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beb188e2 1#!/bin/sh
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2#
3# Build two documentation trees and diff the resulting formatted output.
4# Compared to a source diff, this can reveal mistakes in the formatting.
5# For example:
6#
7# ./doc-diff origin/master HEAD
8#
9# would show the differences introduced by a branch based on master.
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10
11OPTIONS_SPEC="\
12doc-diff [options] <from> <to> [-- <diff-options>]
13--
14j=n parallel argument to pass to make
15f force rebuild; do not rely on cached results
16"
17SUBDIRECTORY_OK=1
18. "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-setup"
19
20parallel=
21force=
22while test $# -gt 0
23do
24 case "$1" in
25 -j)
26 parallel=$2; shift ;;
27 -f)
28 force=t ;;
29 --)
30 shift; break ;;
31 *)
32 usage ;;
33 esac
34 shift
35done
36
37if test -z "$parallel"
38then
39 parallel=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN 2>/dev/null)
40 if test $? != 0 || test -z "$parallel"
41 then
42 parallel=1
43 fi
44fi
45
46test $# -gt 1 || usage
47from=$1; shift
48to=$1; shift
49
50from_oid=$(git rev-parse --verify "$from") || exit 1
51to_oid=$(git rev-parse --verify "$to") || exit 1
52
53cd_to_toplevel
54tmp=Documentation/tmp-doc-diff
55
56if test -n "$force"
57then
58 rm -rf "$tmp"
59fi
60
61# We'll do both builds in a single worktree, which lets "make" reuse
62# results that don't differ between the two trees.
63if ! test -d "$tmp/worktree"
64then
65 git worktree add --detach "$tmp/worktree" "$from" &&
66 dots=$(echo "$tmp/worktree" | sed 's#[^/]*#..#g') &&
67 ln -s "$dots/config.mak" "$tmp/worktree/config.mak"
68fi
69
70# generate_render_makefile <srcdir> <dstdir>
71generate_render_makefile () {
72 find "$1" -type f |
73 while read src
74 do
75 dst=$2/${src#$1/}
76 printf 'all:: %s\n' "$dst"
77 printf '%s: %s\n' "$dst" "$src"
78 printf '\t@echo >&2 " RENDER $(notdir $@)" && \\\n'
79 printf '\tmkdir -p $(dir $@) && \\\n'
80 printf '\tMANWIDTH=80 man -l $< >$@+ && \\\n'
81 printf '\tmv $@+ $@\n'
82 done
83}
84
85# render_tree <dirname> <committish>
86render_tree () {
87 # Skip install-man entirely if we already have an installed directory.
88 # We can't rely on make here, since "install-man" unconditionally
89 # copies the files (spending effort, but also updating timestamps that
90 # we then can't rely on during the render step). We use "mv" to make
91 # sure we don't get confused by a previous run that failed partway
92 # through.
93 if ! test -d "$tmp/installed/$1"
94 then
95 git -C "$tmp/worktree" checkout "$2" &&
96 make -j$parallel -C "$tmp/worktree" \
97 GIT_VERSION=omitted \
98 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0 \
99 DESTDIR="$PWD/$tmp/installed/$1+" \
100 install-man &&
101 mv "$tmp/installed/$1+" "$tmp/installed/$1"
102 fi &&
103
104 # As with "installed" above, we skip the render if it's already been
105 # done. So using make here is primarily just about running in
106 # parallel.
107 if ! test -d "$tmp/rendered/$1"
108 then
109 generate_render_makefile "$tmp/installed/$1" "$tmp/rendered/$1+" |
110 make -j$parallel -f - &&
111 mv "$tmp/rendered/$1+" "$tmp/rendered/$1"
112 fi
113}
114
115render_tree $from_oid "$from" &&
116render_tree $to_oid "$to" &&
117git -C $tmp/rendered diff --no-index "$@" $from_oid $to_oid