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2018-08-13range-diff: make --dual-color the default modeLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-4/+6
After using this command extensively for the last two months, this developer came to the conclusion that even if the dual color mode still leaves a lot of room for confusion about what was actually changed, the non-dual color mode is substantially worse in that regard. Therefore, we really want to make the dual color mode the default. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13range-diff: offer to dual-color the diffsLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+8
When showing what changed between old and new commits, we show a diff of the patches. This diff is a diff between diffs, therefore there are nested +/- signs, and it can be relatively hard to understand what is going on. With the --dual-color option, the preimage and the postimage are colored like the diffs they are, and the *outer* +/- sign is inverted for clarity. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13range-diff: suppress the diff headersLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+1
When showing the diff between corresponding patches of the two branch versions, we have to make up a fake filename to run the diff machinery. That filename does not carry any meaningful information, hence tbdiff suppresses it. So we should, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13range-diff: indent the diffs just like tbdiffLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+10
The main information in the `range-diff` view comes from the list of matching and non-matching commits, the diffs are additional information. Indenting them helps with the reading flow. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13range-diff: also show the diff between patchesLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-2/+29
Just like tbdiff, we now show the diff between matching patches. This is a "diff of two diffs", so it can be a bit daunting to read for the beginner. An alternative would be to display an interdiff, i.e. the hypothetical diff which is the result of first reverting the old diff and then applying the new diff. Especially when rebasing frequently, an interdiff is often not feasible, though: if the old diff cannot be applied in reverse (due to a moving upstream), an interdiff can simply not be inferred. This commit brings `range-diff` closer to feature parity with regard to tbdiff. To make `git range-diff` respect e.g. color.diff.* settings, we have to adjust git_branch_config() accordingly. Note: while we now parse diff options such as --color, the effect is not yet the same as in tbdiff, where also the commit pairs would be colored. This is left for a later commit. Note also: while tbdiff accepts the `--no-patches` option to suppress these diffs between patches, we prefer the `-s` (or `--no-patch`) option that is automatically supported via our use of diff_opt_parse(). And finally note: to support diff options, we have to call `parse_options()` such that it keeps unknown options, and then loop over those and let `diff_opt_parse()` handle them. After that loop, we have to call `parse_options()` again, to make sure that no unknown options are left. Helped-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13range-diff: first rudimentary implementationLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-1/+44
At this stage, `git range-diff` can determine corresponding commits of two related commit ranges. This makes use of the recently introduced implementation of the linear assignment algorithm. The core of this patch is a straight port of the ideas of tbdiff, the apparently dormant project at https://github.com/trast/tbdiff. The output does not at all match `tbdiff`'s output yet, as this patch really concentrates on getting the patch matching part right. Note: due to differences in the diff algorithm (`tbdiff` uses the Python module `difflib`, Git uses its xdiff fork), the cost matrix calculated by `range-diff` is different (but very similar) to the one calculated by `tbdiff`. Therefore, it is possible that they find different matching commits in corner cases (e.g. when a patch was split into two patches of roughly equal length). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-13Introduce `range-diff` to compare iterations of a topic branchLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+25
This command does not do a whole lot so far, apart from showing a usage that is oddly similar to that of `git tbdiff`. And for a good reason: the next commits will turn `range-branch` into a full-blown replacement for `tbdiff`. At this point, we ignore tbdiff's color options, as they will all be implemented later using diff_options. Since f318d739159 (generate-cmds.sh: export all commands to command-list.h, 2018-05-10), every new command *requires* a man page to build right away, so let's also add a blank man page, too. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>