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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff.txt8
-rw-r--r--builtin/diff.c23
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4038-diff-combined.sh10
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 6236c75c9b..44748fa802 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ If --merge-base is given, use the merge base of the two commits for the
This form is to view the results of a merge commit. The first
listed <commit> must be the merge itself; the remaining two or
- more commits should be its parents. A convenient way to produce
- the desired set of revisions is to use the `^@` suffix.
- For instance, if `master` names a merge commit, `git diff master
- master^@` gives the same combined diff as `git show master`.
+ more commits should be its parents. Convenient ways to produce
+ the desired set of revisions are to use the suffixes `^@` and
+ `^!`. If A is a merge commit, then `git diff A A^@`,
+ `git diff A^!` and `git show A` all give the same combined diff.
'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 54bb3de964..0e49919735 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int builtin_diff_tree(struct rev_info *revs,
static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
int argc, const char **argv,
struct object_array_entry *ent,
- int ents)
+ int ents, int first_non_parent)
{
struct oid_array parents = OID_ARRAY_INIT;
int i;
@@ -217,11 +217,18 @@ static int builtin_diff_combined(struct rev_info *revs,
if (argc > 1)
usage(builtin_diff_usage);
+ if (first_non_parent < 0)
+ die(_("no merge given, only parents."));
+ if (first_non_parent >= ents)
+ BUG("first_non_parent out of range: %d", first_non_parent);
+
diff_merges_set_dense_combined_if_unset(revs);
- for (i = 1; i < ents; i++)
- oid_array_append(&parents, &ent[i].item->oid);
- diff_tree_combined(&ent[0].item->oid, &parents, revs);
+ for (i = 0; i < ents; i++) {
+ if (i != first_non_parent)
+ oid_array_append(&parents, &ent[i].item->oid);
+ }
+ diff_tree_combined(&ent[first_non_parent].item->oid, &parents, revs);
oid_array_clear(&parents);
return 0;
}
@@ -385,6 +392,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int i;
struct rev_info rev;
struct object_array ent = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
+ int first_non_parent = -1;
int blobs = 0, paths = 0;
struct object_array_entry *blob[2];
int nongit = 0, no_index = 0;
@@ -543,6 +551,10 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
continue;
obj->flags |= flags;
add_object_array(obj, name, &ent);
+ if (first_non_parent < 0 &&
+ (i >= rev.cmdline.nr || /* HEAD by hand. */
+ rev.cmdline.rev[i].whence != REV_CMD_PARENTS_ONLY))
+ first_non_parent = ent.nr - 1;
} else if (obj->type == OBJ_BLOB) {
if (2 <= blobs)
die(_("more than two blobs given: '%s'"), name);
@@ -590,7 +602,8 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
&ent.objects[0], &ent.objects[1]);
} else
result = builtin_diff_combined(&rev, argc, argv,
- ent.objects, ent.nr);
+ ent.objects, ent.nr,
+ first_non_parent);
result = diff_result_code(&rev.diffopt, result);
if (1 < rev.diffopt.skip_stat_unmatch)
refresh_index_quietly();
diff --git a/t/t4038-diff-combined.sh b/t/t4038-diff-combined.sh
index 9a292bac70..2ce26e585c 100755
--- a/t/t4038-diff-combined.sh
+++ b/t/t4038-diff-combined.sh
@@ -80,11 +80,21 @@ test_expect_success 'check combined output (1)' '
verify_helper sidewithone
'
+test_expect_success 'check combined output (1) with git diff <rev>^!' '
+ git diff sidewithone^! -- >sidewithone &&
+ verify_helper sidewithone
+'
+
test_expect_success 'check combined output (2)' '
git show sidesansone -- >sidesansone &&
verify_helper sidesansone
'
+test_expect_success 'check combined output (2) with git diff <rev>^!' '
+ git diff sidesansone^! -- >sidesansone &&
+ verify_helper sidesansone
+'
+
test_expect_success 'diagnose truncated file' '
>file &&
git add file &&