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Diffstat (limited to 'diff.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | diff.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1544,8 +1544,9 @@ static void builtin_diffstat(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, const char *attr_path, - struct diff_filespec *one, - struct diff_filespec *two, struct diff_options *o) + struct diff_filespec *one, + struct diff_filespec *two, + struct diff_options *o) { mmfile_t mf1, mf2; struct checkdiff_t data; @@ -1564,6 +1565,12 @@ static void builtin_checkdiff(const char *name_a, const char *name_b, if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0) die("unable to read files to diff"); + /* + * All the other codepaths check both sides, but not checking + * the "old" side here is deliberate. We are checking the newly + * introduced changes, and as long as the "new" side is text, we + * can and should check what it introduces. + */ if (diff_filespec_is_binary(two)) goto free_and_return; else { |