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_VARIABLE
19 #include "run-command.h"
20 #include "environment.h"
24 #include "parse-options.h"
28 #include "object-file.h"
29 #include "object-store.h"
35 static int trust_exit_code
;
37 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage
[] = {
38 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
42 static int difftool_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
44 if (!strcmp(var
, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
45 trust_exit_code
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
49 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
52 static int print_tool_help(void)
54 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
57 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
);
58 return run_command(&cmd
);
61 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
62 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
66 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
67 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
69 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
70 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
72 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
73 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
, (const char **)&p
))
74 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
76 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
77 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
, (const char **)&p
))
78 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
80 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
83 return error("missing status");
84 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
85 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
90 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
91 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
93 static void add_path(struct strbuf
*buf
, size_t base_len
, const char *path
)
95 strbuf_setlen(buf
, base_len
);
96 if (buf
->len
&& buf
->buf
[buf
->len
- 1] != '/')
97 strbuf_addch(buf
, '/');
98 strbuf_addstr(buf
, path
);
102 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
104 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir
, const char *name
,
105 struct object_id
*oid
)
107 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
111 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, workdir
);
112 add_path(&buf
, buf
.len
, name
);
114 if (!lstat(buf
.buf
, &st
) && !S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
115 struct object_id wt_oid
;
116 int fd
= open(buf
.buf
, O_RDONLY
);
119 !index_fd(&the_index
, &wt_oid
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
120 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
121 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
123 } else if (oideq(oid
, &wt_oid
))
128 strbuf_release(&buf
);
133 struct working_tree_entry
{
134 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
135 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
138 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
139 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
140 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
141 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
143 const struct working_tree_entry
*a
, *b
;
145 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
146 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
148 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
152 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
153 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
156 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
157 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
158 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
161 static int pair_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
162 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
163 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
164 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
166 const struct pair_entry
*a
, *b
;
168 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
169 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
171 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
174 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
175 const char *content
, int is_right
)
177 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
179 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
180 hashmap_entry_init(&e
->entry
, strhash(path
));
181 existing
= hashmap_get_entry(map
, e
, entry
, NULL
);
186 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
187 hashmap_add(map
, &e
->entry
);
189 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
193 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
194 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
197 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
198 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
199 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
202 const struct path_entry
*a
, *b
;
204 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
205 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
207 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
210 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
213 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
214 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
215 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
216 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir());
219 strvec_pushl(&update_index
.args
,
220 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
221 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
223 update_index
.no_stdin
= 1;
224 update_index
.no_stdout
= 1;
225 update_index
.no_stderr
= 1;
226 update_index
.git_cmd
= 1;
227 update_index
.use_shell
= 0;
228 update_index
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
229 update_index
.dir
= workdir
;
230 strvec_pushf(&update_index
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
231 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
232 run_command(&update_index
);
234 strvec_pushl(&diff_files
.args
,
235 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
236 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL
);
237 diff_files
.no_stdin
= 1;
238 diff_files
.git_cmd
= 1;
239 diff_files
.use_shell
= 0;
240 diff_files
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
242 diff_files
.dir
= workdir
;
243 strvec_pushf(&diff_files
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
244 if (start_command(&diff_files
))
245 die("could not obtain raw diff");
246 fp
= xfdopen(diff_files
.out
, "r");
247 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf
, fp
)) {
248 struct path_entry
*entry
;
249 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, buf
.buf
);
250 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
251 hashmap_add(result
, &entry
->entry
);
254 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
255 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
256 strbuf_release(&buf
);
259 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
261 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
266 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
272 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
273 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
274 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
275 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
277 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
278 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
279 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
280 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
281 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
283 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
284 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
285 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
286 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
287 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
289 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
292 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
293 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
294 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
296 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
297 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
298 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
299 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
301 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
303 enum object_type type
;
305 data
= repo_read_object_file(the_repository
, oid
, &type
,
308 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
309 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
315 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
316 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
318 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
321 ce
= make_transient_cache_entry(mode
, oid
, path
, 0, NULL
);
322 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
, NULL
);
324 discard_cache_entry(ce
);
328 static void write_file_in_directory(struct strbuf
*dir
, size_t dir_len
,
329 const char *path
, const char *content
)
331 add_path(dir
, dir_len
, path
);
332 ensure_leading_directories(dir
->buf
);
334 write_file(dir
->buf
, "%s", content
);
337 /* Write the file contents for the left and right sides of the difftool
338 * dir-diff representation for submodules and symlinks. Symlinks and submodules
339 * are written as regular text files so that external diff tools can diff them
340 * as text files, resulting in behavior that is analogous to to what "git diff"
341 * displays for symlink and submodule diffs.
343 static void write_standin_files(struct pair_entry
*entry
,
344 struct strbuf
*ldir
, size_t ldir_len
,
345 struct strbuf
*rdir
, size_t rdir_len
)
348 write_file_in_directory(ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->left
);
350 write_file_in_directory(rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->right
);
353 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
354 struct child_process
*child
)
356 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
357 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
358 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
359 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
360 struct strbuf tmpdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
361 char *lbase_dir
= NULL
, *rbase_dir
= NULL
;
362 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
363 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
366 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
= HASHMAP_INIT(working_tree_entry_cmp
,
368 struct hashmap submodules
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
369 struct hashmap symlinks2
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
370 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
371 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
372 struct index_state wtindex
= INDEX_STATE_INIT(the_repository
);
373 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
375 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
376 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
377 int indices_loaded
= 0;
379 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
381 /* Setup temp directories */
382 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
383 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&tmpdir
, tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
384 strbuf_trim_trailing_dir_sep(&tmpdir
);
385 strbuf_addstr(&tmpdir
, "/git-difftool.XXXXXX");
386 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
.buf
)) {
387 ret
= error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
.buf
);
390 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
.buf
);
391 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
.buf
);
392 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
393 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
394 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
395 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
396 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
398 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
399 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
400 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
402 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
403 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
404 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
409 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
413 child
->use_shell
= 0;
414 child
->clean_on_exit
= 1;
417 if (start_command(child
))
418 die("could not obtain raw diff");
419 fp
= xfdopen(child
->out
, "r");
421 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
423 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
425 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
427 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
429 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
430 die(N_("combined diff formats ('-c' and '--cc') are "
432 "directory diff mode ('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
434 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
437 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
439 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
442 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
445 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
447 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
450 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
452 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
454 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
456 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
458 if (oideq(&loid
, &roid
))
459 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
460 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
464 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
465 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
466 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
470 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
471 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
472 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
476 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
477 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
)) {
478 ret
= error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
483 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
484 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
486 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
487 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
488 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
489 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
,
494 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
);
496 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
497 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
,
499 ret
= error("could not write '%s'",
503 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
505 * Changes in the working tree need special
506 * treatment since they are not part of the
509 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
510 make_cache_entry(&wtindex
, rmode
, &roid
,
513 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
514 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
516 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
517 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
)) {
518 ret
= error("could not create "
519 "directory for '%s'",
523 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
525 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
526 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
531 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
533 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
535 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
545 if (finish_command(child
)) {
546 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
554 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
555 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
556 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
558 hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules
, &iter
, entry
,
559 entry
/* member name */) {
560 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
564 * Symbolic links require special treatment. The standard "git diff"
565 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
566 * This loop replicates that behavior.
568 hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2
, &iter
, entry
,
569 entry
/* member name */) {
571 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
574 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
575 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
578 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, extcmd
);
580 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, "difftool--helper");
582 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
584 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, ldir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, NULL
);
585 ret
= run_command(&cmd
);
587 /* TODO: audit for interaction with sparse-index. */
588 ensure_full_index(&wtindex
);
591 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
592 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
593 * should be copied back to the working tree.
594 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
595 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
597 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
598 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
599 * files through the symlink.
601 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
602 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
604 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
605 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
606 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
609 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
610 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
613 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
616 if (!indices_loaded
) {
617 struct lock_file lock
= LOCK_INIT
;
619 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
.buf
);
620 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
621 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
622 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
625 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
626 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
627 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
628 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
632 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
633 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
634 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
635 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
636 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
637 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
638 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
641 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
642 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
643 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
644 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
649 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
.buf
);
650 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
653 remove_dir_recursively(&tmpdir
, 0);
655 warning(_("failed: %d"), ret
);
664 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
665 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
666 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
667 strbuf_release(&buf
);
668 strbuf_release(&tmpdir
);
670 return (ret
< 0) ? 1 : ret
;
673 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
674 struct child_process
*child
)
676 const char *env
[] = {
677 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
682 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
684 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
688 strvec_pushv(&child
->env
, env
);
690 return run_command(child
);
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_BOOL(0, "no-index", &no_index
, N_("passed to `diff`")),
723 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
725 git_config(difftool_config
, NULL
);
726 symlinks
= has_symlinks
;
728 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_difftool_options
,
729 builtin_difftool_usage
, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT
|
730 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH
);
733 return print_tool_help();
735 if (!no_index
&& !startup_info
->have_repository
)
736 die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
740 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
741 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
743 die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--dir-diff", "--no-index");
745 die_for_incompatible_opt3(use_gui_tool
, "--gui",
746 !!difftool_cmd
, "--tool",
747 !!extcmd
, "--extcmd");
750 setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
751 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
753 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
755 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
760 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
762 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
765 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
766 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
769 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
770 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
771 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
772 * each file that changed.
774 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "diff");
776 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "--no-index");
778 strvec_pushl(&child
.args
, "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z", NULL
);
779 strvec_pushv(&child
.args
, argv
);
782 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, &child
);
783 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, &child
);