libgit2 · ethomson · Jun 26, 2016 · Apr 2, 2014 · Apr 9, 2014 · Jun 17, 2015
diff --git a/include/git2/diff.h b/include/git2/diff.h
@@ -264,10 +264,15 @@ typedef enum {
  * link, a submodule commit id, or even a tree (although that only if you
  * are tracking type changes or ignored/untracked directories).
  *
- * The `oid` is the `git_oid` of the item.  If the entry represents an
+ * The `id` is the `git_oid` of the item.  If the entry represents an
  * absent side of a diff (e.g. the `old_file` of a `GIT_DELTA_ADDED` delta),
  * then the oid will be zeroes.
  *
+ * The `id_abbrev` represents the known length of the `id` field, when
+ * converted to a hex string.  It is generally `GIT_OID_HEXSZ`, unless this
+ * delta was created from reading a patch file, in which case it may be
+ * abbreviated to something reasonable, like 7 characters.
+ *
  * `path` is the NUL-terminated path to the entry relative to the working
  * directory of the repository.
  *
@@ -280,6 +285,7 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 typedef struct {
 	git_oid     id;
+	int         id_abbrev;
 	const char *path;
 	git_off_t   size;
 	uint32_t    flags;
@@ -448,6 +454,8 @@ typedef int (*git_diff_file_cb)(
 	float progress,
 	void *payload);
 
+#define GIT_DIFF_HUNK_HEADER_SIZE	128
+
 /**
  * When producing a binary diff, the binary data returned will be
  * either the deflated full ("literal") contents of the file, or
@@ -499,12 +507,12 @@ typedef int(*git_diff_binary_cb)(
  * Structure describing a hunk of a diff.
  */
 typedef struct {
-	int    old_start;     /**< Starting line number in old_file */
-	int    old_lines;     /**< Number of lines in old_file */
-	int    new_start;     /**< Starting line number in new_file */
-	int    new_lines;     /**< Number of lines in new_file */
-	size_t header_len;    /**< Number of bytes in header text */
-	char   header[128];   /**< Header text, NUL-byte terminated */
+	int    old_start;     /** Starting line number in old_file */
+	int    old_lines;     /** Number of lines in old_file */
+	int    new_start;     /** Starting line number in new_file */
+	int    new_lines;     /** Number of lines in new_file */
+	size_t header_len;    /** Number of bytes in header text */
+	char   header[GIT_DIFF_HUNK_HEADER_SIZE];   /** Header text, NUL-byte terminated */
 } git_diff_hunk;
 
 /**
@@ -1046,6 +1054,21 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_diff_print(
 	git_diff_line_cb print_cb,
 	void *payload);
 
+/**
+ * Produce the complete formatted text output from a diff into a
+ * buffer.
+ *
+ * @param out A pointer to a user-allocated git_buf that will
+ *            contain the diff text
+ * @param diff A git_diff generated by one of the above functions.
+ * @param format A git_diff_format_t value to pick the text format.
+ * @return 0 on success or error code
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_diff_to_buf(
+	git_buf *out,
+	git_diff *diff,
+	git_diff_format_t format);
+
 /**@}*/
 
 
@@ -1166,6 +1189,11 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_diff_buffers(
 	git_diff_line_cb line_cb,
 	void *payload);
 
+GIT_EXTERN(int) git_diff_from_buffer(
+	git_diff **out,
+	const char *content,
+	size_t content_len);
+
 /**
  * This is an opaque structure which is allocated by `git_diff_get_stats`.
  * You are responsible for releasing the object memory when done, using the

diff --git a/include/git2/errors.h b/include/git2/errors.h
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	GITERR_CHERRYPICK,
 	GITERR_DESCRIBE,
 	GITERR_REBASE,
-	GITERR_FILESYSTEM
+	GITERR_FILESYSTEM,
+	GITERR_PATCH,
 } git_error_t;
 
 /**