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
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 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
50 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
);
51 return run_command(&cmd
);
54 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
55 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
59 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
60 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
62 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
63 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
65 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
66 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
, (const char **)&p
))
67 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
69 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
70 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
, (const char **)&p
))
71 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
73 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
76 return error("missing status");
77 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
78 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
83 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
84 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
86 static void add_path(struct strbuf
*buf
, size_t base_len
, const char *path
)
88 strbuf_setlen(buf
, base_len
);
89 if (buf
->len
&& buf
->buf
[buf
->len
- 1] != '/')
90 strbuf_addch(buf
, '/');
91 strbuf_addstr(buf
, path
);
95 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
97 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir
, const char *name
,
98 struct object_id
*oid
)
100 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
104 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, workdir
);
105 add_path(&buf
, buf
.len
, name
);
107 if (!lstat(buf
.buf
, &st
) && !S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
108 struct object_id wt_oid
;
109 int fd
= open(buf
.buf
, O_RDONLY
);
112 !index_fd(&the_index
, &wt_oid
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
113 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
114 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
116 } else if (oideq(oid
, &wt_oid
))
121 strbuf_release(&buf
);
126 struct working_tree_entry
{
127 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
128 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
131 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
132 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
133 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
134 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
136 const struct working_tree_entry
*a
, *b
;
138 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
139 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
141 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
145 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
146 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
149 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
150 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
151 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
154 static int pair_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
155 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
156 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
157 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
159 const struct pair_entry
*a
, *b
;
161 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
162 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
164 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
167 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
168 const char *content
, int is_right
)
170 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
172 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
173 hashmap_entry_init(&e
->entry
, strhash(path
));
174 existing
= hashmap_get_entry(map
, e
, entry
, NULL
);
179 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
180 hashmap_add(map
, &e
->entry
);
182 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
186 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
187 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
190 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
191 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
192 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
195 const struct path_entry
*a
, *b
;
197 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
198 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
200 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
203 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
206 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
207 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
208 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
209 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir());
212 strvec_pushl(&update_index
.args
,
213 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
214 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
216 update_index
.no_stdin
= 1;
217 update_index
.no_stdout
= 1;
218 update_index
.no_stderr
= 1;
219 update_index
.git_cmd
= 1;
220 update_index
.use_shell
= 0;
221 update_index
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
222 update_index
.dir
= workdir
;
223 strvec_pushf(&update_index
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
224 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
225 run_command(&update_index
);
227 strvec_pushl(&diff_files
.args
,
228 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
229 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL
);
230 diff_files
.no_stdin
= 1;
231 diff_files
.git_cmd
= 1;
232 diff_files
.use_shell
= 0;
233 diff_files
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
235 diff_files
.dir
= workdir
;
236 strvec_pushf(&diff_files
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
237 if (start_command(&diff_files
))
238 die("could not obtain raw diff");
239 fp
= xfdopen(diff_files
.out
, "r");
240 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf
, fp
)) {
241 struct path_entry
*entry
;
242 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, buf
.buf
);
243 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
244 hashmap_add(result
, &entry
->entry
);
247 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
248 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
249 strbuf_release(&buf
);
252 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
254 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
259 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
265 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
266 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
267 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
268 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
270 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
271 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
272 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
273 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
274 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
276 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
277 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
278 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
279 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
280 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
282 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
285 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
286 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
287 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
289 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
290 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
291 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
292 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
294 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
296 enum object_type type
;
298 data
= read_object_file(oid
, &type
, &size
);
300 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
301 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
307 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
308 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
310 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
313 ce
= make_transient_cache_entry(mode
, oid
, path
, 0, NULL
);
314 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
, NULL
);
316 discard_cache_entry(ce
);
320 static void write_file_in_directory(struct strbuf
*dir
, size_t dir_len
,
321 const char *path
, const char *content
)
323 add_path(dir
, dir_len
, path
);
324 ensure_leading_directories(dir
->buf
);
326 write_file(dir
->buf
, "%s", content
);
329 /* Write the file contents for the left and right sides of the difftool
330 * dir-diff representation for submodules and symlinks. Symlinks and submodules
331 * are written as regular text files so that external diff tools can diff them
332 * as text files, resulting in behavior that is analogous to to what "git diff"
333 * displays for symlink and submodule diffs.
335 static void write_standin_files(struct pair_entry
*entry
,
336 struct strbuf
*ldir
, size_t ldir_len
,
337 struct strbuf
*rdir
, size_t rdir_len
)
340 write_file_in_directory(ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->left
);
342 write_file_in_directory(rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->right
);
345 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
346 struct child_process
*child
)
348 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
349 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
350 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
351 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
352 struct strbuf tmpdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
353 char *lbase_dir
= NULL
, *rbase_dir
= NULL
;
354 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
355 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
358 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
= HASHMAP_INIT(working_tree_entry_cmp
,
360 struct hashmap submodules
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
361 struct hashmap symlinks2
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
362 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
363 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
364 struct index_state wtindex
;
365 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
367 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
368 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
369 int indices_loaded
= 0;
371 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
373 /* Setup temp directories */
374 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
375 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&tmpdir
, tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
376 strbuf_trim_trailing_dir_sep(&tmpdir
);
377 strbuf_addstr(&tmpdir
, "/git-difftool.XXXXXX");
378 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
.buf
)) {
379 ret
= error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
.buf
);
382 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
.buf
);
383 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
.buf
);
384 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
385 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
386 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
387 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
388 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
390 memset(&wtindex
, 0, sizeof(wtindex
));
392 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
393 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
394 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
396 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
397 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
398 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
403 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
407 child
->use_shell
= 0;
408 child
->clean_on_exit
= 1;
411 if (start_command(child
))
412 die("could not obtain raw diff");
413 fp
= xfdopen(child
->out
, "r");
415 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
417 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
419 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
421 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
423 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
424 die(N_("combined diff formats ('-c' and '--cc') are "
426 "directory diff mode ('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
428 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
431 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
433 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
436 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
439 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
441 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
444 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
446 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
448 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
450 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
452 if (oideq(&loid
, &roid
))
453 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
454 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
458 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
459 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
460 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
464 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
465 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
466 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
470 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
471 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
)) {
472 ret
= error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
477 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
478 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
480 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
481 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
482 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
483 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
,
488 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
);
490 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
491 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
,
493 ret
= error("could not write '%s'",
497 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
499 * Changes in the working tree need special
500 * treatment since they are not part of the
503 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
504 make_cache_entry(&wtindex
, rmode
, &roid
,
507 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
508 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
510 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
511 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
)) {
512 ret
= error("could not create "
513 "directory for '%s'",
517 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
519 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
520 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
525 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
527 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
529 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
539 if (finish_command(child
)) {
540 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
548 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
549 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
550 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
552 hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules
, &iter
, entry
,
553 entry
/* member name */) {
554 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
558 * Symbolic links require special treatment. The standard "git diff"
559 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
560 * This loop replicates that behavior.
562 hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2
, &iter
, entry
,
563 entry
/* member name */) {
565 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
568 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
569 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
572 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, extcmd
);
574 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, "difftool--helper");
576 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
578 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, ldir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, NULL
);
579 ret
= run_command(&cmd
);
581 /* TODO: audit for interaction with sparse-index. */
582 ensure_full_index(&wtindex
);
585 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
586 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
587 * should be copied back to the working tree.
588 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
589 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
591 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
592 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
593 * files through the symlink.
595 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
596 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
598 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
599 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
600 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
603 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
604 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
607 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
610 if (!indices_loaded
) {
611 struct lock_file lock
= LOCK_INIT
;
613 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
.buf
);
614 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
615 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
616 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
619 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
620 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
621 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
622 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
626 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
627 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
628 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
629 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
630 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
631 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
632 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
635 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
636 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
637 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
638 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
643 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
.buf
);
644 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
647 remove_dir_recursively(&tmpdir
, 0);
649 warning(_("failed: %d"), ret
);
658 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
659 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
660 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
661 strbuf_release(&buf
);
662 strbuf_release(&tmpdir
);
664 return (ret
< 0) ? 1 : ret
;
667 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
668 struct child_process
*child
)
670 const char *env
[] = {
671 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
676 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
678 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
682 strvec_pushv(&child
->env
, env
);
684 return run_command(child
);
687 int cmd_difftool(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
689 int use_gui_tool
= 0, dir_diff
= 0, prompt
= -1, symlinks
= 0,
690 tool_help
= 0, no_index
= 0;
691 static char *difftool_cmd
= NULL
, *extcmd
= NULL
;
692 struct option builtin_difftool_options
[] = {
693 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool
,
694 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
695 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff
,
696 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
697 OPT_SET_INT_F('y', "no-prompt", &prompt
,
698 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
700 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "prompt", &prompt
, NULL
,
701 1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
),
702 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks
,
703 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
704 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd
, N_("tool"),
705 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
706 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help
,
707 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
709 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code
,
710 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
711 "tool returns a non-zero exit code")),
712 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd
, N_("command"),
713 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
714 OPT_BOOL(0, "no-index", &no_index
, N_("passed to `diff`")),
717 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
719 git_config(difftool_config
, NULL
);
720 symlinks
= has_symlinks
;
722 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_difftool_options
,
723 builtin_difftool_usage
, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT
|
724 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH
);
727 return print_tool_help();
729 if (!no_index
&& !startup_info
->have_repository
)
730 die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
734 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
735 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT
, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
737 die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--dir-diff", "--no-index");
739 die_for_incompatible_opt3(use_gui_tool
, "--gui",
740 !!difftool_cmd
, "--tool",
741 !!extcmd
, "--extcmd");
744 setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
745 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
747 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
749 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
754 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
756 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
759 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
760 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
763 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
764 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
765 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
766 * each file that changed.
768 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "diff");
770 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "--no-index");
772 strvec_pushl(&child
.args
, "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z", NULL
);
773 strvec_pushv(&child
.args
, argv
);
776 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, &child
);
777 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, &child
);