Merge branch 'sf/diff'

Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -94,5 +94,11 @@
 	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
 	on-disk file to tree contents.
 
+--text::
+	Treat all files as text.
+
+-a::
+	Shorthand for "--text".
+
 For more detailed explanation on these common options, see also
 link:diffcore.html[diffcore documentation].

diff.c

@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a,
 	if (fill_mmfile(&mf1, one) < 0 || fill_mmfile(&mf2, two) < 0)
 		die("unable to read files to diff");
 
-	if (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2)) {
+	if (!o->text && (mmfile_is_binary(&mf1) || mmfile_is_binary(&mf2))) {
 		/* Quite common confusing case */
 		if (mf1.size == mf2.size &&
 		    !memcmp(mf1.ptr, mf2.ptr, mf1.size))
@@ -1567,6 +1567,9 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
 		options->full_index = options->binary = 1;
 	}
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--text")) {
+		options->text = 1;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-only"))
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_NAME;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--name-status"))

diff.h

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 	unsigned recursive:1,
 		 tree_in_recursive:1,
 		 binary:1,
+		 text:1,
 		 full_index:1,
 		 silent_on_remove:1,
 		 find_copies_harder:1,
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(struct diff_options *);
 "  -O<file>      reorder diffs according to the <file>.\n" \
 "  -S<string>    find filepair whose only one side contains the string.\n" \
 "  --pickaxe-all\n" \
-"                show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.\n"
+"                show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found.\n" \
+"  -a  --text    treat all files as text.\n"
 
 extern int diff_queue_is_empty(void);
 extern void diff_flush(struct diff_options*);