start_dir=$(pwd)
-# needed to access tar utility
+# All the file paths returned by the diff command are relative to the root
+# of the working copy. So if the script is called from a subdirectory, it
+# must switch to the root of working copy before trying to use those paths.
cdup=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup) &&
cd "$cdup" || {
echo >&2 "Cannot chdir to $cdup, the toplevel of the working tree"
exit 1
}
-# mktemp is not available on all platforms (missing from msysgit)
-# Use a hard-coded tmp dir if it is not available
-tmp="$(mktemp -d -t tmp.XXXXXX 2>/dev/null)" || {
- tmp=/tmp/git-diffall-tmp.$$
- mkdir "$tmp" || exit 1
-}
-
+# set up temp dir
+tmp=$(perl -e 'use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+ $t=tempdir("/tmp/git-diffall.XXXXX") or exit(1);
+ print $t') || exit 1
trap 'rm -rf "$tmp" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
left=
fi
done < "$tmp/filelist"
else
- # Mac users have gnutar rather than tar
- (tar --ignore-failed-read -c -T "$tmp/filelist" | (cd "$tmp/$right_dir" && tar -x)) || {
- gnutar --ignore-failed-read -c -T "$tmp/filelist" | (cd "$tmp/$right_dir" && gnutar -x)
- }
+ while read name
+ do
+ if test -e "$name"
+ then
+ mkdir -p "$tmp/$right_dir/$(dirname "$name")"
+ cp "$name" "$tmp/$right_dir/$name"
+ fi
+ done < "$tmp/filelist"
fi
# Populate the tmp/left_dir directory with the files to be compared