Re: [PATCH v2] diff-files: treat "i-t-a" files as "not-in-index"

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Srinidhi Kaushik <shrinidhi.kaushik@gmail.com> writes:

> The `diff-files' command and related commands which call the function
> `cmd_diff_files()', consider the "intent-to-add" files as a part of the
> index when comparing the work-tree against it. This was previously
> addressed in commits [1] and [2] by turning the option
> `--ita-invisible-in-index' (introduced in [3]) on by default.
>
> For `diff-files' (and `add -p' as a consequence) to show the i-t-a
> files as as new, `ita_invisible_in_index' will be enabled by default
> here as well.
>
> [1] 0231ae71d3 (diff: turn --ita-invisible-in-index on by default,
>                 2018-05-26)
> [2] 425a28e0a4 (diff-lib: allow ita entries treated as "not yet exist
>                 in index", 2016-10-24)
> [3] b42b451919 (diff: add --ita-[in]visible-in-index, 2016-10-24)
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinidhi Kaushik <shrinidhi.kaushik@gmail.com>
> ---

Thanks.

> -test_expect_success 'diff-files/diff-cached shows ita as new/not-new files' '
> +test_expect_success 'i-t-a files shown as new for "diff", "diff-files"; not-new for "diff --cached"' '
>  	git reset --hard &&
> +	: >empty &&
> +	content="foo" &&
> +	echo "$content" >not-empty &&
> +
> +	hash_e=$(git hash-object empty) &&
> +	hash_n=$(git hash-object not-empty) &&
> +	hash_t=$(git hash-object -t tree /dev/null) &&
> +
> +	cat >expect.diff_p <<-EOF &&
> +	diff --git a/empty b/empty
> +	new file mode 100644
> +	index 0000000..$(git rev-parse --short $hash_e)
> +	diff --git a/not-empty b/not-empty
> +	new file mode 100644
> +	index 0000000..$(git rev-parse --short $hash_n)
> +	--- /dev/null
> +	+++ b/not-empty
> +	@@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +	+$content
> +	EOF
> +	cat >expect.diff_s <<-EOF &&
> +	 create mode 100644 empty
> +	 create mode 100644 not-empty
> +	EOF
> +	cat >expect.diff_a <<-EOF &&
> +	:000000 100644 0000000 $(git rev-parse --short $hash_t) A$(printf "\t")empty
> +	:000000 100644 0000000 $(git rev-parse --short $hash_t) A$(printf "\t")not-empty

This is good, but just FYI you did not have to use printf --- "<<-"
treats only leading tab specially, and not in the middle of a line.

> +	EOF
> +
> +	git add -N empty not-empty &&

OK.  So with two paths...

> +
> +	git diff >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect.diff_p actual &&

... the patch output of "git diff", and

>  	git diff --summary >actual &&

... the summary part, and

> -	echo " create mode 100644 new-ita" >expected &&
> -	test_cmp expected actual &&
> -	git diff --cached --summary >actual2 &&
> -	test_must_be_empty actual2
> -'
> +	test_cmp expect.diff_s actual &&
> +
> +	git diff-files -p >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect.diff_p actual &&
>
> +	git diff-files --abbrev >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect.diff_a actual &&

... the same for "diff-files" and

> +	git diff --cached >actual &&

... "diff -cached" are all checked.

Looking good.

> +	test_must_be_empty actual
> +'
>
>  test_expect_success '"diff HEAD" includes ita as new files' '
>  	git reset --hard &&
> --
> 2.27.0