[PATCH v2 8/9] built-in add -i: re-implement the `diff` command

["Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>]

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

It is not only laziness that we simply spawn `git diff -p --cached`
here: this command needs to use the pager, and the pager needs to exit
when the diff is done. Currently we do not have any way to make that
happen if we run the diff in-process. So let's just spawn.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 add-interactive.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/add-interactive.c b/add-interactive.c
index cba9688bb5..4d7d44a917 100644
--- a/add-interactive.c
+++ b/add-interactive.c
@@ -931,6 +931,47 @@ static int run_patch(struct add_i_state *s, const struct pathspec *ps,
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int run_diff(struct add_i_state *s, const struct pathspec *ps,
+		    struct prefix_item_list *files,
+		    struct list_and_choose_options *opts)
+{
+	int res = 0;
+	ssize_t count, i;
+
+	struct object_id oid;
+	int is_initial = !resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", RESOLVE_REF_READING, &oid,
+					     NULL);
+	if (get_modified_files(s->r, INDEX_ONLY, files, ps, NULL, NULL) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!files->items.nr) {
+		putchar('\n');
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	opts->prompt = N_("Review diff");
+	opts->flags = IMMEDIATE;
+	count = list_and_choose(s, files, opts);
+	opts->flags = 0;
+	if (count >= 0) {
+		struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+
+		argv_array_pushl(&args, "git", "diff", "-p", "--cached",
+				 oid_to_hex(!is_initial ? &oid :
+					    s->r->hash_algo->empty_tree),
+				 "--", NULL);
+		for (i = 0; i < files->items.nr; i++)
+			if (files->selected[i])
+				argv_array_push(&args,
+						files->items.items[i].string);
+		res = run_command_v_opt(args.argv, 0);
+		argv_array_clear(&args);
+	}
+
+	putchar('\n');
+	return res;
+}
+
 static int run_help(struct add_i_state *s, const struct pathspec *unused_ps,
 		    struct prefix_item_list *unused_files,
 		    struct list_and_choose_options *unused_opts)
@@ -1029,6 +1070,7 @@ int run_add_i(struct repository *r, const struct pathspec *ps)
 		{ "revert", run_revert },
 		{ "add untracked", run_add_untracked },
 		{ "patch", run_patch },
+		{ "diff", run_diff },
 		{ "help", run_help },
 	};
 	struct prefix_item_list commands = PREFIX_ITEM_LIST_INIT;
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