On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@xxxxxx> wrote: > David Aguilar, 02.01.2009: >> I now have a git-difftool wrapper script that basically just sets up >> the environment for git-difftool-helper. git-difftool-helper does all >> of the merge tool configuration stuff ala >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-mergetool.html (it >> uses the same git config variables and thus works with existing custom >> commands). If you drop them both into the same directory it should >> work as-is (it munges $PATH). >> >> It's not a two-liner (they do all that git config stuff and handle >> more than just vimdiff) but it does use GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF now, which >> makes the script infinitely more useful. This is much nicer now since >> you can pass any 'git diff' options to git-difftool and it'll handle >> it correctly. >> >> The usage is simpler now too: >> >> usage: git difftool [--no-prompt] [--tool=tool] ["git diff" options] > > Now isn't this something for contrib, David? > > Markus > > It sure is. BTW the script worked beautifully on *nix. I later decided to give it a try on Windows and of course it didn't work right the first time. Once I added a check to use "git.exe" instead of "git" then it started working again. I'll prepare some documentation and post a patch later tonight. Thanks for reminding me, -- David (p.s. Markus: sorry for the double-email -- I forgot to cc: the list) -- 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
