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Re: [BUG] Regression in 'git mergetool --tool-help'

From
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 20, 2020, 23:47 UTC
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Hi everyone,
Le 2020-12-20 à 11:23, René Scharfe a écrit :
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> Am 20.12.20 um 11:28 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
>> Am 20.12.20 um 03:13 schrieb Philippe Blain:
>>> Thanks for both answers. Felipe's solution does the trick, but Junio's
>>> does not;
>>> it seems we do have to have a newline there. The following also works,
>>> and I think
>>> is portable:
>>>
>>> diff --git i/git-mergetool--lib.sh w/git-mergetool--lib.sh
>>> index 2defef28cd..6f03975493 100644
>>> --- i/git-mergetool--lib.sh
>>> +++ w/git-mergetool--lib.sh
>>> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ show_tool_names () {
>>>           while read scriptname
>>>           do
>>>               setup_tool "$scriptname" 2>/dev/null
>>> -            variants="$variants$(list_tool_variants)\n"
>>> +            variants="$(echo "$variants" && list_tool_variants)"
>>>           done
>>>           variants="$(echo "$variants" | sort | uniq)"
>>>
>>> I figured out what was different between the different Ubuntu versions I
>>> was testing:
>>> the Ubuntu 14 and 18 systems have Bash as /bin/sh, but my Ubuntu 20 system
>>> has /usr/bin/dash as /bin/sh (the default for Ubuntu these days).
>>>
>>> I'll try to send a formal patch with the diff above, time permitting...
>>
>> If possible, please do not use sub-processes like in your suggested
>> patch. How about
>>
>> 		variants="$variants
>> $(list_tool_variants)"
> 
> This still starts a subshell in the last line.  How about something
> like this?
> 
> diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> index 7225abd811..79d5ed1fa9 100644
> --- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> +++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> @@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ show_tool_names () {
>   		while read scriptname
>   		do
>   			setup_tool "$scriptname" 2>/dev/null
> -			variants="$variants$(list_tool_variants)\n"
> -		done
> -		variants="$(echo "$variants" | sort | uniq)"
> -
> -		for toolname in $variants
> +			list_tool_variants
> +		done | sort | uniq |
> +		while read toolname
>   		do
>   			if setup_tool "$toolname" 2>/dev/null &&
>   				(eval "$condition" "$toolname")
> 
> It requires setup_tool to be silent, though.
>

Thanks René and Johannes for two additional suggestions; both work correctly. Junio, I retried yours and verified my quoting and I confirm it does not work.

I think I prefer René's suggestion.
Thanks all,
Philippe.
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  1. Philippe BlainDec 19, 2020
  2. Felipe ContrerasDec 19, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2020
  4. Felipe ContrerasDec 19, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2020
  6. Philippe BlainDec 20, 2020
  7. Johannes SixtDec 20, 2020
  8. René ScharfeDec 20, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2020
  10. Philippe BlainDec 20, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2020
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