calling program to signal the presence of difference using + * program exit code. + */ unsigned exit_with_status; + + /** + * Tells the library that the calling program is feeding the filepairs + * reversed; `one` is two, and `two` is one. + */ unsigned reverse_diff; + unsigned check_failed; unsigned relative_name; unsigned ignore_submodules; @@ -131,36 +219,72 @@ enum diff_submodule_format { DIFF_SUBMODULE_INLINE_DIFF }; +/** + * the set of options the calling program wants to affect the operation of + * diffcore library with. + */ struct diff_options { const char *orderfile; + + /** + * A constant string (can and typically does contain newlines to look for + * a block of text, not just a single line) to filter out the filepairs + * that do not change the number of strings contained in its preimage and + * postimage of the diff_queue. + */ const char *pickaxe; + const char *single_follow; const char *a_prefix, *b_prefix; const char *line_prefix; size_t line_prefix_length; + + /** + * collection of boolean options that affects the operation, but some do + * not have anything to do with the diffcore library. + */ struct diff_flags flags; /* diff-filter bits */ unsigned int filter; int use_color; + + /* Number of context lines to generate in patch output. */ int context; + int interhunkcontext; + + /* Affects the way detection logic for complete rewrites, renames and + * copies. + */ int break_opt; int detect_rename; + int irreversible_delete; int skip_stat_unmatch; int line_termination; + + /* The output format used when `diff_flush()` is run. */ int output_format; + unsigned pickaxe_opts; + + /* Affects the way detection logic for complete rewrites, renames and + * copies. + */ int rename_score; int rename_limit; + int needed_rename_limit; int degraded_cc_to_c; int show_rename_progress; int dirstat_permille; int setup; + + /* Number of hexdigits to abbreviate raw format output to. */ int abbrev; + int ita_invisible_in_index; /* white-space error highlighting */ #define WSEH_NEW (1<<12) @@ -192,6 +316,7 @@ struct diff_options { /* to support internal diff recursion by --follow hack*/ int found_follow; + /* Callback which allows tweaking the options in diff_setup_done(). */ void (*set_default)(struct diff_options *); FILE *file; @@ -286,6 +411,7 @@ enum color_diff { DIFF_FILE_OLD_BOLD = 21, DIFF_FILE_NEW_BOLD = 22, }; + const char *diff_get_color(int diff_use_color, enum color_diff ix); #define diff_get_color_opt(o, ix) \ diff_get_color((o)->use_color, ix) |