From 5ff10dd602f5926f0f5a73ae7de5866713428aa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:34:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] diff --check: explain why we do not care whether old side is binary All other codepaths refrain from running textual diff when either the old or the new side is binary, but this function only checks the new side. I was almost going to change it to check both, but that would be a bad change. Explain why to prevent future mistakes. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 893942359..c00d633c1 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -1544,8 +1544,9 @@ static void builtin_diffstat(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, const char *attr_path, - struct diff_filespec *one, - struct diff_filespec *two, struct diff_options *o) + struct diff_filespec *one, + struct diff_filespec *two, + struct diff_options *o) { mmfile_t mf1, mf2; struct checkdiff_t data; @@ -1564,6 +1565,12 @@ static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0) die("unable to read files to diff"); + /* + * All the other codepaths check both sides, but not checking + * the "old" side here is deliberate. We are checking the newly + * introduced changes, and as long as the "new" side is text, we + * can and should check what it introduces. + */ if (diff_filespec_is_binary(two)) goto free_and_return; else { -- 2.30.2