[PATCH] diff-raw format update take #2.

This changes the diff-raw format again, following the mailing
list discussion.  The new format explicitly expresses which one
is a rename and which one is a copy.

The documentation and tests are updated to match this change.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 7e9a515ad..f85a605f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -19,28 +19,34 @@ git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
 
 An output line is formatted this way:
 
-  ':' <mode> ' ' <mode> ' ' <sha1> ' ' <sha1> I <path> I <path> L
-
-By default, I and L are '\t' and '\n' respectively.  When '-z'
-flag is in effect, both I and L are '\0'.
-
-In each <mode>, <sha1> and <path> pair, left hand side describes
-the left hand side of what is being compared (<tree-ish> in
-git-diff-cache, <tree-ish-1> in git-diff-tree, cache contents in
-git-diff-files).  Non-existence is shown by having 000000 in the
-<mode> column.  That is, 000000 appears as the first <mode> for
-newly created files, and as the second <mode> for deleted files.
-
-Usually two <path> are the same.  When rename/copy detection is
-used, however, an "create" and another "delete" records can be
-merged into a single record that has two <path>, old name and
-new name.
+in-place edit  :100644 100644 bcd1234... 0123456... M file0
+copy-edit      :100644 100644 abcd123... 1234567... C68 file1 file2
+rename-edit    :100644 100644 abcd123... 1234567... R86 file1 file3
+create         :000000 100644 0000000... 1234567... N file4
+delete         :100644 000000 1234567... 0000000... D file5
+unmerged       :000000 000000 0000000... 0000000... U file6
+
+That is, from the left to the right:
+
+  (1) a colon.
+  (2) mode for "src"; 000000 if creation or unmerged.
+  (3) a space.
+  (4) mode for "dst"; 000000 if deletion or unmerged.
+  (5) a space.
+  (6) sha1 for "src"; 0{40} if creation or unmerged.
+  (7) a space.
+  (8) sha1 for "dst"; 0{40} if creation, unmerged or "look at work tree".
+  (9) status, followed by similarlity index number only for C and R.
+ (10) a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used.
+ (11) path for "src"
+ (12) a tab or a NUL when '-z' option is used; only exists for C or R.
+ (13) path for "dst"; only exists for C or R.
+ (14) an LF or a NUL when '-z' option is used, to terminate the record.
 
 <sha1> is shown as all 0's if new is a file on the filesystem
 and it is out of sync with the cache.  Example:
 
-  :100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000......    file.c    file.c
-
+  :100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c
 
 Generating patches with -p
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-helper.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-helper.txt
index 2036c6cc1..90342c912 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-helper.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-helper.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-diff-helper - Generates patch format output for git-diff-*
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-diff-helper' [-z] [-R] [-M] [-C] [-S<string>]
+'git-diff-helper' [-z] [-S<string>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,22 +21,6 @@ OPTIONS
 -z::
 	\0 line termination on input
 
--R::
-	Output diff in reverse.  This is useful for displaying output from
-	"git-diff-cache" which always compares tree with cache or working
-	file.  E.g.
-
-		git-diff-cache <tree> | git-diff-helper -R file.c
-
-	would show a diff to bring the working file back to what
-	is in the <tree>.
-
--M::
-	Detect renames.
-
--C::
-	Detect copies as well as renames.
-
 -S<string>::
 	Look for differences that contains the change in <string>.