Modern versions of "git submodule" use .git-files to setup the submodule directory. When run in a "git submodule"-created repository "git difftool --dir-diff" dies with the following error: $ git difftool -d HEAD~ fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree diff --raw --no-abbrev -z HEAD~: command returned error: 128 core.worktree is relative to the .git directory but the logic in find_worktree() does not account for it. Use `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` to find the worktree so that the dir-diff feature works inside a submodule. Reported-by: Gábor Lipták <gabor.liptak@xxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Jens Lehmann <jens.lehmann@xxxxxx> Helped-by: John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@xxxxxxxxx> --- git-difftool.perl | 18 ++---------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-difftool.perl b/git-difftool.perl index e57d3d1..18ca61e 100755 --- a/git-difftool.perl +++ b/git-difftool.perl @@ -39,24 +39,10 @@ USAGE sub find_worktree { - my ($repo) = @_; - # Git->repository->wc_path() does not honor changes to the working # tree location made by $ENV{GIT_WORK_TREE} or the 'core.worktree' # config variable. - my $worktree; - my $env_worktree = $ENV{GIT_WORK_TREE}; - my $core_worktree = Git::config('core.worktree'); - - if (defined($env_worktree) and (length($env_worktree) > 0)) { - $worktree = $env_worktree; - } elsif (defined($core_worktree) and (length($core_worktree) > 0)) { - $worktree = $core_worktree; - } else { - $worktree = $repo->wc_path(); - } - - return $worktree; + return Git::command_oneline('rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'); } sub print_tool_help @@ -418,7 +404,7 @@ sub dir_diff my $rc; my $error = 0; my $repo = Git->repository(); - my $workdir = find_worktree($repo); + my $workdir = find_worktree(); my ($a, $b, $tmpdir, @worktree) = setup_dir_diff($repo, $workdir, $symlinks); -- 1.9.0.1.gd20a678 -- 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