diff: change semantics of "ignore whitespace" options

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index cd35e0c2d7e29012e24cc8f5f49d9d351420b56e..467925d931550219a2dbfc5897180dca61ca2fc7 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2378,6 +2378,20 @@ int diff_setup_done(struct diff_options *options)
        if (count > 1)
                die("--name-only, --name-status, --check and -s are mutually exclusive");
 
+       /*
+        * Most of the time we can say "there are changes"
+        * only by checking if there are changed paths, but
+        * --ignore-whitespace* options force us to look
+        * inside contets.
+        */
+
+       if (DIFF_XDL_TST(options, IGNORE_WHITESPACE) ||
+           DIFF_XDL_TST(options, IGNORE_WHITESPACE_CHANGE) ||
+           DIFF_XDL_TST(options, IGNORE_WHITESPACE_AT_EOL))
+               DIFF_OPT_SET(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS);
+       else
+               DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS);
+
        if (DIFF_OPT_TST(options, FIND_COPIES_HARDER))
                options->detect_rename = DIFF_DETECT_COPY;
 
@@ -3330,6 +3344,18 @@ void diff_flush(struct diff_options *options)
        q->nr = q->alloc = 0;
        if (options->close_file)
                fclose(options->file);
+
+       /*
+        * Report the contents level differences with HAS_CHANGES;
+        * diff_addremove/diff_change does not set the bit when
+        * DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS is in effect (e.g. with -w).
+        */
+       if (DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS)) {
+               if (options->found_changes)
+                       DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
+               else
+                       DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, HAS_CHANGES);
+       }
 }
 
 static void diffcore_apply_filter(const char *filter)
@@ -3466,7 +3492,7 @@ void diffcore_std(struct diff_options *options)
        diff_resolve_rename_copy();
        diffcore_apply_filter(options->filter);
 
-       if (diff_queued_diff.nr)
+       if (diff_queued_diff.nr && !DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS))
                DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
        else
                DIFF_OPT_CLR(options, HAS_CHANGES);
@@ -3526,7 +3552,8 @@ void diff_addremove(struct diff_options *options,
                fill_filespec(two, sha1, mode);
 
        diff_queue(&diff_queued_diff, one, two);
-       DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
+       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS))
+               DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
 }
 
 void diff_change(struct diff_options *options,
@@ -3558,7 +3585,8 @@ void diff_change(struct diff_options *options,
        fill_filespec(two, new_sha1, new_mode);
 
        diff_queue(&diff_queued_diff, one, two);
-       DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
+       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(options, DIFF_FROM_CONTENTS))
+               DIFF_OPT_SET(options, HAS_CHANGES);
 }
 
 void diff_unmerge(struct diff_options *options,