std.zig.render returns bool of whether anything changed

zig fmt only renames files and prints to stdout for files which changed

2 files changed, 59 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/std/zig/parser_test.zig b/std/zig/parser_test.zig
index 75ba9e61d7..eee6b12767 100644
--- a/std/zig/parser_test.zig
+++ b/std/zig/parser_test.zig
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ const io = std.io;
 
 var fixed_buffer_mem: [100 * 1024]u8 = undefined;
 
-fn testParse(source: []const u8, allocator: &mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
+fn testParse(source: []const u8, allocator: &mem.Allocator, changes_expected: bool) ![]u8 {
     var stderr_file = try io.getStdErr();
     var stderr = &io.FileOutStream.init(&stderr_file).stream;
 
@@ -1829,16 +1829,18 @@ fn testParse(source: []const u8, allocator: &mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
     errdefer buffer.deinit();
 
     var buffer_out_stream = io.BufferOutStream.init(&buffer);
-    try std.zig.render(allocator, &buffer_out_stream.stream, &tree);
+    const anything_changed = try std.zig.render(allocator, &buffer_out_stream.stream, &tree);
+    std.debug.assert(anything_changed == changes_expected);
     return buffer.toOwnedSlice();
 }
 
 fn testTransform(source: []const u8, expected_source: []const u8) !void {
+    const changes_expected = source.ptr != expected_source.ptr;
     const needed_alloc_count = x: {
         // Try it once with unlimited memory, make sure it works
         var fixed_allocator = std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(fixed_buffer_mem[0..]);
         var failing_allocator = std.debug.FailingAllocator.init(&fixed_allocator.allocator, @maxValue(usize));
-        const result_source = try testParse(source, &failing_allocator.allocator);
+        const result_source = try testParse(source, &failing_allocator.allocator, changes_expected);
         if (!mem.eql(u8, result_source, expected_source)) {
             warn("\n====== expected this output: =========\n");
             warn("{}", expected_source);
@@ -1855,7 +1857,7 @@ fn testTransform(source: []const u8, expected_source: []const u8) !void {
     while (fail_index < needed_alloc_count) : (fail_index += 1) {
         var fixed_allocator = std.heap.FixedBufferAllocator.init(fixed_buffer_mem[0..]);
         var failing_allocator = std.debug.FailingAllocator.init(&fixed_allocator.allocator, fail_index);
-        if (testParse(source, &failing_allocator.allocator)) |_| {
+        if (testParse(source, &failing_allocator.allocator, changes_expected)) |_| {
             return error.NondeterministicMemoryUsage;
         } else |err| switch (err) {
             error.OutOfMemory => {
diff --git a/std/zig/render.zig b/std/zig/render.zig
index e3bf5fe38e..657fcae8bb 100644
--- a/std/zig/render.zig
+++ b/std/zig/render.zig
@@ -12,9 +12,61 @@ pub const Error = error{
     OutOfMemory,
 };
 
-pub fn render(allocator: &mem.Allocator, stream: var, tree: &ast.Tree) (@typeOf(stream).Child.Error || Error)!void {
+/// Returns whether anything changed
+pub fn render(allocator: &mem.Allocator, stream: var, tree: &ast.Tree) (@typeOf(stream).Child.Error || Error)!bool {
     comptime assert(@typeId(@typeOf(stream)) == builtin.TypeId.Pointer);
 
+    var anything_changed: bool = false;
+
+    // make a passthrough stream that checks whether something changed
+    const MyStream = struct {
+        const MyStream = this;
+        const StreamError = @typeOf(stream).Child.Error;
+        const Stream = std.io.OutStream(StreamError);
+
+        anything_changed_ptr: &bool,
+        child_stream: @typeOf(stream),
+        stream: Stream,
+        source_index: usize,
+        source: []const u8,
+
+        fn write(iface_stream: &Stream, bytes: []const u8) StreamError!void {
+            const self = @fieldParentPtr(MyStream, "stream", iface_stream);
+
+            if (!self.anything_changed_ptr.*) {
+                const end = self.source_index + bytes.len;
+                if (end > self.source.len) {
+                    self.anything_changed_ptr.* = true;
+                } else {
+                    const src_slice = self.source[self.source_index..end];
+                    self.source_index += bytes.len;
+                    if (!mem.eql(u8, bytes, src_slice)) {
+                        self.anything_changed_ptr.* = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            try self.child_stream.write(bytes);
+        }
+    };
+    var my_stream = MyStream{
+        .stream = MyStream.Stream{ .writeFn = MyStream.write },
+        .child_stream = stream,
+        .anything_changed_ptr = &anything_changed,
+        .source_index = 0,
+        .source = tree.source,
+    };
+
+    try renderRoot(allocator, &my_stream.stream, tree);
+
+    return anything_changed;
+}
+
+fn renderRoot(
+    allocator: &mem.Allocator,
+    stream: var,
+    tree: &ast.Tree,
+) (@typeOf(stream).Child.Error || Error)!void {
     // render all the line comments at the beginning of the file
     var tok_it = tree.tokens.iterator(0);
     while (tok_it.next()) |token| {