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[TopGit RFC/PATCH v3 12/12] tg-patch: simulate mnemonic prefixes

From
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date
Oct 20, 2010, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID
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b/ is for base, i/ and w/ correspond to -i/-w and t/ is the committed topic.

diff.mnemonicprefix needs to be set to true. See git-config(1) for more information.

Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
---
 tg-patch.sh |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tg-patch.sh b/tg-patch.sh
index dcce672..c8ad723 100644
--- a/tg-patch.sh
+++ b/tg-patch.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 name=
 
 head_from=
-
+dst_prefix="t/"
 
 ## Parse options
 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 	case "$arg" in
 	-i|-w)
 		[ -z "$head_from" ] || die "-i and -w are mutually exclusive"
-		head_from="$arg";;
+		head_from="$arg"
+		dst_prefix="${arg#-}/";;
 	-*)
 		echo "Usage: tg [...] patch [-i | -w] [NAME]" >&2
 		exit 1;;
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ if [ $b_tree = $t_tree ]; then
 else
 	# use the ui diff command when the pager is active
 	diff_command=diff
+	if $(git config --bool diff.mnemonicprefix); then
+		diff_command="$diff_command --src-prefix=b/ --dst-prefix=$dst_prefix"
+	fi
 	[ "x$GIT_PAGER_IN_USE" = "x1" ] ||
 		diff_command=diff-tree
 
-- 
1.7.3.1.1069.g89486
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  1. 01/12 provide a global temporary directoryBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  2. 02/12 cat_file: take -i/-w parametersBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  3. 03/12 pretty_tree: globalize and respect -i/-w optionsBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  4. 04/12 branch_empty: use pretty_tree and therefore respect -i/-wBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  5. 05/12 tg-path: use pretty_tree and diff-tree to generate the patchBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  6. 06/12 list_deps: accept -i/-wBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  7. 07/12 tg-summary: accept -i/-wBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  8. 08/12 tg-mail: accept -i/-wBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  9. 09/12 tg-files: list files changed by the topic branchBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  10. 10/12 tg-prev/tg-next: commands to explore dependenciesBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  11. 11/12 tg-patch: use ui diff when pager is activeBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010
  12. 12/12 tg-patch: simulate mnemonic prefixesBert Wesarg, Oct 20, 2010

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