From: John Keeping Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:04:04 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] mergetool--lib: Add functions for finding available tools Message-ID: <20130127230404.GX7498@serenity.lan> In-Reply-To: <1359321886-80523-4-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 01:24:45PM -0800, David Aguilar wrote: > +filter_tools () { > + filter="$1" > + prefix="$2" > + ( > + cd "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR" && > + for i in * > + do > + echo "$i" > + done > + ) | sort | while read tool > + do > + setup_tool "$tool" 2>/dev/null && > + (eval "$filter" "$tool") && > + printf "$prefix$tool\n" > + done > +} Can we change this so that it does this: filter_tools () { filter="$1" ( cd "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR" && for i in * do echo "$i" done ) | while read tool do setup_tool "$tool" 2>/dev/null && (eval "$filter" "$tool") && echo "$tool" done } and keep the sorting and prefix in show_tool_help? This will make it easier to integrate the user-configured tools from git-config. John