Re: [BUG] log --graph corrupts patch

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

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>> To make it bullet-proof, I think we'd have to actually parse the graph
>> structure, finding a "*" line and then accepting only an indent that
>> matched it.
>
> Wow. Nerd snipe successful. This turned out to be quite tricky, but also
> kind of interesting.

The last patch looks quite "interesting" ;-).  The idea is sound and
probably the execution, too, but it indeed is tricky.

>
> Here's a series which fixes it. The meaty bits are in the final commit;
> the rest is just preparatory cleanup, and adding some tests (all are
> cases which I managed to break while fixing this).
>
>   [1/7]: diff-highlight: correct test graph diagram
>   [2/7]: diff-highlight: use test_tick in graph test
>   [3/7]: diff-highlight: prefer "echo" to "cat" in tests
>   [4/7]: diff-highlight: test interleaved parallel lines of history
>   [5/7]: diff-highlight: test graphs with --color
>   [6/7]: diff-highlight: factor out flush_hunk() helper
>   [7/7]: diff-highlight: detect --graph by indent
>
>  contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm       | 89 +++++++++++++++----
>  .../diff-highlight/t/t9400-diff-highlight.sh  | 81 +++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> -Peff