Support direct comparison (git diff a..b) as well merge comparison (a…

…...b) (#16635)

This PR changes the compare page to make the "..." in the between branches a clickable
link. This changes the comparison type from "..." to "..". Similarly it makes the
initial compare icon clickable to switch the head and base branches.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>

Co-authored-by: Lauris BH <lauris@nix.lv>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>

modules/git/repo_compare.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetMergeBase(tmpRemote string, base, head string) (strin
 }
 
 // GetCompareInfo generates and returns compare information between base and head branches of repositories.
-func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string) (_ *CompareInfo, err error) {
+func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string, directComparison bool) (_ *CompareInfo, err error) {
 	var (
 		remoteBranch string
 		tmpRemote    string
@@ -79,8 +79,15 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string)
 		if err != nil {
 			compareInfo.BaseCommitID = remoteBranch
 		}
+		separator := "..."
+		baseCommitID := compareInfo.MergeBase
+		if directComparison {
+			separator = ".."
+			baseCommitID = compareInfo.BaseCommitID
+		}
+
 		// We have a common base - therefore we know that ... should work
-		logs, err := NewCommand("log", compareInfo.MergeBase+"..."+headBranch, prettyLogFormat).RunInDirBytes(repo.Path)
+		logs, err := NewCommand("log", baseCommitID+separator+headBranch, prettyLogFormat).RunInDirBytes(repo.Path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetCompareInfo(basePath, baseBranch, headBranch string)
 	// Count number of changed files.
 	// This probably should be removed as we need to use shortstat elsewhere
 	// Now there is git diff --shortstat but this appears to be slower than simply iterating with --nameonly
-	compareInfo.NumFiles, err = repo.GetDiffNumChangedFiles(remoteBranch, headBranch)
+	compareInfo.NumFiles, err = repo.GetDiffNumChangedFiles(remoteBranch, headBranch, directComparison)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -120,12 +127,17 @@ func (l *lineCountWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 // GetDiffNumChangedFiles counts the number of changed files
 // This is substantially quicker than shortstat but...
-func (repo *Repository) GetDiffNumChangedFiles(base, head string) (int, error) {
+func (repo *Repository) GetDiffNumChangedFiles(base, head string, directComparison bool) (int, error) {
 	// Now there is git diff --shortstat but this appears to be slower than simply iterating with --nameonly
 	w := &lineCountWriter{}
 	stderr := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
-	if err := NewCommand("diff", "-z", "--name-only", base+"..."+head).
+	separator := "..."
+	if directComparison {
+		separator = ".."
+	}
+
+	if err := NewCommand("diff", "-z", "--name-only", base+separator+head).
 		RunInDirPipeline(repo.Path, w, stderr); err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(stderr.String(), "no merge base") {
 			// git >= 2.28 now returns an error if base and head have become unrelated.

options/locale/locale_en-US.ini

@@ -1386,6 +1386,8 @@ pulls.compare_changes = New Pull Request
 pulls.compare_changes_desc = Select the branch to merge into and the branch to pull from.
 pulls.compare_base = merge into
 pulls.compare_compare = pull from
+pulls.switch_comparison_type = Switch comparison type
+pulls.switch_head_and_base = Switch head and base
 pulls.filter_branch = Filter branch
 pulls.no_results = No results found.
 pulls.nothing_to_compare = These branches are equal. There is no need to create a pull request.

routers/api/v1/repo/pull.go

@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ func parseCompareInfo(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreatePullRequestOption)
 		return nil, nil, nil, nil, "", ""
 	}
 
-	compareInfo, err := headGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(models.RepoPath(baseRepo.Owner.Name, baseRepo.Name), baseBranch, headBranch)
+	compareInfo, err := headGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(models.RepoPath(baseRepo.Owner.Name, baseRepo.Name), baseBranch, headBranch, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		headGitRepo.Close()
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "GetCompareInfo", err)
@@ -1183,9 +1183,9 @@ func GetPullRequestCommits(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	}
 	defer baseGitRepo.Close()
 	if pr.HasMerged {
-		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.MergeBase, pr.GetGitRefName())
+		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.MergeBase, pr.GetGitRefName(), true)
 	} else {
-		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName())
+		prInfo, err = baseGitRepo.GetCompareInfo(pr.BaseRepo.RepoPath(), pr.BaseBranch, pr.GetGitRefName(), true)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetCompareInfo", err)

routers/web/repo/commit.go

@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 	diff, err := gitdiff.GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior(gitRepo,
 		commitID, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines,
 		setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles,
-		gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)))
+		gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)),
+		false)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.NotFound("GetDiffCommitWithWhitespaceBehavior", err)
 		return