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authorDavid Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>2010-01-09 20:02:42 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-09 22:41:30 -0800
commit1c6f5b52b7b13bbc6cf404cb5ef9e64fda37655c (patch)
tree99d43713fe0d6097883ef9d254e263bcd3ea34a8
parent61ed71dcff8448b0700ef032aa1f962649306624 (diff)
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difftool: Allow specifying unconfigured commands with --extcmd
git-difftool requires difftool.<tool>.cmd configuration even when tools use the standard "$diffcmd $from $to" form. This teaches git-difftool to run these tools in lieu of configuration by allowing the command to be specified on the command line. Reference: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/133377 Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt5
-rwxr-xr-xgit-difftool--helper.sh30
-rwxr-xr-xgit-difftool.perl4
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7800-difftool.sh19
4 files changed, 50 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index a5bce6278..f67d2db76 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
+--extcmd=<command>::
+ Specify a custom command for viewing diffs.
+ 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs
+ `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified.
+
-g::
--gui::
When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option
diff --git a/git-difftool--helper.sh b/git-difftool--helper.sh
index 3621f28c7..d806eaef5 100755
--- a/git-difftool--helper.sh
+++ b/git-difftool--helper.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ should_prompt () {
fi
}
+# Indicates that --extcmd=... was specified
+use_ext_cmd () {
+ test -n "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD"
+}
+
launch_merge_tool () {
# Merged is the filename as it appears in the work tree
# Local is the contents of a/filename
@@ -33,18 +38,29 @@ launch_merge_tool () {
# the user with the real $MERGED name before launching $merge_tool.
if should_prompt; then
printf "\nViewing: '$MERGED'\n"
- printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " "$merge_tool"
+ if use_ext_cmd; then
+ printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " \
+ "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD"
+ else
+ printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " "$merge_tool"
+ fi
read ans
fi
- run_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
+ if use_ext_cmd; then
+ $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+ else
+ run_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
+ fi
+
}
-# GIT_DIFF_TOOL indicates that --tool=... was specified
-if test -n "$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"; then
- merge_tool="$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"
-else
- merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)" || exit
+if ! use_ext_cmd; then
+ if test -n "$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"; then
+ merge_tool="$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"
+ else
+ merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)" || exit
+ fi
fi
# Launch the merge tool on each path provided by 'git diff'
diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl
index 8c836e4c7..f8ff24575 100755
--- a/git-difftool.perl
+++ b/git-difftool.perl
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ sub generate_command
$skip_next = 1;
next;
}
+ if ($arg =~ /^--extcmd=/) {
+ $ENV{GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD} = substr($arg, 9);
+ next;
+ }
if ($arg =~ /^--tool=/) {
$ENV{GIT_DIFF_TOOL} = substr($arg, 7);
next;
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
index eca51a8fe..8ee186a5f 100755
--- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -214,7 +214,24 @@ test_expect_success 'difftool.<tool>.path' '
diff=$(git difftool --tool=tkdiff --no-prompt branch) &&
git config --unset difftool.tkdiff.path &&
lines=$(echo "$diff" | grep file | wc -l) &&
- test "$lines" -eq 1
+ test "$lines" -eq 1 &&
+
+ restore_test_defaults
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'difftool --extcmd=...' '
+ diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --extcmd=cat branch) &&
+
+ lines=$(echo "$diff" | wc -l) &&
+ test "$lines" -eq 2 &&
+
+ lines=$(echo "$diff" | grep master | wc -l) &&
+ test "$lines" -eq 1 &&
+
+ lines=$(echo "$diff" | grep branch | wc -l) &&
+ test "$lines" -eq 1 &&
+
+ restore_test_defaults
'
test_done