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Diffstat (limited to 'git/diff.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | git/diff.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git/diff.py b/git/diff.py index 062220df..eada73b9 100644 --- a/git/diff.py +++ b/git/diff.py @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Diffable(object): If None, we will be compared to the working tree. If Treeish, it will be compared against the respective tree If Index ( type ), it will be compared against the index. + If the string 'root', it will compare the empty tree against this tree. It defaults to Index to assure the method will not by-default fail on bare repositories. @@ -87,10 +88,15 @@ class Diffable(object): if paths is not None and not isinstance(paths, (tuple, list)): paths = [paths] - if other is not None and other is not self.Index: - args.insert(0, other) + diff_cmd = self.repo.git.diff if other is self.Index: - args.insert(0, "--cached") + args.insert(0, '--cached') + elif other == 'root': + args.insert(0, '--root') + diff_cmd = self.repo.git.diff_tree + elif other is not None: + args.insert(0, other) + diff_cmd = self.repo.git.diff_tree args.insert(0, self) @@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ class Diffable(object): # END paths handling kwargs['as_process'] = True - proc = self.repo.git.diff(*self._process_diff_args(args), **kwargs) + proc = diff_cmd(*self._process_diff_args(args), **kwargs) diff_method = Diff._index_from_raw_format if create_patch: |