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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-26 00:05:04 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-26 01:18:49 -0700
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combine-diff: a few more finishing touches.
"new file" and "deleted file" were already reported in the original code, but the logic was not as transparent as it could have. This uses a few variables and more comments to clarify the flow. The rule is: (1) if a path exists in the merge result when no parent had it, we report "new" (otherwise it came from the parents, as opposed to have added by the evil merge). (2) if the path does not exist in the merge result, it is "deleted". Since we can say "new" and "deleted", there is no reason not to follow the /dev/null convention. This fixes it. Appending function name after @@@ ... @@@ is trivial, so implement it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ copying detection) are designed to work with diff of two
--- a/file
+++ b/file
+
-Contrary to two-line header for traditional 'unified' diff
-format, and similar to filenames in ordinary "diff header",
-/dev/null is not used for creation or deletion.
+Similar to two-line header for traditional 'unified' diff
+format, `/dev/null` is used to signal created or deleted
+files.
4. Chunk header format is modified to prevent people from
accidentally feeding it to `patch -p1`. Combined diff format