Merge branch 'tg/maint-cache-name-compare'

diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 9069dc41be33a362ff04d52c00b4830eed272826..da8f6aac2bde9bb93cb059898a21c19c9bb27634 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -304,13 +304,7 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, RECURSIVE);
 
-       /*
-        * If the user asked for our exit code then don't start a
-        * pager or we would end up reporting its exit code instead.
-        */
-       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) &&
-           check_pager_config("diff") != 0)
-               setup_pager();
+       setup_diff_pager(&rev.diffopt);
 
        /*
         * Do we have --cached and not have a pending object, then
@@ -421,3 +415,19 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                refresh_index_quietly();
        return result;
 }
+
+void setup_diff_pager(struct diff_options *opt)
+{
+       /*
+        * If the user asked for our exit code, then either they want --quiet
+        * or --exit-code. We should definitely not bother with a pager in the
+        * former case, as we will generate no output. Since we still properly
+        * report our exit code even when a pager is run, we _could_ run a
+        * pager with --exit-code. But since we have not done so historically,
+        * and because it is easy to find people oneline advising "git diff
+        * --exit-code" in hooks and other scripts, we do not do so.
+        */
+       if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(opt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) &&
+           check_pager_config("diff") != 0)
+               setup_pager();
+}