From 2e6fd71a52f5bde1c4036b8b0c586ae446f620f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Sunshine Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 05:57:14 -0400 Subject: format-patch: extend --range-diff to accept revision range When submitting a revised a patch series, the --range-diff option embeds a range-diff in the cover letter showing changes since the previous version of the patch series. The argument to --range-diff is a simple revision naming the tip of the previous series, which works fine if the previous and current versions of the patch series share a common base. However, it fails if the revision ranges of the old and new versions of the series are disjoint. To address this shortcoming, extend --range-diff to also accept an explicit revision range for the previous series. For example: git format-patch --cover-letter --range-diff=v1~3..v1 -3 v2 Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- builtin/log.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'builtin') diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c index 4b65673f12..fa54090b02 100644 --- a/builtin/log.c +++ b/builtin/log.c @@ -1448,12 +1448,21 @@ static const char *diff_title(struct strbuf *sb, int reroll_count, static void infer_range_diff_ranges(struct strbuf *r1, struct strbuf *r2, const char *prev, + struct commit *origin, struct commit *head) { const char *head_oid = oid_to_hex(&head->object.oid); - strbuf_addf(r1, "%s..%s", head_oid, prev); - strbuf_addf(r2, "%s..%s", prev, head_oid); + if (!strstr(prev, "..")) { + strbuf_addf(r1, "%s..%s", head_oid, prev); + strbuf_addf(r2, "%s..%s", prev, head_oid); + } else if (!origin) { + die(_("failed to infer range-diff ranges")); + } else { + strbuf_addstr(r1, prev); + strbuf_addf(r2, "%s..%s", + oid_to_hex(&origin->object.oid), head_oid); + } } int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) @@ -1802,7 +1811,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (!cover_letter) die(_("--range-diff requires --cover-letter")); - infer_range_diff_ranges(&rdiff1, &rdiff2, rdiff_prev, list[0]); + infer_range_diff_ranges(&rdiff1, &rdiff2, rdiff_prev, + origin, list[0]); rev.rdiff1 = rdiff1.buf; rev.rdiff2 = rdiff2.buf; rev.creation_factor = RANGE_DIFF_CREATION_FACTOR_DEFAULT; -- cgit v1.3-5-g9baa