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60370d40 1;;; diff.el --- run `diff' in compilation-mode
c0274f38 2
0d30b337 3;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
409cc4a3 4;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3a801d0c 5
6228c05b 6;; Maintainer: FSF
e9571d2a 7;; Keywords: unix, tools
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9;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10
eb3fa2cf 11;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
b10a4379 12;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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13;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
14;; (at your option) any later version.
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15
16;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19;; GNU General Public License for more details.
20
21;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 22;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
b10a4379 23
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24;;; Commentary:
25
26;; This package helps you explore differences between files, using the
27;; UNIX command diff(1). The commands are `diff' and `diff-backup'.
28;; You can specify options with `diff-switches'.
29
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30;;; Code:
31
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32(defgroup diff nil
33 "Comparing files with `diff'."
34 :group 'tools)
35
36;;;###autoload
37(defcustom diff-switches "-c"
9201cc28 38 "A string or list of strings specifying switches to be passed to diff."
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39 :type '(choice string (repeat string))
40 :group 'diff)
41
42;;;###autoload
43(defcustom diff-command "diff"
9201cc28 44 "The command to use to run diff."
660d4800 45 :type 'string
85b6275f 46 :group 'diff)
d009603c 47
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48(defvar diff-old-temp-file nil
49 "This is the name of a temp file to be deleted after diff finishes.")
50(defvar diff-new-temp-file nil
51 "This is the name of a temp file to be deleted after diff finishes.")
52
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53;; prompt if prefix arg present
54(defun diff-switches ()
55 (if current-prefix-arg
56 (read-string "Diff switches: "
57 (if (stringp diff-switches)
58 diff-switches
59 (mapconcat 'identity diff-switches " ")))))
60
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61(defun diff-sentinel (code)
62 "Code run when the diff process exits.
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63CODE is the exit code of the process. It should be 0 only if no diffs
64were found."
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65 (if diff-old-temp-file (delete-file diff-old-temp-file))
66 (if diff-new-temp-file (delete-file diff-new-temp-file))
67 (save-excursion
68 (goto-char (point-max))
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69 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
70 (insert (format "\nDiff finished%s. %s\n"
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71 (cond ((equal 0 code) " (no differences)")
72 ((equal 2 code) " (diff error)")
73 (t ""))
53dd481c 74 (current-time-string))))))
540d0666 75
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76(defvar diff-old-file nil)
77(defvar diff-new-file nil)
78(defvar diff-extra-args nil)
79
b10a4379 80;;;###autoload
0f7b0f88 81(defun diff (old new &optional switches no-async)
b10a4379 82 "Find and display the differences between OLD and NEW files.
4b00edc8 83Interactively the current buffer's file name is the default for NEW
646bd331 84and a backup file for NEW is the default for OLD.
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85If NO-ASYNC is non-nil, call diff synchronously.
86With prefix arg, prompt for diff switches."
b10a4379 87 (interactive
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88 (let (oldf newf)
89 (setq newf (buffer-file-name)
90 newf (if (and newf (file-exists-p newf))
91 (read-file-name
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92 (concat "Diff new file (default "
93 (file-name-nondirectory newf) "): ")
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94 nil newf t)
95 (read-file-name "Diff new file: " nil nil t)))
96 (setq oldf (file-newest-backup newf)
97 oldf (if (and oldf (file-exists-p oldf))
98 (read-file-name
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99 (concat "Diff original file (default "
100 (file-name-nondirectory oldf) "): ")
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101 (file-name-directory oldf) oldf t)
102 (read-file-name "Diff original file: "
103 (file-name-directory newf) nil t)))
104 (list oldf newf (diff-switches))))
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105 (setq new (expand-file-name new)
106 old (expand-file-name old))
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107 (or switches (setq switches diff-switches)) ; If not specified, use default.
108 (let* ((old-alt (file-local-copy old))
5d68c2c2 109 (new-alt (file-local-copy new))
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110 (command
111 (mapconcat 'identity
112 `(,diff-command
113 ;; Use explicitly specified switches
114 ,@(if (listp switches) switches (list switches))
115 ,@(if (or old-alt new-alt)
116 (list "-L" old "-L" new))
117 ,(shell-quote-argument (or old-alt old))
118 ,(shell-quote-argument (or new-alt new)))
119 " "))
120 (buf (get-buffer-create "*Diff*"))
de9dc5e5 121 (thisdir default-directory)
540d0666 122 proc)
9f748a35 123 (save-excursion
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124 (display-buffer buf)
125 (set-buffer buf)
126 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
127 (buffer-disable-undo (current-buffer))
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128 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
129 (erase-buffer))
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130 (buffer-enable-undo (current-buffer))
131 (diff-mode)
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132 ;; Use below 2 vars for backward-compatibility.
133 (set (make-local-variable 'diff-old-file) old)
134 (set (make-local-variable 'diff-new-file) new)
135 (set (make-local-variable 'diff-extra-args) (list switches no-async))
540d0666 136 (set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
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137 (lambda (ignore-auto noconfirm)
138 (apply 'diff diff-old-file diff-new-file diff-extra-args)))
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139 (set (make-local-variable 'diff-old-temp-file) old-alt)
140 (set (make-local-variable 'diff-new-temp-file) new-alt)
de9dc5e5 141 (setq default-directory thisdir)
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142 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
143 (insert command "\n"))
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144 (if (and (not no-async) (fboundp 'start-process))
145 (progn
146 (setq proc (start-process "Diff" buf shell-file-name
147 shell-command-switch command))
53dd481c 148 (set-process-filter proc 'diff-process-filter)
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149 (set-process-sentinel
150 proc (lambda (proc msg)
151 (with-current-buffer (process-buffer proc)
152 (diff-sentinel (process-exit-status proc))))))
153 ;; Async processes aren't available.
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154 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
155 (diff-sentinel
156 (call-process shell-file-name nil buf nil
157 shell-command-switch command)))))
540d0666 158 buf))
aa228418 159
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160(defun diff-process-filter (proc string)
161 (with-current-buffer (process-buffer proc)
162 (let ((moving (= (point) (process-mark proc))))
163 (save-excursion
164 ;; Insert the text, advancing the process marker.
165 (goto-char (process-mark proc))
166 (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
167 (insert string))
168 (set-marker (process-mark proc) (point)))
169 (if moving (goto-char (process-mark proc))))))
170
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171;;;###autoload
172(defun diff-backup (file &optional switches)
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173 "Diff this file with its backup file or vice versa.
174Uses the latest backup, if there are several numerical backups.
175If this file is a backup, diff it with its original.
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176The backup file is the first file given to `diff'.
177With prefix arg, prompt for diff switches."
646bd331 178 (interactive (list (read-file-name "Diff (file with backup): ")
4c11f6a8 179 (diff-switches)))
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180 (let (bak ori)
181 (if (backup-file-name-p file)
182 (setq bak file
183 ori (file-name-sans-versions file))
184 (setq bak (or (diff-latest-backup-file file)
185 (error "No backup found for %s" file))
186 ori file))
646bd331 187 (diff bak ori switches)))
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188
189(defun diff-latest-backup-file (fn) ; actually belongs into files.el
190 "Return the latest existing backup of FILE, or nil."
a617e913 191 (let ((handler (find-file-name-handler fn 'diff-latest-backup-file)))
34c46d87 192 (if handler
6d0d0e8d 193 (funcall handler 'diff-latest-backup-file fn)
a8090e38 194 (file-newest-backup fn))))
aa228418 195
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196(provide 'diff)
197
d4871b4f 198;; arch-tag: 7de2c29b-7ea5-4b85-9b9d-72dd860de2bd
c0274f38 199;;; diff.el ends here