Re: git-difftool
David Aguilar, 02.01.2009:
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> I now have a git-difftool wrapper script that basically just sets up
> the environment for git-difftool-helper. git-difftool-helper does all
> of the merge tool configuration stuff ala
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-mergetool.html (it
> uses the same git config variables and thus works with existing custom
> commands). If you drop them both into the same directory it should
> work as-is (it munges $PATH).
>
> It's not a two-liner (they do all that git config stuff and handle
> more than just vimdiff) but it does use GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF now, which
> makes the script infinitely more useful. This is much nicer now since
> you can pass any 'git diff' options to git-difftool and it'll handle
> it correctly.
>
> The usage is simpler now too:
>
> usage: git difftool [--no-prompt] [--tool=tool] ["git diff" options]
Now isn't this something for contrib, David?
Markus