GIT\-MERGETOOL\(emLIB

NAME

SYNOPSIS

TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool---lib"  

DESCRIPTION

This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.

The git-mergetool---lib scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using .) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working with git merge tools.

Before sourcing git-mergetool---lib, your script must set TOOL_MODE to define the operation mode for the functions listed below. diff and merge are valid values.  

FUNCTIONS

get_merge_tool

returns a merge tool.

get_merge_tool_cmd

returns the custom command for a merge tool.

get_merge_tool_path

returns the custom path for a merge tool.

run_merge_tool

launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false flag to indicate whether a merge base is present. $MERGED, $LOCAL, $REMOTE, and $BASE must be defined for use by the merge tool.

AUTHOR

Written by David Aguilar <m[blue]davvid@gmail.comm[][1]>  

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <m[blue]git@vger.kernel.orgm[][2]>.  

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite  

NOTES

1.

davvid@gmail.com

mailto:davvid@gmail.com

2.

git@vger.kernel.org

mailto:git@vger.kernel.org