Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / builtin-diff.c

diff --git a/builtin-diff.c b/builtin-diff.c
index 037c3039a43d198f228fbc64e46d85d4170c1329..35da366f46009eab8eab693f7f56403d91d5d677 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/builtin-diff.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static int builtin_diff_b_f(struct rev_info *revs,
        if (!(S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)))
                die("'%s': not a regular file or symlink", path);
 
+       diff_set_mnemonic_prefix(&revs->diffopt, "o/", "w/");
+
        if (blob[0].mode == S_IFINVALID)
                blob[0].mode = canon_mode(st.st_mode);
 
@@ -223,7 +225,13 @@ static int builtin_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, int argc, const char **argv
                argv++; argc--;
        }
 
-       if (revs->max_count == -1 &&
+       /*
+        * "diff --base" should not combine merges because it was not
+        * asked to.  "diff -c" should not densify (if the user wants
+        * dense one, --cc can be explicitly asked for, or just rely
+        * on the default).
+        */
+       if (revs->max_count == -1 && !revs->combine_merges &&
            (revs->diffopt.output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH))
                revs->combine_merges = revs->dense_combined_merges = 1;