Using the original filename suffix for the temporary input files to the merge tool confuses IDEs like Eclipse. This patch introduces a configurtion option, mergetool.tmpsuffix, which get appended to the temporary file name. That way the user can choose to use a suffix like ".tmp", which does not cause confusion. Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config.txt | 5 +++++ Documentation/git-mergetool.txt | 7 +++++++ git-mergetool.sh | 10 ++++++---- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index c55c22a..0e15800 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1778,6 +1778,11 @@ notes.displayRef:: several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored. + +mergetool.tmpsuffix:: + A string to append the names of the temporary files mergetool + creates in the worktree as input to a custom merge tool. The + primary use is to avoid confusion in IDEs during merge. + This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index e846c2e..80a0526 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false` causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files are successfully merged. +`git mergetool` may also create other temporary files for the +different versions involved in the merge. By default these files have +the same filename suffix as the file being merged. This may confuse +other tools in use during a long merge operation. The user can set +`mergetool.tmpsuffix` to be used as an extra suffix, which will be +appened to the temporary filename to lessen that problem. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh index 9a046b7..d7cc76c 100755 --- a/git-mergetool.sh +++ b/git-mergetool.sh @@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ checkout_staged_file () { } merge_file () { + tmpsuffix=$(git config mergetool.tmpsuffix || true) + MERGED="$1" f=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED") @@ -229,10 +231,10 @@ merge_file () { fi ext="$$$(expr "$MERGED" : '.*\(\.[^/]*\)$')" - BACKUP="./$MERGED.BACKUP.$ext" - LOCAL="./$MERGED.LOCAL.$ext" - REMOTE="./$MERGED.REMOTE.$ext" - BASE="./$MERGED.BASE.$ext" + BACKUP="./$MERGED.BACKUP.$ext$tmpsuffix" + LOCAL="./$MERGED.LOCAL.$ext$tmpsuffix" + REMOTE="./$MERGED.REMOTE.$ext$tmpsuffix" + BASE="./$MERGED.BASE.$ext$tmpsuffix" base_mode=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==1) print $1;}') local_mode=$(git ls-files -u -- "$MERGED" | awk '{if ($3==2) print $1;}') -- 2.1.0.rc2.6.g39c33ff.dirty -- 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