bug in git diff --unified=0 ?
From: Shawn O. Pearce <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:42
I can't decide if this is a bug in JGit, or a bug in CGit, or just
an area where the patch format is very unclear.
The following 2 patches are identical, but use different context:
git diff --unified=1:
diff --git a/X b/X
index a3648a1..2d44096 100644
--- a/X
+++ b/X
@@ -2,2 +2,3 @@
b
+c
d
@@ -16,4 +17,2 @@
q
-r
-s
t
git diff --unified=0:
diff --git a/X b/X
index a3648a1..2d44096 100644
--- a/X
+++ b/X
@@ -2,0 +3 @@
+c
@@ -17,2 +17,0 @@
-r
-s
Now lets look at JGit's output of that last patch, unified=0:
diff --git a/X b/X
index a3648a1..2d44096 100644
--- a/X
+++ b/X
@@ -3,0 +3,1 @@
+c
@@ -17,2 +18,0 @@
-r
-s
Notice that `git diff --unified=1` said the first hunk started on
line 2 of the pre-image, as the 2nd line of the file is the context
line "b\n". I call that correct.
However, `git diff --unified=0` said the first hunk started on line
2 of the pre-image, but there is no pre-image mentioned. JGit says
it starts on line 3 of the pre-image, because the script is adding
a "c\n" on line 3.
The exact opposite behavior can be seen in the 2nd hunk, where we
delete lines. Again, `git diff --unified=0` seems to behave as
though we had 1 line of context, but we don't.
--
Shawn.