2 * "git difftool" builtin command
4 * This is a wrapper around the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible
5 * git-difftool--helper script.
7 * This script exports GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and GIT_PAGER for use by git.
8 * The GIT_DIFF* variables are exported for use by git-difftool--helper.
10 * Any arguments that are unknown to this script are forwarded to 'git diff'.
12 * Copyright (C) 2016 Johannes Schindelin
14 #define USE_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
18 #include "run-command.h"
20 #include "parse-options.h"
24 #include "object-store.h"
28 static int trust_exit_code
;
30 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage
[] = {
31 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
35 static int difftool_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
37 if (!strcmp(var
, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
38 trust_exit_code
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
42 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
45 static int print_tool_help(void)
47 const char *argv
[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
};
48 return run_command_v_opt(argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
);
51 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
52 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
56 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
57 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
59 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
60 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
62 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
63 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
, (const char **)&p
))
64 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
66 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
67 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
, (const char **)&p
))
68 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
70 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
73 return error("missing status");
74 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
75 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
80 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
81 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
83 static void add_path(struct strbuf
*buf
, size_t base_len
, const char *path
)
85 strbuf_setlen(buf
, base_len
);
86 if (buf
->len
&& buf
->buf
[buf
->len
- 1] != '/')
87 strbuf_addch(buf
, '/');
88 strbuf_addstr(buf
, path
);
92 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
94 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir
, const char *name
,
95 struct object_id
*oid
)
97 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
101 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, workdir
);
102 add_path(&buf
, buf
.len
, name
);
104 if (!lstat(buf
.buf
, &st
) && !S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
105 struct object_id wt_oid
;
106 int fd
= open(buf
.buf
, O_RDONLY
);
109 !index_fd(&the_index
, &wt_oid
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
110 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
111 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
113 } else if (oideq(oid
, &wt_oid
))
118 strbuf_release(&buf
);
123 struct working_tree_entry
{
124 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
125 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
128 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
129 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
130 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
131 const void *unused_keydata
)
133 const struct working_tree_entry
*a
, *b
;
135 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
136 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
138 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
142 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
143 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
146 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
147 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
148 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
151 static int pair_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
152 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
153 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
154 const void *unused_keydata
)
156 const struct pair_entry
*a
, *b
;
158 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
159 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
161 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
164 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
165 const char *content
, int is_right
)
167 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
169 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
170 hashmap_entry_init(&e
->entry
, strhash(path
));
171 existing
= hashmap_get_entry(map
, e
, entry
, NULL
);
176 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
177 hashmap_add(map
, &e
->entry
);
179 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
183 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
184 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
187 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
188 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
189 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
192 const struct path_entry
*a
, *b
;
194 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
195 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
197 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
200 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
203 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
204 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
205 struct strbuf index_env
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
206 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env
[] = {
211 strbuf_addf(&index_env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
212 env
[0] = index_env
.buf
;
214 strvec_pushl(&update_index
.args
,
215 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
216 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
218 update_index
.no_stdin
= 1;
219 update_index
.no_stdout
= 1;
220 update_index
.no_stderr
= 1;
221 update_index
.git_cmd
= 1;
222 update_index
.use_shell
= 0;
223 update_index
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
224 update_index
.dir
= workdir
;
225 update_index
.env
= env
;
226 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
227 run_command(&update_index
);
229 strvec_pushl(&diff_files
.args
,
230 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
231 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL
);
232 diff_files
.no_stdin
= 1;
233 diff_files
.git_cmd
= 1;
234 diff_files
.use_shell
= 0;
235 diff_files
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
237 diff_files
.dir
= workdir
;
238 diff_files
.env
= env
;
239 if (start_command(&diff_files
))
240 die("could not obtain raw diff");
241 fp
= xfdopen(diff_files
.out
, "r");
242 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf
, fp
)) {
243 struct path_entry
*entry
;
244 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, buf
.buf
);
245 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
246 hashmap_add(result
, &entry
->entry
);
249 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
250 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
251 strbuf_release(&index_env
);
252 strbuf_release(&buf
);
255 static NORETURN
void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir
, int exit_code
)
257 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
258 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, tmpdir
);
259 remove_dir_recursively(&buf
, 0);
261 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code
);
265 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
267 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
272 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
278 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
279 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
280 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
281 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
283 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
284 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
285 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
286 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
287 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
289 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
290 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
291 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
292 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
293 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
295 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
298 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
299 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
300 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
302 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
303 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
304 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
305 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
307 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
309 enum object_type type
;
311 data
= read_object_file(oid
, &type
, &size
);
313 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
314 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
320 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
321 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
323 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
326 ce
= make_transient_cache_entry(mode
, oid
, path
, 0);
327 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
, NULL
);
329 discard_cache_entry(ce
);
333 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
334 int argc
, const char **argv
)
336 char tmpdir
[PATH_MAX
];
337 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
338 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
339 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
340 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
341 char *lbase_dir
, *rbase_dir
;
342 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
343 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
346 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
= HASHMAP_INIT(working_tree_entry_cmp
,
348 struct hashmap submodules
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
349 struct hashmap symlinks2
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
350 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
351 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
352 struct index_state wtindex
;
353 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
354 int rc
, flags
= RUN_GIT_CMD
, err
= 0;
355 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
356 const char *helper_argv
[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL
, NULL
, NULL
};
357 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
358 int indices_loaded
= 0;
360 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
362 /* Setup temp directories */
363 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
364 xsnprintf(tmpdir
, sizeof(tmpdir
), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
365 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
))
366 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
);
367 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
);
368 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
);
369 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
370 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
371 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
372 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
373 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
375 memset(&wtindex
, 0, sizeof(wtindex
));
377 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
378 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
379 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
381 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
382 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
383 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
388 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
393 child
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
396 strvec_pushl(&child
.args
, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
398 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
399 strvec_push(&child
.args
, argv
[i
]);
400 if (start_command(&child
))
401 die("could not obtain raw diff");
402 fp
= xfdopen(child
.out
, "r");
404 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
406 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
408 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
410 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
412 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
413 die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
415 "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
417 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
420 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
422 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
425 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
428 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
430 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
433 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
435 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
437 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
439 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
441 if (oideq(&loid
, &roid
))
442 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
443 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
447 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
448 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
449 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
453 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
454 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
455 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
459 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
460 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
)) {
461 ret
= error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
466 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
467 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
469 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
470 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
471 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
472 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
,
477 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
);
479 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
480 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
,
482 ret
= error("could not write '%s'",
486 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
488 * Changes in the working tree need special
489 * treatment since they are not part of the
492 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
493 make_cache_entry(&wtindex
, rmode
, &roid
,
496 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
497 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
499 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
500 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
)) {
501 ret
= error("could not create "
502 "directory for '%s'",
506 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
508 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
509 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
514 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
516 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
518 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
528 if (finish_command(&child
)) {
529 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
537 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
538 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
539 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
541 hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules
, &iter
, entry
,
542 entry
/* member name */) {
544 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
545 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
546 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
549 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
550 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
551 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
556 * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
557 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
558 * This loop replicates that behavior.
560 hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2
, &iter
, entry
,
561 entry
/* member name */) {
563 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
564 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
565 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
568 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
569 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
570 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
574 strbuf_release(&buf
);
576 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
577 helper_argv
[1] = ldir
.buf
;
578 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
579 helper_argv
[2] = rdir
.buf
;
582 helper_argv
[0] = extcmd
;
585 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
586 rc
= run_command_v_opt(helper_argv
, flags
);
588 /* TODO: audit for interaction with sparse-index. */
589 ensure_full_index(&wtindex
);
592 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
593 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
594 * should be copied back to the working tree.
595 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
596 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
598 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
599 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
600 * files through the symlink.
602 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
603 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
605 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
606 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
607 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
610 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
611 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
614 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
617 if (!indices_loaded
) {
618 struct lock_file lock
= LOCK_INIT
;
620 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
);
621 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
622 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
623 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
626 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
627 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
628 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
629 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
633 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
634 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
635 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
636 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
637 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
638 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
639 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
642 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
643 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
644 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
645 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
650 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
);
651 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
654 exit_cleanup(tmpdir
, rc
);
662 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
663 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
664 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
665 strbuf_release(&buf
);
670 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
671 int argc
, const char **argv
)
673 struct strvec args
= STRVEC_INIT
;
674 const char *env
[] = {
675 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
681 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
683 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
686 strvec_push(&args
, "diff");
687 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
688 strvec_push(&args
, argv
[i
]);
689 ret
= run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args
.v
, RUN_GIT_CMD
, prefix
, env
);
693 int cmd_difftool(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
695 int use_gui_tool
= 0, dir_diff
= 0, prompt
= -1, symlinks
= 0,
696 tool_help
= 0, no_index
= 0;
697 static char *difftool_cmd
= NULL
, *extcmd
= NULL
;
698 struct option builtin_difftool_options
[] = {
699 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool
,
700 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
701 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff
,
702 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
703 OPT_SET_INT_F('y', "no-prompt", &prompt
,
704 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
706 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "prompt", &prompt
, NULL
,
707 1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
),
708 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks
,
709 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
710 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd
, N_("tool"),
711 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
712 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help
,
713 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
715 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code
,
716 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
717 "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
718 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd
, N_("command"),
719 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
720 OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index
, N_("passed to `diff`")),
724 git_config(difftool_config
, NULL
);
725 symlinks
= has_symlinks
;
727 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_difftool_options
,
728 builtin_difftool_usage
, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN
|
729 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH
);
732 return print_tool_help();
734 if (!no_index
&& !startup_info
->have_repository
)
735 die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
739 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
740 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
742 die(_("--dir-diff is incompatible with --no-index"));
744 if (use_gui_tool
+ !!difftool_cmd
+ !!extcmd
> 1)
745 die(_("--gui, --tool and --extcmd are mutually exclusive"));
748 setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
749 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
751 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
753 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
758 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
760 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
763 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
764 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
767 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
768 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
769 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
770 * each file that changed.
773 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);
774 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);