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| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/log.c | 22 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 5 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c index 0f318107e5..679282706a 100644 --- a/builtin/log.c +++ b/builtin/log.c @@ -1311,24 +1311,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) rev.show_root_diff = 1; if (cover_letter) { - /* - * NEEDSWORK:randomly pick one positive commit to show - * diffstat; this is often the tip and the command - * happens to do the right thing in most cases, but a - * complex command like "--cover-letter a b c ^bottom" - * picks "c" and shows diffstat between bottom..c - * which may not match what the series represents at - * all and totally broken. - */ - int i; - for (i = 0; i < rev.pending.nr; i++) { - struct object *o = rev.pending.objects[i].item; - if (!(o->flags & UNINTERESTING)) - head = (struct commit *)o; - } - /* There is nothing to show; it is not an error, though. */ - if (!head) - return 0; if (!branch_name) branch_name = find_branch_name(&rev); } @@ -1364,6 +1346,10 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) list = xrealloc(list, nr * sizeof(list[0])); list[nr - 1] = commit; } + if (nr == 0) + /* nothing to do */ + return 0; + head = list[0]; total = nr; if (!keep_subject && auto_number && total > 1) numbered = 1; diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh index b993dae645..0ada8c78e7 100755 --- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh +++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh @@ -1284,4 +1284,9 @@ test_expect_success 'cover letter using branch description (6)' ' grep hello actual >/dev/null ' +test_expect_success 'cover letter with nothing' ' + git format-patch --stdout --cover-letter >actual && + test_line_count = 0 actual +' + test_done |