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Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Auto-generate mergetool lists

From
Joachim Schmitz <jojo@schmitz-digital.de>
Date
Jan 29, 2013, 11:56 UTC
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<ke8de9$lk5$1@ger.gmane.org>
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<20130128222147.GD7498@serenity.lan>
John Keeping wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 01:50:19PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> What are the situations where a valid user-defined tools is
>> unavailable, by the way?
>
> The same as a built-in tool: the command isn't available.
>
> Currently I'm extracting the command word using:
>
>    cmd=$(eval -- "set -- $(git config mergetool.$tool.cmd); echo
> \"$1\"")
Shouldnt this work?
cmd=$((git config "mergetool.$tool.cmd" || git config "difftool.$tool.cmd") 
| awk '{print $1}')
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> (it's slightly more complicated due to handling difftool.$tool.cmd as
> well, but that's essentially it).  Then it just uses the same "type
> $cmd" test as for built-in tools.
>
> I don't know if there's a better way to extract the first word, but
> that's the best I've come up with so far.
>
>
> John 
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Message 30 of 36 in “Auto-generate mergetool lists”
  1. 0/4 Auto-generate mergetool listsDavid Aguilar, Jan 28, 2013
  2. 1/4 mergetool--lib: Simplify command expressionsDavid Aguilar, Jan 28, 2013
  3. 2/4 mergetool--lib: Improve the help text in guess_merge_tool()David Aguilar, Jan 28, 2013
  4. 3/4 mergetool--lib: Add functions for finding available toolsDavid Aguilar, Jan 28, 2013
  5. 4/4 doc: Generate a list of valid merge toolsDavid Aguilar, Jan 28, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  7. John KeepingJan 28, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  9. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2013
  11. David AguilarJan 29, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2013
  13. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  16. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  17. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  18. David AguilarJan 29, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2013
  20. 1/4 mergetool--lib: simplify command expressionsDavid Aguilar, Jan 30, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  23. David AguilarJan 28, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  25. David AguilarJan 28, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  27. John KeepingJan 28, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2013
  29. John KeepingJan 28, 2013
  30. Joachim SchmitzJan 29, 2013
  31. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2013
  33. John KeepingJan 29, 2013
  34. Philip OakleyJan 28, 2013
  35. David AguilarJan 28, 2013
  36. Philip OakleyJan 28, 2013

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