Re: [PATCH 2/2] mergetool: avoid letting `list_tool_variants` break user-defined setups
- From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Nov 11, 2020, 20:59 UTC
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- <xmqq1rgz4nk3.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
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- <c157c07d5d4917e6eef6717894f61c54cbc9af22.1605126798.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> > > In 83bbf9b92ea8 (mergetool--lib: improve support for vimdiff-style tool > variants, 2020-07-29), we introduced a `list_tool_variants` function > in the spirit of Postel's Law: be lenient in what you accept as input. > In this particular instance, we wanted to allow not only `bc` but also > `bc3` as name for the Beyond Compare tool. > > However, what this patch overlooked is that it is totally allowed for > users to override the defaults in `mergetools/`. But now that we strip > off trailing digits, the name that the user gave the tool might not > actually be in the list produced by `list_tool_variants`. > > So let's do the same as for the `diff_cmd` and the `merge_cmd`: override > it with the trivial version in case a user-defined setup was detected.
Makes sense. Will queue. Thanks.
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>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
> git-mergetool--lib.sh | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> index 2defef28cd..7225abd811 100644
> --- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> +++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> @@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ setup_user_tool () {
> merge_cmd () {
> ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
> }
> +
> + list_tool_variants () {
> + echo "$tool"
> + }
> }
>
> setup_tool () {