When using difftool with vimdiff it can be unexpected that the current directory changes to the root of the project. Tell vim to chdir to the value of $GIT_PREFIX to fix this. Care is taken to quote the variable so that vim expands it. This avoids problems when directory names contain spaces. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: FrÃdÃric Heitzmann <frederic.heitzmann@xxxxxxxxx> --- git-mergetool--lib.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh index 4db9212..ece6a08 100644 --- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh +++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh @@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ run_merge_tool () { fi check_unchanged else + resolve_git_prefix "$merge_tool_path" -R -f -d -c "wincmd l" \ + -c 'cd $GIT_PREFIX' \ "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" fi ;; @@ -198,7 +200,9 @@ run_merge_tool () { "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" check_unchanged else + resolve_git_prefix "$merge_tool_path" -R -f -d -c "wincmd l" \ + -c 'cd $GIT_PREFIX' \ "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" fi ;; @@ -437,3 +441,12 @@ get_merge_tool () { fi echo "$merge_tool" } + +resolve_git_prefix() { + # If GIT_PREFIX is empty then we cannot use it in tools + # that expect to be able to chdir() to its value. + if test -z "$GIT_PREFIX"; then + GIT_PREFIX=. + export GIT_PREFIX + fi +} -- 1.7.5.2.317.g391b14 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html