1 files changed, 44 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/private/gitutils.nim b/lib/std/private/gitutils.nim
index bf5e7cb1f..6dc9c8f3b 100644
--- a/lib/std/private/gitutils.nim
+++ b/lib/std/private/gitutils.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ internal API for now, API subject to change
 
 # xxx move other git utilities here; candidate for stdlib.
 
-import std/[os, osproc, strutils]
+import std/[os, paths, osproc, strutils, tempfiles]
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[assertions, syncio]
 
 const commitHead* = "HEAD"
 
@@ -29,12 +32,43 @@ template retryCall*(maxRetry = 3, backoffDuration = 1.0, call: untyped): bool =
   result
 
 proc isGitRepo*(dir: string): bool =
-  ## This command is used to get the relative path to the root of the repository.
-  ## Using this, we can verify whether a folder is a git repository by checking
-  ## whether the command success and if the output is empty.
-  let (output, status) = execCmdEx("git rev-parse --show-cdup", workingDir = dir)
-  # On Windows there will be a trailing newline on success, remove it.
-  # The value of a successful call typically won't have a whitespace (it's
-  # usually a series of ../), so we know that it's safe to unconditionally
-  # remove trailing whitespaces from the result.
-  result = status == 0 and output.strip() == ""
+  ## Avoid calling git since it depends on /bin/sh existing and fails in Nix.
+  return fileExists(dir/".git/HEAD")
+
+proc diffFiles*(path1, path2: string): tuple[output: string, same: bool] =
+  ## Returns a human readable diff of files `path1`, `path2`, the exact form of
+  ## which is implementation defined.
+  # This could be customized, e.g. non-git diff with `diff -uNdr`, or with
+  # git diff options (e.g. --color-moved, --word-diff).
+  # in general, `git diff` has more options than `diff`.
+  var status = 0
+  (result.output, status) = execCmdEx("git diff --no-index $1 $2" % [path1.quoteShell, path2.quoteShell])
+  doAssert (status == 0) or (status == 1)
+  result.same = status == 0
+
+proc diffStrings*(a, b: string): tuple[output: string, same: bool] =
+  ## Returns a human readable diff of `a`, `b`, the exact form of which is
+  ## implementation defined.
+  ## See also `experimental.diff`.
+  runnableExamples:
+    let a = "ok1\nok2\nok3\n"
+    let b = "ok1\nok2 alt\nok3\nok4\n"
+    let (c, same) = diffStrings(a, b)
+    doAssert not same
+    let (c2, same2) = diffStrings(a, a)
+    doAssert same2
+  runnableExamples("-r:off"):
+    let a = "ok1\nok2\nok3\n"
+    let b = "ok1\nok2 alt\nok3\nok4\n"
+    echo diffStrings(a, b).output
+
+  template tmpFileImpl(prefix, str): auto =
+    let path = genTempPath(prefix, "")
+    writeFile(path, str)
+    path
+  let patha = tmpFileImpl("diffStrings_a_", a)
+  let pathb = tmpFileImpl("diffStrings_b_", b)
+  defer:
+    removeFile(patha)
+    removeFile(pathb)
+  result = diffFiles(patha, pathb)