Re: [PATCH] mergetool: reorder vim/gvim buffers in three-way diffs

> Dickson Wong <dicksonwong@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When invoking default (g)vimdiff three-way merge, the merged file is
>> loaded as the first buffer but moved to the bottom as the fourth window.
>> This causes a disconnect between vim commands that operate on window
>> positions (e.g. CTRL-W_w) and those that operate on buffer index (e.g.
>> do/dp).
>>
>> This change reorders the buffers to have the same index as windows while
>> keeping the cursor default to the merged result as the bottom window.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dickson Wong <dicksonwong@gmail.com>
>> ---
>
> David, I unfortunately do not use 'mergetools' myself and certainly
> not vimdiff.
>
> Opinions?

>
>>  mergetools/vimdiff | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff b/mergetools/vimdiff
>> index 1ddfbfc..74ea6d5 100644
>> --- a/mergetools/vimdiff
>> +++ b/mergetools/vimdiff
>> @@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ diff_cmd () {
>>  	"$merge_tool_path" -R -f -d \
>>  		-c 'wincmd l' -c 'cd $GIT_PREFIX' "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
>>  }
>>  
>>  merge_cmd () {
>>  	touch "$BACKUP"
>>  	case "$1" in
>>  	gvimdiff|vimdiff)
>>  		if $base_present
>>  		then
>> -			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'wincmd J' \
>> -				"$MERGED" "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
>> +			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c '4wincmd w | wincmd J' \
>> +				"$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
>>  		else
>>  			"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'wincmd l' \
>>  				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
>>  		fi
>>  		;;
>>  	gvimdiff2|vimdiff2)
>>  		"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'wincmd l' \
>>  			"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
>>  		;;
>>  	gvimdiff3|vimdiff3)