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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
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# Usage: #
# gitchdiff [-r:] [repository] #
# #
# Example: #
# gitchdiff # == gitchdiff -rHEAD^:HEAD . #
# gitchdiff -rHEAD^^:HEAD # == gitchdiff -rHEAD^^:HEAD . #
# gitchdiff -master:origin/master # == gitchdiff -rmaster:origin/master . #
# gitchdiff /path/to/git/repository # == gitchdiff -rHEAD^:HEAD /path/to/git/repository #
# gitchdiff -rHEAD^:HEAD /path/to/git/repository # == gitchdiff -rHEAD^:HEAD /path/to/git/repository #
# #
# Authored by Simon Menke, with minor optimizations by Jonathan del Strother #
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def checkout(origin, rev)
tmp = "/tmp/git_chdiff_#{rand}.tmp/"
Dir.mkdir(tmp)
Dir.chdir(origin) do
# The clean, porcelainy way would be "git archive --format=tar '#{rev}' | (cd #{tmp} && tar xf -)"
# I've found the plumbing to be marginally faster :
system "git read-tree '#{rev}'; git checkout-index --prefix=#{tmp} -a; git read-tree HEAD"
end
return tmp
end
def diff(origin, revs={})
revs = {:left=>"HEAD^",:right=>"HEAD"}.merge(revs)
left = checkout origin, revs[:left]
right = checkout origin, revs[:right]
system "chdiff '#{left}' '#{right}'"
end
revs = {}
git_dir = Dir.pwd
ARGV.each do |arg|
if arg[0,2] == "-r"
rev_strings = arg[2..-1].split(':')
case rev_strings.size
when 1
revs[:left] = rev_strings[0] unless rev_strings[0].empty?
when 2
revs[:left] = rev_strings[0] unless rev_strings[0].empty?
revs[:right] = rev_strings[1] unless rev_strings[1].empty?
else
revs = nil
end
else
git_dir = arg unless arg.empty?
end
end
diff(git_dir, revs)