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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin-diff.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin-diff.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c index 52470c7f41..35da366f46 100644 --- a/builtin-diff.c +++ b/builtin-diff.c @@ -225,7 +225,13 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv argv++; argc--; } - if (revs->max_count == -1 && + /* + * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not + * asked to. "diff -c" should not densify (if the user wants + * dense one, --cc can be explicitly asked for, or just rely + * on the default). + */ + if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges && (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH)) revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1; |