Teach mergetool to write files in a temporary directory when 'mergetool.writeToTemp' is true.
This is helpful for tools such as Eclipse which cannot cope with multiple copies of the same file in the worktree. Suggested-by: Charles Bailey <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <[email protected]> --- This patch is dependent on my previous mergetool patches: "use more conservative temporary..." and the subsequent --tool-help series. Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++ git-mergetool.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 04a1e2f..be6cf35 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1768,6 +1768,12 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries:: preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has exited. Defaults to `false`. +mergetool.writeToTemp:: + Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of + conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git will attempt + to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`. + Defaults to `false`. + mergetool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh index 10782b8..2b788c5 100755 --- a/git-mergetool.sh +++ b/git-mergetool.sh @@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ base_present () { test -n "$base_mode" } +mergetool_tmpdir_init () { + if test "$(git config --bool mergetool.writeToTemp)" != true + then + MERGETOOL_TMPDIR=. + return 0 + fi + if MERGETOOL_TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t "git-mergetool-XXXXXX" 2>/dev/null) + then + return 0 + fi + die "error: mktemp is needed when 'mergetool.writeToTemp' is true" +} + cleanup_temp_files () { if test "$1" = --save-backup then @@ -46,6 +59,10 @@ cleanup_temp_files () { else rm -f -- "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$BASE" "$BACKUP" fi + if test "$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR" != "." + then + rmdir "$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR" + fi } describe_file () { @@ -235,10 +252,20 @@ merge_file () { BASE=$MERGED ext= fi - BACKUP="./${BASE}_BACKUP_$$$ext" - LOCAL="./${BASE}_LOCAL_$$$ext" - REMOTE="./${BASE}_REMOTE_$$$ext" - BASE="./${BASE}_BASE_$$$ext" + + mergetool_tmpdir_init + + if test "$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR" != "." + then + # If we're using a temporary directory then write to the + # top-level of that directory. + BASE=${BASE##*/} + fi + + BACKUP="$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR/${BASE}_BACKUP_$$$ext" + LOCAL="$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR/${BASE}_LOCAL_$$$ext" + REMOTE="$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR/${BASE}_REMOTE_$$$ext" + BASE="$MERGETOOL_TMPDIR/${BASE}_BASE_$$$ext" 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;}') -- 2.1.2.379.gc4e1e0c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
