2 * "git difftool" builtin command
4 * This is a wrapper around the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible
5 * git-difftool--helper script.
7 * This script exports GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and GIT_PAGER for use by git.
8 * The GIT_DIFF* variables are exported for use by git-difftool--helper.
10 * Any arguments that are unknown to this script are forwarded to 'git diff'.
12 * Copyright (C) 2016 Johannes Schindelin
16 #include "run-command.h"
18 #include "parse-options.h"
19 #include "argv-array.h"
24 static char *diff_gui_tool
;
25 static int trust_exit_code
;
27 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage
[] = {
28 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
32 static int difftool_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
34 if (!strcmp(var
, "diff.guitool")) {
35 diff_gui_tool
= xstrdup(value
);
39 if (!strcmp(var
, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
40 trust_exit_code
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
44 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
47 static int print_tool_help(void)
49 const char *argv
[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
};
50 return run_command_v_opt(argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
);
53 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
54 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
58 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
59 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
61 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
62 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
64 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
65 if (get_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
))
66 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
+ 1);
69 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
70 if (get_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
))
71 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
+ 1);
74 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
77 return error("missing status");
78 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
79 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
84 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
85 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
87 static void add_path(struct strbuf
*buf
, size_t base_len
, const char *path
)
89 strbuf_setlen(buf
, base_len
);
90 if (buf
->len
&& buf
->buf
[buf
->len
- 1] != '/')
91 strbuf_addch(buf
, '/');
92 strbuf_addstr(buf
, path
);
96 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
98 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir
, const char *name
,
99 struct object_id
*oid
)
101 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
105 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, workdir
);
106 add_path(&buf
, buf
.len
, name
);
108 if (!lstat(buf
.buf
, &st
) && !S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
109 struct object_id wt_oid
;
110 int fd
= open(buf
.buf
, O_RDONLY
);
113 !index_fd(wt_oid
.hash
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
114 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
115 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
117 } else if (!oidcmp(oid
, &wt_oid
))
122 strbuf_release(&buf
);
127 struct working_tree_entry
{
128 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
129 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
132 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(struct working_tree_entry
*a
,
133 struct working_tree_entry
*b
, void *keydata
)
135 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
139 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
140 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
143 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
144 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
145 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
148 static int pair_cmp(struct pair_entry
*a
, struct pair_entry
*b
, void *keydata
)
150 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
153 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
154 const char *content
, int is_right
)
156 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
158 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
159 hashmap_entry_init(e
, strhash(path
));
160 existing
= hashmap_get(map
, e
, NULL
);
165 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
168 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
172 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
173 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
176 static int path_entry_cmp(struct path_entry
*a
, struct path_entry
*b
, void *key
)
178 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
181 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
184 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
185 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
186 struct strbuf index_env
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
187 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env
[] = {
192 strbuf_addf(&index_env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
193 env
[0] = index_env
.buf
;
195 argv_array_pushl(&update_index
.args
,
196 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
197 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
199 update_index
.no_stdin
= 1;
200 update_index
.no_stdout
= 1;
201 update_index
.no_stderr
= 1;
202 update_index
.git_cmd
= 1;
203 update_index
.use_shell
= 0;
204 update_index
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
205 update_index
.dir
= workdir
;
206 update_index
.env
= env
;
207 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
208 run_command(&update_index
);
210 argv_array_pushl(&diff_files
.args
,
211 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
212 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL
);
213 diff_files
.no_stdin
= 1;
214 diff_files
.git_cmd
= 1;
215 diff_files
.use_shell
= 0;
216 diff_files
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
218 diff_files
.dir
= workdir
;
219 diff_files
.env
= env
;
220 if (start_command(&diff_files
))
221 die("could not obtain raw diff");
222 fp
= xfdopen(diff_files
.out
, "r");
223 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf
, fp
)) {
224 struct path_entry
*entry
;
225 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, buf
.buf
);
226 hashmap_entry_init(entry
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
227 hashmap_add(result
, entry
);
229 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
230 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
231 strbuf_release(&index_env
);
232 strbuf_release(&buf
);
235 static NORETURN
void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir
, int exit_code
)
237 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
238 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, tmpdir
);
239 remove_dir_recursively(&buf
, 0);
241 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code
);
245 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
247 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
252 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
258 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
259 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
260 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
261 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
263 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
264 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
265 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
266 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
267 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
269 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
270 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
271 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
272 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
273 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
275 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
278 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
279 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
280 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
282 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
283 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
284 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
285 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
287 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
289 enum object_type type
;
291 data
= read_sha1_file(oid
->hash
, &type
, &size
);
293 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
294 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
300 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
301 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
303 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
306 ce
= make_cache_entry(mode
, oid
->hash
, path
, 0, 0);
307 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
);
313 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
314 int argc
, const char **argv
)
316 char tmpdir
[PATH_MAX
];
317 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
318 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
319 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
320 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
321 char *lbase_dir
, *rbase_dir
;
322 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
323 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
326 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
, submodules
, symlinks2
;
327 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
328 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
329 struct index_state wtindex
;
330 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
331 int rc
, flags
= RUN_GIT_CMD
, err
= 0;
332 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
333 const char *helper_argv
[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL
, NULL
, NULL
};
334 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
335 int indices_loaded
= 0;
337 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
339 /* Setup temp directories */
340 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
341 xsnprintf(tmpdir
, sizeof(tmpdir
), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
342 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
))
343 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
);
344 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
);
345 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
);
346 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
347 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
348 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
349 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
350 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
352 memset(&wtindex
, 0, sizeof(wtindex
));
354 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
355 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
356 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
358 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
359 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
360 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
365 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
367 hashmap_init(&working_tree_dups
,
368 (hashmap_cmp_fn
)working_tree_entry_cmp
, 0);
369 hashmap_init(&submodules
, (hashmap_cmp_fn
)pair_cmp
, 0);
370 hashmap_init(&symlinks2
, (hashmap_cmp_fn
)pair_cmp
, 0);
375 child
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
378 argv_array_pushl(&child
.args
, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
380 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
381 argv_array_push(&child
.args
, argv
[i
]);
382 if (start_command(&child
))
383 die("could not obtain raw diff");
384 fp
= xfdopen(child
.out
, "r");
386 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
388 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
390 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
392 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
394 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
395 die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
397 "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
399 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
402 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
404 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
407 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
410 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
412 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
415 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
417 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
419 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
421 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
423 if (!oidcmp(&loid
, &roid
))
424 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
425 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
429 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
430 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
431 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
435 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
436 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
437 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
441 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
442 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
))
443 return error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
446 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
447 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
449 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
450 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
451 hashmap_entry_init(entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
452 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, entry
, NULL
)) {
456 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, entry
);
458 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
459 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
, &rstate
))
460 return error("could not write '%s'",
462 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
464 * Changes in the working tree need special
465 * treatment since they are not part of the
468 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
469 make_cache_entry(rmode
, roid
.hash
,
472 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
473 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
475 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
476 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
))
477 return error("could not create "
478 "directory for '%s'",
480 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
482 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
483 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
488 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
490 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
492 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
500 if (finish_command(&child
)) {
501 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
509 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
510 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
511 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
513 hashmap_iter_init(&submodules
, &iter
);
514 while ((entry
= hashmap_iter_next(&iter
))) {
516 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
517 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
518 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
521 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
522 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
523 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
528 * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
529 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
530 * This loop replicates that behavior.
532 hashmap_iter_init(&symlinks2
, &iter
);
533 while ((entry
= hashmap_iter_next(&iter
))) {
535 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
536 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
537 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
540 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
541 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
542 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
546 strbuf_release(&buf
);
548 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
549 helper_argv
[1] = ldir
.buf
;
550 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
551 helper_argv
[2] = rdir
.buf
;
554 helper_argv
[0] = extcmd
;
557 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
558 rc
= run_command_v_opt(helper_argv
, flags
);
561 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
562 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
563 * should be copied back to the working tree.
564 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
565 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
567 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
568 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
569 * files through the symlink.
571 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, (hashmap_cmp_fn
)path_entry_cmp
,
573 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, (hashmap_cmp_fn
)path_entry_cmp
,
576 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
577 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
578 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
581 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
582 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
585 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
588 if (!indices_loaded
) {
589 static struct lock_file lock
;
591 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
);
592 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
593 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
594 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
595 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
598 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
599 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
600 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
601 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
605 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
606 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
607 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
608 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
609 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
610 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
611 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
614 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
615 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
616 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
617 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
622 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
);
623 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
626 exit_cleanup(tmpdir
, rc
);
631 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
632 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
633 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
634 strbuf_release(&buf
);
639 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
640 int argc
, const char **argv
)
642 struct argv_array args
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
643 const char *env
[] = {
644 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
650 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
652 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
655 argv_array_push(&args
, "diff");
656 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
657 argv_array_push(&args
, argv
[i
]);
658 ret
= run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
, prefix
, env
);
662 int cmd_difftool(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
664 int use_gui_tool
= 0, dir_diff
= 0, prompt
= -1, symlinks
= 0,
666 static char *difftool_cmd
= NULL
, *extcmd
= NULL
;
667 struct option builtin_difftool_options
[] = {
668 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool
,
669 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
670 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff
,
671 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
672 { OPTION_SET_INT
, 'y', "no-prompt", &prompt
, NULL
,
673 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
674 PARSE_OPT_NOARG
| PARSE_OPT_NONEG
, NULL
, 0},
675 { OPTION_SET_INT
, 0, "prompt", &prompt
, NULL
, NULL
,
676 PARSE_OPT_NOARG
| PARSE_OPT_NONEG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
,
678 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks
,
679 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
680 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd
, N_("<tool>"),
681 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
682 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help
,
683 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
685 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code
,
686 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
687 "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
688 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd
, N_("<command>"),
689 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
693 git_config(difftool_config
, NULL
);
694 symlinks
= has_symlinks
;
696 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_difftool_options
,
697 builtin_difftool_usage
, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN
|
698 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH
);
701 return print_tool_help();
703 /* NEEDSWORK: once we no longer spawn anything, remove this */
704 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
705 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
707 if (use_gui_tool
&& diff_gui_tool
&& *diff_gui_tool
)
708 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool
, 1);
709 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
711 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
713 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
718 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
720 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
723 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
724 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
727 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
728 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
729 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
730 * each file that changed.
733 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);
734 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);