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[PATCH] Open external merge tool with original file extensions for all three files

From
PRPini Reznik <pinir@expand.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2007, 07:06 UTC
Message-ID
<1196924819-4007-1-git-send-email-pinir@expand.com>

Before this fix conflicted files were open in external merge tool with temporal extensions like REMOTE.$$ and LOCAL.$$. This way meld was unable to recognize these files and syntax highlighting feature was unusable.

Signed-off-by: Pini Reznik <pinir@expand.com>
---
 git-mergetool.sh |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh
index 5587c5e..2f31fa2 100755
--- a/git-mergetool.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool.sh
@@ -152,10 +152,11 @@ merge_file () {
 	exit 1
     fi
 
-    BACKUP="$path.BACKUP.$$"
-    LOCAL="$path.LOCAL.$$"
-    REMOTE="$path.REMOTE.$$"
-    BASE="$path.BASE.$$"
+    ext="$$$(expr "$path" : '.*\(\.[^/]*\)$')"
+    BACKUP="$path.BACKUP.$ext"
+    LOCAL="$path.LOCAL.$ext"
+    REMOTE="$path.REMOTE.$ext"
+    BASE="$path.BASE.$ext"
 
     mv -- "$path" "$BACKUP"
     cp -- "$BACKUP" "$path"
-- 
1.5.3.5
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  1. Open external merge tool with original file extensions for all three filesPini Reznik, Dec 6, 2007

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