Merge branch 'jc/binary'

* jc/binary:
  diff --binary generates full index on binary files.
  Make apply --binary a no-op.

Documentation/git-apply.txt

@@ -110,15 +110,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	deletion part but not addition part.
 
 --allow-binary-replacement, --binary::
-	When applying a patch, which is a git-enhanced patch
+	Historically we did not allow binary patch applied
-	that was prepared to record the pre- and post-image object
+	without an explicit permission from the user, and this
-	name in full, and the path being patched exactly matches
+	flag was the way to do so.  Currently we always allow binary
-	the object the patch applies to (i.e. "index" line's
+	patch application, so this is a no-op.
-	pre-image object name is what is in the working tree),
-	and the post-image object is available in the object
-	database, use the post-image object as the patch
-	result.  This allows binary files to be patched in a
-	very limited way.
 
 --exclude=<path-pattern>::
 	Don't apply changes to files matching the given path pattern. This can

builtin-apply.c

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ static int prefix_length = -1;
 static int newfd = -1;
 
 static int p_value = 1;
-static int allow_binary_replacement;
 static int check_index;
 static int write_index;
 static int cached;
@@ -1228,14 +1227,12 @@ static int parse_chunk(char *buffer, unsigned long size, struct patch *patch)
 			}
 		}
 
-		/* Empty patch cannot be applied if:
+		/* Empty patch cannot be applied if it is a text patch
-		 * - it is a binary patch and we do not do binary_replace, or
+		 * without metadata change.  A binary patch appears
-		 * - text patch without metadata change
+		 * empty to us here.
 		 */
 		if ((apply || check) &&
-		    (patch->is_binary
+		    (!patch->is_binary && !metadata_changes(patch)))
-		     ? !allow_binary_replacement
-		     : !metadata_changes(patch)))
 			die("patch with only garbage at line %d", linenr);
 	}
 
@@ -1676,11 +1673,6 @@ static int apply_binary(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct patch *patch)
 	unsigned char hdr[50];
 	int hdrlen;
 
-	if (!allow_binary_replacement)
-		return error("cannot apply binary patch to '%s' "
-			     "without --allow-binary-replacement",
-			     name);
-
 	/* For safety, we require patch index line to contain
 	 * full 40-byte textual SHA1 for old and new, at least for now.
 	 */
@@ -2497,8 +2489,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--allow-binary-replacement") ||
 		    !strcmp(arg, "--binary")) {
-			allow_binary_replacement = 1;
+			continue; /* now no-op */
-			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--numstat")) {
 			apply = 0;

diff.c

@@ -1588,6 +1588,12 @@ static void run_diff(struct diff_filepair *p, struct diff_options *o)
 	if (hashcmp(one->sha1, two->sha1)) {
 		int abbrev = o->full_index ? 40 : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
 
+		if (o->binary) {
+			mmfile_t mf;
+			if ((!fill_mmfile(&mf, one) && mmfile_is_binary(&mf)) ||
+			    (!fill_mmfile(&mf, two) && mmfile_is_binary(&mf)))
+				abbrev = 40;
+		}
 		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len,
 				"index %.*s..%.*s",
 				abbrev, sha1_to_hex(one->sha1),
@@ -1818,7 +1824,7 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
 		options->full_index = 1;
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "--binary")) {
 		options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
-		options->full_index = options->binary = 1;
+		options->binary = 1;
 	}
 	else if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--text")) {
 		options->text = 1;

t/t4103-apply-binary.sh

@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ test_expect_failure 'apply binary diff (copy) -- should fail.' \
 	'do_reset
 	 git-apply --index C.diff'
 
-test_expect_failure 'apply binary diff without replacement -- should fail.' \
+test_expect_success 'apply binary diff without replacement.' \
 	'do_reset
 	 git-apply BF.diff'
 
-test_expect_failure 'apply binary diff without replacement (copy) -- should fail.' \
+test_expect_success 'apply binary diff without replacement (copy).' \
 	'do_reset
 	 git-apply CF.diff'