Merge branch 'sf/diff'

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index aab246c97eb1660acfa231f7008180a12f6deb8d..3e26180f08204df2e7519e4613aa6e3e844e21b2 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a,
        if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0)
                die("unable to read files to diff");
 
-       if (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2)) {
+       if (!o->text && (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2))) {
                /* Quite common confusing case */
                if (mf1.size == mf2.size &&
                    !memcmp(mf1.ptr, mf2.ptr, mf1.size))
@@ -1567,6 +1567,9 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
                options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
                options->full_index = options->binary = 1;
        }
+       else if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--text")) {
+               options->text = 1;
+       }
        else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-only"))
                options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME;
        else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-status"))