1 files changed, 90 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 50521e2093..d18a118249 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "submodule.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "fsmonitor.h"
+#include "commit-reach.h"
 
 /*
  * diff-files
@@ -177,9 +178,7 @@ int run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 			i--;
 
 			if (revs->combine_merges && num_compare_stages == 2) {
-				show_combined_diff(dpath, 2,
-						   revs->dense_combined_merges,
-						   revs);
+				show_combined_diff(dpath, 2, revs);
 				free(dpath);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ static int show_modified(struct rev_info *revs,
 		p->parent[1].status = DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED;
 		p->parent[1].mode = old_entry->ce_mode;
 		oidcpy(&p->parent[1].oid, &old_entry->oid);
-		show_combined_diff(p, 2, revs->dense_combined_merges, revs);
+		show_combined_diff(p, 2, revs);
 		free(p);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -405,14 +404,8 @@ static void do_oneway_diff(struct unpack_trees_options *o,
 	/* if the entry is not checked out, don't examine work tree */
 	cached = o->index_only ||
 		(idx && ((idx->ce_flags & CE_VALID) || ce_skip_worktree(idx)));
-	/*
-	 * Backward compatibility wart - "diff-index -m" does
-	 * not mean "do not ignore merges", but "match_missing".
-	 *
-	 * But with the revision flag parsing, that's found in
-	 * "!revs->ignore_merges".
-	 */
-	match_missing = !revs->ignore_merges;
+
+	match_missing = revs->match_missing;
 
 	if (cached && idx && ce_stage(idx)) {
 		struct diff_filepair *pair;
@@ -518,16 +511,74 @@ static int diff_cache(struct rev_info *revs,
 	return unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts);
 }
 
-int run_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs, int cached)
+void diff_get_merge_base(const struct rev_info *revs, struct object_id *mb)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct commit *mb_child[2] = {0};
+	struct commit_list *merge_bases;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < revs->pending.nr; i++) {
+		struct object *obj = revs->pending.objects[i].item;
+		if (obj->flags)
+			die(_("--merge-base does not work with ranges"));
+		if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
+			die(_("--merge-base only works with commits"));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * This check must go after the for loop above because A...B
+	 * ranges produce three pending commits, resulting in a
+	 * misleading error message.
+	 */
+	if (revs->pending.nr < 1 || revs->pending.nr > 2)
+		BUG("unexpected revs->pending.nr: %d", revs->pending.nr);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < revs->pending.nr; i++)
+		mb_child[i] = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &revs->pending.objects[i].item->oid);
+	if (revs->pending.nr == 1) {
+		struct object_id oid;
+
+		if (get_oid("HEAD", &oid))
+			die(_("unable to get HEAD"));
+
+		mb_child[1] = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &oid);
+	}
+
+	merge_bases = repo_get_merge_bases(the_repository, mb_child[0], mb_child[1]);
+	if (!merge_bases)
+		die(_("no merge base found"));
+	if (merge_bases->next)
+		die(_("multiple merge bases found"));
+
+	oidcpy(mb, &merge_bases->item->object.oid);
+
+	free_commit_list(merge_bases);
+}
+
+int run_diff_index(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 {
 	struct object_array_entry *ent;
+	int cached = !!(option & DIFF_INDEX_CACHED);
+	int merge_base = !!(option & DIFF_INDEX_MERGE_BASE);
+	struct object_id oid;
+	const char *name;
+	char merge_base_hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 
 	if (revs->pending.nr != 1)
 		BUG("run_diff_index must be passed exactly one tree");
 
 	trace_performance_enter();
 	ent = revs->pending.objects;
-	if (diff_cache(revs, &ent->item->oid, ent->name, cached))
+
+	if (merge_base) {
+		diff_get_merge_base(revs, &oid);
+		name = oid_to_hex_r(merge_base_hex, &oid);
+	} else {
+		oidcpy(&oid, &ent->item->oid);
+		name = ent->name;
+	}
+
+	if (diff_cache(revs, &oid, name, cached))
 		exit(128);
 
 	diff_set_mnemonic_prefix(&revs->diffopt, "c/", cached ? "i/" : "w/");
@@ -571,3 +622,28 @@ int index_differs_from(struct repository *r,
 	object_array_clear(&rev.pending);
 	return (rev.diffopt.flags.has_changes != 0);
 }
+
+static struct strbuf *idiff_prefix_cb(struct diff_options *opt, void *data)
+{
+	return data;
+}
+
+void show_interdiff(const struct object_id *oid1, const struct object_id *oid2,
+		    int indent, struct diff_options *diffopt)
+{
+	struct diff_options opts;
+	struct strbuf prefix = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	memcpy(&opts, diffopt, sizeof(opts));
+	opts.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+	opts.output_prefix = idiff_prefix_cb;
+	strbuf_addchars(&prefix, ' ', indent);
+	opts.output_prefix_data = &prefix;
+	diff_setup_done(&opts);
+
+	diff_tree_oid(oid1, oid2, "", &opts);
+	diffcore_std(&opts);
+	diff_flush(&opts);
+
+	strbuf_release(&prefix);
+}