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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt6
-rw-r--r--diff.c5
-rw-r--r--diff.h4
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index f523ec2fb..1a936295d 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -94,5 +94,11 @@
Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
on-disk file to tree contents.
+--text::
+ Treat all files as text.
+
+-a::
+ Shorthand for "--text".
+
For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index aab246c97..3e26180f0 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a,
if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0)
die("unable to read files to diff");
- if (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2)) {
+ if (!o->text && (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2))) {
/* Quite common confusing case */
if (mf1.size == mf2.size &&
!memcmp(mf1.ptr, mf2.ptr, mf1.size))
@@ -1567,6 +1567,9 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
options->full_index = options->binary = 1;
}
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--text")) {
+ options->text = 1;
+ }
else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-only"))
options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME;
else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-status"))
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index d5573947b..8ab0448a1 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct diff_options {
unsigned recursive:1,
tree_in_recursive:1,
binary:1,
+ text:1,
full_index:1,
silent_on_remove:1,
find_copies_harder:1,
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(struct diff_options *);
" -O<file> reorder diffs according to the <file>.\n" \
" -S<string> find filepair whose only one side contains the string.\n" \
" --pickaxe-all\n" \
-" show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.\n"
+" show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.\n" \
+" -a --text treat all files as text.\n"
extern int diff_queue_is_empty(void);
extern void diff_flush(struct diff_options*);