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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-22 16:17:58 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-29 19:20:27 -0700
commitce74618d95088d99de53fb691f361da05932f705 (patch)
treebe7851850631b081a7b3dbfeefc94cf6bf09cc9d /builtin-apply.c
parent4839bd8a6605e0c9c5c68ddec40d2a1a5ddd57d8 (diff)
downloadgit-ce74618d95088d99de53fb691f361da05932f705.tar.gz
git-diff/git-apply: make diff output a bit friendlier to GNU patch (part 1)
Somebody was wondering on #git channel why a git generated diff does not apply with GNU patch when the filename contains a SP. It is because GNU patch expects to find TAB (and trailing timestamp) on ---/+++ (old_name and new_name) lines after the filenames. The "diff --git" output format was carefully designed to be compatible with GNU patch where it can, but whitespace characters were always a pain. We can make our output a bit more GNU patch friendly by adding an extra TAB (but not trailing timestamp) to old/new name lines when the filename as a SP in it. This updates git-apply to prepare ourselves to accept such a patch, but we still do not generate output that is patch friendly yet. That change needs to wait until everybody has this change. When a filename contains a real tab, "diff --git" format always c-quotes it as discussed on the list with GNU patch maintainer previously: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112927316408690&w=2 so there should be no downside. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-apply.c')
-rw-r--r--builtin-apply.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index de5f855266..a7317d7544 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int gitdiff_hdrend(const char *line, struct patch *patch)
static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name, const char *oldnew)
{
if (!orig_name && !isnull)
- return find_name(line, NULL, 1, 0);
+ return find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB);
if (orig_name) {
int len;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static char *gitdiff_verify_name(const char *line, int isnull, char *orig_name,
len = strlen(name);
if (isnull)
die("git-apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d", name, linenr);
- another = find_name(line, NULL, 1, 0);
+ another = find_name(line, NULL, 1, TERM_TAB);
if (!another || memcmp(another, name, len))
die("git-apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent %s filename on line %d", oldnew, linenr);
free(another);