From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] builtin/diff: explicitly set hash algo when there is no repo
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:41:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqedaxxmsa.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39e56dab621a2a1e0cbaf67f8de44614c354dcb1.1713519789.git.ps@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:51:48 +0200")
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> The git-diff(1) command can be used outside repositories to diff two
> files with each other. But even if there is no repository we will end up
> hashing the files that we are diffing so that we can print the "index"
> line:
>
> ```
> diff --git a/a b/b
> index 7898192..6178079 100644
> --- a/a
> +++ b/b
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -a
> +b
> ```
This will break "git am"; it is customary to indent such sample
patch block in a log message.
> We implicitly use SHA1 to calculate the hash here, which is because
> `the_repository` gets initialized with SHA1 during the startup routine.
> We are about to stop doing this though such that `the_repository` only
> ever has a hash function when it was properly initialized via a repo's
> configuration.
>
> To give full control to our users, we would ideally add a new switch to
> git-diff(1) that allows them to specify the hash function when executed
> outside of a repository. But for now, we only convert the code to make
> this explicit such that we can stop setting the default hash algorithm
> for `the_repository`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
> builtin/diff.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
> index 6e196e0c7d..58ec7e5da2 100644
> --- a/builtin/diff.c
> +++ b/builtin/diff.c
> @@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> no_index = DIFF_NO_INDEX_IMPLICIT;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * When operating outside of a Git repository we need to have a hash
> + * algorithm at hand so that we can generate the blob hashes. We
> + * default to SHA1 here, but may eventually want to change this to be
> + * configurable via a command line option.
> + */
> + if (nongit)
> + repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, GIT_HASH_SHA1);
> +
> init_diff_ui_defaults();
> git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
> prefix = precompose_argv_prefix(argc, argv, prefix);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-22 18:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-19 9:51 [PATCH 00/11] Stop relying on SHA1 fallback for `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 01/11] path: harden validation of HEAD with non-standard hashes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 19:03 ` brian m. carlson
2024-04-22 4:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-22 16:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-23 4:50 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 16:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 02/11] parse-options-cb: only abbreviate hashes when hash algo is known Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 0:30 ` Justin Tobler
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 03/11] attr: don't recompute default attribute source Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 0:32 ` Justin Tobler
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 04/11] attr: fix BUG() when parsing attrs outside of repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 05/11] remote-curl: fix parsing of detached SHA256 heads Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 06/11] builtin/rev-parse: allow shortening to more than 40 hex characters Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 07/11] builtin/blame: don't access potentially unitialized `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 08/11] builtin/bundle: abort "verify" early when there is no repository Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 09/11] builtin/diff: explicitly set hash algo when there is no repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-22 18:41 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 10/11] builtin/shortlog: don't set up revisions without repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 0:35 ` Justin Tobler
2024-04-19 9:51 ` [PATCH 11/11] repository: stop setting SHA1 as the default object hash Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 19:12 ` [PATCH 00/11] Stop relying on SHA1 fallback for `the_hash_algo` brian m. carlson
2024-04-19 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-22 4:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] path: harden validation of HEAD with non-standard hashes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] path: move `validate_headref()` to its only user Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] parse-options-cb: only abbreviate hashes when hash algo is known Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] attr: don't recompute default attribute source Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] attr: fix BUG() when parsing attrs outside of repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] remote-curl: fix parsing of detached SHA256 heads Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] builtin/rev-parse: allow shortening to more than 40 hex characters Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:08 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] builtin/blame: don't access potentially unitialized `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:08 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] builtin/bundle: abort "verify" early when there is no repository Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:08 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] builtin/diff: explicitly set hash algo when there is no repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:08 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] builtin/shortlog: don't set up revisions without repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 5:08 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] repository: stop setting SHA1 as the default object hash Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-27 22:09 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] Stop relying on SHA1 fallback for `the_hash_algo` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-29 6:05 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] path: harden validation of HEAD with non-standard hashes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] path: move `validate_headref()` to its only user Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] parse-options-cb: only abbreviate hashes when hash algo is known Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] attr: don't recompute default attribute source Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] attr: fix BUG() when parsing attrs outside of repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] remote-curl: fix parsing of detached SHA256 heads Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] builtin/rev-parse: allow shortening to more than 40 hex characters Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] builtin/blame: don't access potentially unitialized `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] builtin/bundle: abort "verify" early when there is no repository Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:34 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] builtin/diff: explicitly set hash algo when there is no repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:35 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] builtin/shortlog: don't set up revisions without repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:35 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] oss-fuzz/commit-graph: set up hash algorithm Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 6:35 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] repository: stop setting SHA1 as the default object hash Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:52 ` [PATCH v4 00/13] Stop relying on SHA1 fallback for `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:52 ` [PATCH v4 01/13] path: harden validation of HEAD with non-standard hashes Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:52 ` [PATCH v4 02/13] path: move `validate_headref()` to its only user Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:52 ` [PATCH v4 03/13] parse-options-cb: only abbreviate hashes when hash algo is known Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 04/13] attr: don't recompute default attribute source Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 05/13] attr: fix BUG() when parsing attrs outside of repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 06/13] remote-curl: fix parsing of detached SHA256 heads Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 07/13] builtin/rev-parse: allow shortening to more than 40 hex characters Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 08/13] builtin/blame: don't access potentially unitialized `the_hash_algo` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 09/13] builtin/bundle: abort "verify" early when there is no repository Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 10/13] builtin/diff: explicitly set hash algo when there is no repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 11/13] builtin/shortlog: don't set up revisions without repo Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 12/13] oss-fuzz/commit-graph: set up hash algorithm Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 4:53 ` [PATCH v4 13/13] repository: stop setting SHA1 as the default object hash Patrick Steinhardt
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