On Sat, Aug 01, 2015 at 06:33:39PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > If the diff contains files with very large diffs, diffstat's automatic > scaling can cause files with small diffs to display zero '-' or '+' > characters. This hides key information from the diffstat, namely > the direction of the diff. diffstat should always display at least one > '-' for a file with lines removed, and at least one '+' for a file with > lines added, regardless of scaling.
Steps to reproduce: /tmp$ mkdir foo /tmp$ cd foo/ /tmp/foo$ mkdir 1 /tmp/foo$ mkdir 2 /tmp/foo$ echo one-line > 2/only-in-2 /tmp/foo$ echo one-line > 1/only-in-1 /tmp/foo$ seq 1 100000 > 2/big-file /tmp/foo$ diff -Naur 1 2 | diffstat big-file |100000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ only-in-1 | 1 only-in-2 | 1 3 files changed, 100001 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
