From: David Aguilar Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:24:44 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mergetool--lib: Improve the help text in guess_merge_tool() Message-ID: <1359321886-80523-3-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1359321886-80523-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com> This code path is only activated when the user does not have a valid configured tool. Add a message to guide new users towards configuring a default tool. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar --- git-mergetool--lib.sh | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh index 9a5aae9..cf52423 100644 --- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh +++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh @@ -240,7 +240,14 @@ show_tool_help () { guess_merge_tool () { list_merge_tool_candidates - echo >&2 "merge tool candidates: $tools" + msg="\ + +This message is displayed because '$TOOL_MODE.tool' is not configured. +See 'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool --tool-help' or 'git help config' for more details. +'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool' will now attempt to use one of the following tools: +$tools +" + printf "$msg" >&2 # Loop over each candidate and stop when a valid merge tool is found. for i in $tools -- 1.8.0.13.gf25ae33