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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/diff.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/diff.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c index 9069dc41be..da8f6aac2b 100644 --- a/builtin/diff.c +++ b/builtin/diff.c @@ -304,13 +304,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, RECURSIVE); - /* - * If the user asked for our exit code then don't start a - * pager or we would end up reporting its exit code instead. - */ - if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) && - check_pager_config("diff") != 0) - setup_pager(); + setup_diff_pager(&rev.diffopt); /* * Do we have --cached and not have a pending object, then @@ -421,3 +415,19 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) refresh_index_quietly(); return result; } + +void setup_diff_pager(struct diff_options *opt) +{ + /* + * If the user asked for our exit code, then either they want --quiet + * or --exit-code. We should definitely not bother with a pager in the + * former case, as we will generate no output. Since we still properly + * report our exit code even when a pager is run, we _could_ run a + * pager with --exit-code. But since we have not done so historically, + * and because it is easy to find people oneline advising "git diff + * --exit-code" in hooks and other scripts, we do not do so. + */ + if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) && + check_pager_config("diff") != 0) + setup_pager(); +} |