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[PATCH] mergetool: set diff flag for vimdiff

From
JGJeongho Lee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2023, 08:21 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.1559.git.1690532502648.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Jeongho Lee <bivoje49@gmail.com>

The 'diff' flag is set when invoking vim with the '-d' option or as 'vimdiff'. However, the flag is not set before processing the .vimrc file when vim is invoked via `git mergetool` since some point. This can cause issues if the user has configurations in their vimrc that depend on the 'diff' flag.

When using `git mergetool` for vimdiff, git generates commandline parameters using the gen_cmd function in the mergetool/vimdiff script. Commit 0041797449 removes the '-d' flag from the generated command. Simply adding the flag back would ruin the layout, as the '-d' option also tries to generate window layouts apart from the custom layout commands of git.

The 'diff' flag is eventually set when 'diffthis' in git's layout command is run. Unfortunately, these layout commands are specified with '-c', which gets executed after the vimrc file processing. We can use the '--cmd' option instead to make them execute before the vimrc, a feature provided since vim-6-0ah. However, constructing the layout before vimrc might change the behavior. So, I added '--cmd' only to turn the 'diff' flag on.

Signed-off-by: Jeongho Lee <bivoje49@gmail.com>
---
    mergetool: set diff flag for vimdiff
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1559%2Fbivoje%2Fvimdiff-flag-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1559/bivoje/vimdiff-flag-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1559
 mergetools/vimdiff | 36 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff b/mergetools/vimdiff
index 06937acbf54..cefe74f9604 100644
--- a/mergetools/vimdiff
+++ b/mergetools/vimdiff
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ gen_cmd () {
 
 	CMD="$CMD | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis'"
 
-	FINAL_CMD="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | $CMD | tabfirst\""
+	FINAL_CMD="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | $CMD | tabfirst\""
 }
 
 
@@ -541,22 +541,22 @@ run_unit_tests () {
 	TEST_CASE_15="  ((  (LOCAL , BASE , REMOTE) / MERGED))   +(BASE)   , LOCAL+ BASE , REMOTE+ (((LOCAL / BASE / REMOTE)) ,    MERGED   )  "
 	TEST_CASE_16="LOCAL,BASE,REMOTE / MERGED + BASE,LOCAL + BASE,REMOTE + (LOCAL / BASE / REMOTE),MERGED"
 
-	EXPECTED_CMD_01="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_02="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_03="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_04="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_05="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_06="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_07="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_08="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_09="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_10="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_11="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_12="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_13="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_14="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_15="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
-	EXPECTED_CMD_16="-c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_01="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_02="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_03="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_04="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | silent execute 'bufdo diffthis' | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_05="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_06="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_07="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 4b | wincmd l | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_08="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_09="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | 4b | wincmd j | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_10="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_11="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_12="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_13="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 2b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_14="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_15="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
+	EXPECTED_CMD_16="--cmd 'set diff' -c \"set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | wincmd j | 4b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 1b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | 2b | wincmd l | 3b | tabnew | leftabove vertical split | leftabove split | 1b | wincmd j | leftabove split | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | wincmd l | 4b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst\""
 
 	EXPECTED_TARGET_01="MERGED"
 	EXPECTED_TARGET_02="LOCAL"
@@ -620,6 +620,8 @@ run_unit_tests () {
 
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF
 	-f
+	--cmd
+	set diff
 	-c
 	set hidden diffopt-=hiddenoff | echo | leftabove split | leftabove vertical split | 1b | wincmd l | leftabove vertical split | quit | wincmd l | 2b | wincmd j | 3b | execute 'tabdo windo diffthis' | tabfirst
 	lo cal

base-commit: fb7d80edcae482f4fa5d4be0227dc3054734e5f3

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