Re: Feature Request: user defined suffix for temp files created by git-mergetool
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
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- Oct 5, 2016, 21:04 UTC
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Am 05.10.2016 um 09:47 schrieb Josef Ridky:
> Add support for user defined suffix part of name of temporary files > created by git mergetool
Do I understand correctly that your users have problems to identify which of the "_BASE_", "_LOCAL_", "_REMOTE_" and "_BACKUP_" files they must edit? I agree that there is some room for improvement.
The goal is that you want the user to see the label, e.g., "_EDIT_THIS_" instead of "_LOCAL_". Now you have to teach your users that they have to pass --local=_EDIT_THIS_. Why don't you just teach your users to edit the file labeled "_LOCAL_"?
Therefore, I think that your patch as written does not help to reduce the confusion. It may be a building block for further improvement, but if you stop here, it is pointless.
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> SYNOPSIS > -------- > [verse] > -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...] > +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [--local=<name>] [--remote=<name>] [--backup=<name>] [--base=<name>] [<file>...] > > DESCRIPTION > ----------- > @@ -79,6 +79,30 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. > Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program > to give the user a chance to skip the path. > > +--local=<name>:: > + Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary > + file (local) for merging. If not used or is equal with any > + other (remote|backup|base), default value is used. > + Default suffix is LOCAL. > + > +--remote=<name>:: > + Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary > + file (remote) for merging. If not used or is equal with any > + other (local|backup|base), default value is used. > + Default suffix is REMOTE. > + > +--backup=<name>:: > + Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary > + file (backup) for merging. If not used or is equal with any > + other (local|remote|base), default value is used. > + Default suffix is BACKUP. > + > +--base=<name>:: > + Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary > + file (base) for merging. If not used or is equal with any > + other (local|remote|backup), default value is used. > + Default suffix is BASE.