view tests/pdiff @ 32092:1e0f3723d658 stable

color: point to the config help in global help topic

We point out at the help of the config option for user who wants to learn more
about the possible config value.

The suggested command returns some other extra (color related) results, but this
is bug to fix outside of the freeze.

#!/bin/sh

# Script to get stable diff output on any platform.
#
# Output of this script is almost equivalent to GNU diff with "-Nru".
#
# Use this script as "hg pdiff" via extdiff extension with preparation
# below in test scripts:
#
#   $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
#   > [extdiff]
#   > pdiff = sh "$RUNTESTDIR/pdiff"
#   > EOF

filediff(){
    # USAGE: filediff file1 file2 [header]

    # compare with /dev/null if file doesn't exist (as "-N" option)
    file1="$1"
    if test ! -f "$file1"; then
        file1=/dev/null
    fi
    file2="$2"
    if test ! -f "$file2"; then
        file2=/dev/null
    fi

    if cmp -s "$file1" "$file2" 2> /dev/null; then
        # Return immediately, because comparison isn't needed. This
        # also avoids redundant message of diff like "No differences
        # encountered" (on Solaris)
        return
    fi

    if test -n "$3"; then
        # show header only in recursive case
        echo "$3"
    fi

    # replace "/dev/null" by corresponded filename (as "-N" option)
    diff -u "$file1" "$file2" |
    sed "s@^--- /dev/null\(.*\)\$@--- $1\1@" |
    sed "s@^\+\+\+ /dev/null\(.*\)\$@+++ $2\1@"
}

if test -d "$1" -o -d "$2"; then
    # ensure comparison in dictionary order
    (
    if test -d "$1"; then (cd "$1" && find . -type f); fi
    if test -d "$2"; then (cd "$2" && find . -type f); fi
    ) |
    sed 's@^\./@@g' | sort | uniq |
    while read file; do
        filediff "$1/$file" "$2/$file" "diff -Nru $1/$file $2/$file"
    done
else
    filediff "$1" "$2"
fi