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Re: [PATCH] git-mergetool: add support for ediff

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Jul 2, 2007, 21:32 UTC
Message-ID
<46896EF2.70006@vilain.net>
In-Reply-To
<20070702020401.GD28917@thunk.org>
Theodore Tso wrote:
> After looking at ediff, it is definitely the more polished and
> featureful compared to emerge --- except in one critical area, which
> is calling as a mergeing tool from a shell script or command line.
  [...]
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> 	emacs --eval "(ediff-merge-files-with-ancestor \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" \"$BASE\" nil \"$path\")"
> 
> Unfortunately, it's not enough.  Ediff doesn't have an "abort" command
> which returns a non-zero exit status, and when you use the "quit"
> command, it asks you a series of obnoxious questions:
> 
> Quit this Ediff session? (y or n)
> File /usr/projects/git/test/testfile.c exists, overwrite? (y or n)
> Merge buffer saved in /usr/projects/git/test/testfile.c
> <delay for 3 annoying seconds>
> Merge buffer saved.  Now kill the buffer? (y or n)
Yeah, I normally just save the merged buffer and quit.  This skips all that.
But I will add your little snippet to my .emacs :)
Sam.
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Message 10 of 18 in “git-mergetool: add support for ediff”
  1. git-mergetool: add support for ediffSam Vilain, Jun 29, 2007
  2. Jason SewallJun 29, 2007
  3. Theodore TsoJun 29, 2007
  4. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2007
  6. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2007
  8. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2007
  10. Sam VilainJul 2, 2007
  11. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  12. Theodore TsoJul 2, 2007
  13. Sam VilainJul 2, 2007
  14. Theodore TsoJul 3, 2007
  15. Sam VilainJul 3, 2007
  16. David KastrupJul 28, 2007
  17. Theodore TsoJul 29, 2007
  18. David KastrupJul 29, 2007

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