git-gui: Revert "Don't modify CREDITS-FILE if it hasn't changed."

This reverts commit 92446aba47b0e0db28f7b858ea387efcca30ab44.

Too many users have complained about the credits generator in
git-gui, so I'm backing the entire thing out.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>

diff --git a/CREDITS-GEN b/CREDITS-GEN
index d1b0f86355ed8e37abe7eefcd2eabddee861178d..da2c07629e171daf2dafa677cbbb514be815aed9 100755 (executable)
--- a/CREDITS-GEN
+++ b/CREDITS-GEN
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ tree_search ()
 generate_credits ()
 {
        tip=$1 &&
 generate_credits ()
 {
        tip=$1 &&

-       rm -f "$2" &&
-       git shortlog -n -s $tip | sed 's/: .*$//' >"$2" || exit
+       rm -f $CF &&
+       git shortlog -n -s $tip | sed 's/: .*$//' >$CF || exit

 }
 
 # Always use the tarball credits file if found, just
 }
 
 # Always use the tarball credits file if found, just


@@ -36,14 +36,10 @@ generate_credits ()
 # that fact.
 #
 
 # that fact.
 #
 

-credits_tmp=/var/tmp/gitgui-credits-$$
-trap 'rm -f "$credits_tmp"' 0
-
-orig="$credits_tmp"
-

 if test -f credits
 then
 if test -f credits
 then

-       orig=credits
+       rm -f $CF &&
+       cp credits $CF || exit

 elif prefix="$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null)" &&
    test -n "$prefix" &&
    head=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD -- . 2>/dev/null) &&
 elif prefix="$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null)" &&
    test -n "$prefix" &&
    head=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD -- . 2>/dev/null) &&


@@ -51,21 +47,12 @@ elif prefix="$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null)" &&
    tip=$(tree_search $head $tree) &&
    test -n "$tip"
 then
    tip=$(tree_search $head $tree) &&
    test -n "$tip"
 then

-       generate_credits $tip "$orig" || exit
+       generate_credits $tip || exit

 elif tip="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null)" &&
    test -n "$tip"
 then
 elif tip="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null)" &&
    test -n "$tip"
 then

-       generate_credits $tip "$orig" || exit
+       generate_credits $tip || exit

 else
        echo "error: Cannot locate authorship information." >&2
        exit 1
 fi
 else
        echo "error: Cannot locate authorship information." >&2
        exit 1
 fi

-
-if test -f "$orig" && cmp -s "$orig" "$CF"
-then
-       : noop
-else
-       rm -f "$CF" &&
-       cat "$orig" >"$CF"
-fi
-