meld 1.5.0 and newer allow the output file to be specified when merging multiple files. Check the meld version and use the '--output' option when available. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx> --- mergetools/meld | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/mergetools/meld b/mergetools/meld index 73d70ae..1923797 100644 --- a/mergetools/meld +++ b/mergetools/meld @@ -4,6 +4,37 @@ diff_cmd () { merge_cmd () { touch "$BACKUP" - "$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" + if test "$meld_has_output_option" = true + then + "$merge_tool_path" --output "$MERGED" \ + "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" + else + "$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE" + fi check_unchanged } + +check_meld_version () { + if test -n "$meld_version_checked" + then + return + fi + # Whether 'meld --output <file>' is supported + meld_has_output_option=false + + # Filter meld --version to contain numbers and dots only + meld="$(meld --version 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/[^0-9.]\+//g')" + meld="${meld:-0.0.0}" + + meld_major="$(expr "$meld" : '\([0-9]\{1,\}\)' || echo 0)" + meld_minor="$(expr "$meld" : '[0-9]\{1,\}\.\([0-9]\{1,\}\)' || echo 0)" + + # 'meld --output <file>' was introduced in meld 1.5.0 + if test "$meld_major" -gt 1 || + (test "$meld_major" = 1 && test "$meld_minor" -ge 5) + then + meld_has_output_option=true + fi + meld_version_checked=true +} +check_meld_version -- 1.7.6.476.g57292 -- 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