range-diff: show submodule changes irrespective of diff.submodule
After generating diffs for each range to be compared using a 'git log'
invocation, range-diff.c::read_patches looks for the "diff --git" header
in those diffs to recognize the beginning of a new change.
In a project with submodules, and with 'diff.submodule=log' set in the
config, this header is missing for the diff of a changed submodule, so
any submodule changes are quietly ignored in the range-diff.
When 'diff.submodule=diff' is set in the config, the "diff --git" header
is also missing for the submodule itself, but is shown for submodule
content changes, which can easily confuse 'git range-diff' and lead to
errors such as:
error: git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent old filename on line 1
error: could not parse git header 'diff --git path/to/submodule/and/some/file/within
'
error: could not parse log for '@{u}..@{1}'
Force the submodule diff format to its default ("short") when invoking
'git log' to generate the patches for each range, such that submodule
changes are always detected.
Add a test, including an invocation with '--creation-factor=100' to
force the second commit in the range not to be considered a complete
rewrite, in order to verify we do indeed get the "short" format.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/range-diff.c b/range-diff.c
index b72eb9f..068bf21 100644
--- a/range-diff.c
+++ b/range-diff.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list,
strvec_pushl(&cp.args, "log", "--no-color", "-p", "--no-merges",
"--reverse", "--date-order", "--decorate=no",
- "--no-prefix",
+ "--no-prefix", "--submodule=short",
/*
* Choose indicators that are not used anywhere
* else in diffs, but still look reasonable
