Re: git-mergetool to be used for rebases as well?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 10, 2017, 20:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqvatmr794.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170110185421.2638-1-sbeller@google.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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>     $ git status
>         rebase in progress; onto ...
>         You are currently rebasing branch '...' on '...'.
>
>         Changes to be committed:
>                 modified:   ...
>
>         Unmerged paths:
>                 both modified:   ...
>
>     $ git mergetool
>         No files need merging
>     $ git diff <file name>
>         diff --cc <file name>
>         index ...
>         --- a/file
>         +++ b/file
>         @@@ ...
>           content
>         ++<<<<<<< HEAD
>          +  content
>         ++=======
>         +   content
>         ++>>>>>>> other commit
>         content
>
>
> The mergetool used to work apparently, but stopped for rebases.
> I noticed in neither t7610-mergetool.sh nor any rebase test the combination of
> rebase and mergetool is tested.

The above redacts too much to be useful for guessing, but are you by any chance being hit by a recent regression, i.e. have rerere enabled and running mergetool from a subdirectory?

See <20170109232941.43637-15-hansenr@google.com> (and previous rounds).