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1 /*
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 #include "cache.h"
15 #include "config.h"
16 #include "builtin.h"
17 #include "run-command.h"
18 #include "exec_cmd.h"
19 #include "parse-options.h"
20 #include "argv-array.h"
21 #include "strbuf.h"
22 #include "lockfile.h"
23 #include "dir.h"
25 static char *diff_gui_tool;
26 static int trust_exit_code;
28 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage[] = {
29 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
30 NULL
33 static int difftool_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
35 if (!strcmp(var, "diff.guitool")) {
36 diff_gui_tool = xstrdup(value);
37 return 0;
40 if (!strcmp(var, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
41 trust_exit_code = git_config_bool(var, value);
42 return 0;
45 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
48 static int print_tool_help(void)
50 const char *argv[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL };
51 return run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
54 static int parse_index_info(char *p, int *mode1, int *mode2,
55 struct object_id *oid1, struct object_id *oid2,
56 char *status)
58 if (*p != ':')
59 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p);
60 *mode1 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
61 if (*p != ' ')
62 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
63 *mode2 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
64 if (*p != ' ')
65 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
66 if (get_oid_hex(++p, oid1))
67 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p + 1);
68 p += GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ;
69 if (*p != ' ')
70 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
71 if (get_oid_hex(++p, oid2))
72 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p + 1);
73 p += GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ;
74 if (*p != ' ')
75 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
76 *status = *++p;
77 if (!*status)
78 return error("missing status");
79 if (p[1] && !isdigit(p[1]))
80 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p + 1);
81 return 0;
85 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
86 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
88 static void add_path(struct strbuf *buf, size_t base_len, const char *path)
90 strbuf_setlen(buf, base_len);
91 if (buf->len && buf->buf[buf->len - 1] != '/')
92 strbuf_addch(buf, '/');
93 strbuf_addstr(buf, path);
97 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
99 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir, const char *name,
100 struct object_id *oid)
102 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
103 struct stat st;
104 int use = 0;
106 strbuf_addstr(&buf, workdir);
107 add_path(&buf, buf.len, name);
109 if (!lstat(buf.buf, &st) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
110 struct object_id wt_oid;
111 int fd = open(buf.buf, O_RDONLY);
113 if (fd >= 0 &&
114 !index_fd(wt_oid.hash, fd, &st, OBJ_BLOB, name, 0)) {
115 if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
116 oidcpy(oid, &wt_oid);
117 use = 1;
118 } else if (!oidcmp(oid, &wt_oid))
119 use = 1;
123 strbuf_release(&buf);
125 return use;
128 struct working_tree_entry {
129 struct hashmap_entry entry;
130 char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
133 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(struct working_tree_entry *a,
134 struct working_tree_entry *b, void *keydata)
136 return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
140 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
141 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
143 struct pair_entry {
144 struct hashmap_entry entry;
145 char left[PATH_MAX], right[PATH_MAX];
146 const char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
149 static int pair_cmp(struct pair_entry *a, struct pair_entry *b, void *keydata)
151 return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
154 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap *map, const char *path,
155 const char *content, int is_right)
157 struct pair_entry *e, *existing;
159 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e, path, path);
160 hashmap_entry_init(e, strhash(path));
161 existing = hashmap_get(map, e, NULL);
162 if (existing) {
163 free(e);
164 e = existing;
165 } else {
166 e->left[0] = e->right[0] = '\0';
167 hashmap_add(map, e);
169 strlcpy(is_right ? e->right : e->left, content, PATH_MAX);
172 struct path_entry {
173 struct hashmap_entry entry;
174 char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
177 static int path_entry_cmp(struct path_entry *a, struct path_entry *b, void *key)
179 return strcmp(a->path, key ? key : b->path);
182 static void changed_files(struct hashmap *result, const char *index_path,
183 const char *workdir)
185 struct child_process update_index = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
186 struct child_process diff_files = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
187 struct strbuf index_env = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
188 const char *git_dir = absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env[] = {
189 NULL, NULL
191 FILE *fp;
193 strbuf_addf(&index_env, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path);
194 env[0] = index_env.buf;
196 argv_array_pushl(&update_index.args,
197 "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
198 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
199 "--unmerged", NULL);
200 update_index.no_stdin = 1;
201 update_index.no_stdout = 1;
202 update_index.no_stderr = 1;
203 update_index.git_cmd = 1;
204 update_index.use_shell = 0;
205 update_index.clean_on_exit = 1;
206 update_index.dir = workdir;
207 update_index.env = env;
208 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
209 run_command(&update_index);
211 argv_array_pushl(&diff_files.args,
212 "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
213 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL);
214 diff_files.no_stdin = 1;
215 diff_files.git_cmd = 1;
216 diff_files.use_shell = 0;
217 diff_files.clean_on_exit = 1;
218 diff_files.out = -1;
219 diff_files.dir = workdir;
220 diff_files.env = env;
221 if (start_command(&diff_files))
222 die("could not obtain raw diff");
223 fp = xfdopen(diff_files.out, "r");
224 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf, fp)) {
225 struct path_entry *entry;
226 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, buf.buf);
227 hashmap_entry_init(entry, strhash(buf.buf));
228 hashmap_add(result, entry);
230 fclose(fp);
231 if (finish_command(&diff_files))
232 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
233 strbuf_release(&index_env);
234 strbuf_release(&buf);
237 static NORETURN void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir, int exit_code)
239 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
240 strbuf_addstr(&buf, tmpdir);
241 remove_dir_recursively(&buf, 0);
242 if (exit_code)
243 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code);
244 exit(exit_code);
247 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path)
249 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path)) {
250 case SCLD_OK:
251 case SCLD_EXISTS:
252 return 0;
253 default:
254 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
255 "of '%s'"), path);
260 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
261 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
262 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
263 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
265 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
266 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
267 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
268 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
269 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
271 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
272 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
273 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
274 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
275 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
277 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id *oid, const char *path)
279 char *data;
280 if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
281 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
282 struct strbuf link = STRBUF_INIT;
283 if (has_symlinks) {
284 if (strbuf_readlink(&link, path, strlen(path)))
285 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path);
286 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link, path, 128))
287 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path);
289 data = strbuf_detach(&link, NULL);
290 } else {
291 enum object_type type;
292 unsigned long size;
293 data = read_sha1_file(oid->hash, &type, &size);
294 if (!data)
295 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
296 oid_to_hex(oid), path);
299 return data;
302 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode, struct object_id *oid,
303 const char *path, const struct checkout *state)
305 struct cache_entry *ce;
306 int ret;
308 ce = make_cache_entry(mode, oid->hash, path, 0, 0);
309 ret = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
311 free(ce);
312 return ret;
315 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
316 int argc, const char **argv)
318 char tmpdir[PATH_MAX];
319 struct strbuf info = STRBUF_INIT, lpath = STRBUF_INIT;
320 struct strbuf rpath = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
321 struct strbuf ldir = STRBUF_INIT, rdir = STRBUF_INIT;
322 struct strbuf wtdir = STRBUF_INIT;
323 char *lbase_dir, *rbase_dir;
324 size_t ldir_len, rdir_len, wtdir_len;
325 const char *workdir, *tmp;
326 int ret = 0, i;
327 FILE *fp;
328 struct hashmap working_tree_dups, submodules, symlinks2;
329 struct hashmap_iter iter;
330 struct pair_entry *entry;
331 struct index_state wtindex;
332 struct checkout lstate, rstate;
333 int rc, flags = RUN_GIT_CMD, err = 0;
334 struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
335 const char *helper_argv[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL, NULL, NULL };
336 struct hashmap wt_modified, tmp_modified;
337 int indices_loaded = 0;
339 workdir = get_git_work_tree();
341 /* Setup temp directories */
342 tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
343 xsnprintf(tmpdir, sizeof(tmpdir), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp ? tmp : "/tmp");
344 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir))
345 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir);
346 strbuf_addf(&ldir, "%s/left/", tmpdir);
347 strbuf_addf(&rdir, "%s/right/", tmpdir);
348 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir, workdir);
349 if (!wtdir.len || !is_dir_sep(wtdir.buf[wtdir.len - 1]))
350 strbuf_addch(&wtdir, '/');
351 mkdir(ldir.buf, 0700);
352 mkdir(rdir.buf, 0700);
354 memset(&wtindex, 0, sizeof(wtindex));
356 memset(&lstate, 0, sizeof(lstate));
357 lstate.base_dir = lbase_dir = xstrdup(ldir.buf);
358 lstate.base_dir_len = ldir.len;
359 lstate.force = 1;
360 memset(&rstate, 0, sizeof(rstate));
361 rstate.base_dir = rbase_dir = xstrdup(rdir.buf);
362 rstate.base_dir_len = rdir.len;
363 rstate.force = 1;
365 ldir_len = ldir.len;
366 rdir_len = rdir.len;
367 wtdir_len = wtdir.len;
369 hashmap_init(&working_tree_dups,
370 (hashmap_cmp_fn)working_tree_entry_cmp, 0);
371 hashmap_init(&submodules, (hashmap_cmp_fn)pair_cmp, 0);
372 hashmap_init(&symlinks2, (hashmap_cmp_fn)pair_cmp, 0);
374 child.no_stdin = 1;
375 child.git_cmd = 1;
376 child.use_shell = 0;
377 child.clean_on_exit = 1;
378 child.dir = prefix;
379 child.out = -1;
380 argv_array_pushl(&child.args, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
381 NULL);
382 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
383 argv_array_push(&child.args, argv[i]);
384 if (start_command(&child))
385 die("could not obtain raw diff");
386 fp = xfdopen(child.out, "r");
388 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
389 i = 0;
390 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info, fp)) {
391 int lmode, rmode;
392 struct object_id loid, roid;
393 char status;
394 const char *src_path, *dst_path;
396 if (starts_with(info.buf, "::"))
397 die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
398 "not supported in\n"
399 "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
401 if (parse_index_info(info.buf, &lmode, &rmode, &loid, &roid,
402 &status))
403 break;
404 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath, fp))
405 break;
406 src_path = lpath.buf;
408 i++;
409 if (status != 'C' && status != 'R') {
410 dst_path = src_path;
411 } else {
412 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath, fp))
413 break;
414 dst_path = rpath.buf;
417 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode)) {
418 strbuf_reset(&buf);
419 strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
420 oid_to_hex(&loid));
421 add_left_or_right(&submodules, src_path, buf.buf, 0);
422 strbuf_reset(&buf);
423 strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
424 oid_to_hex(&roid));
425 if (!oidcmp(&loid, &roid))
426 strbuf_addstr(&buf, "-dirty");
427 add_left_or_right(&submodules, dst_path, buf.buf, 1);
428 continue;
431 if (S_ISLNK(lmode)) {
432 char *content = get_symlink(&loid, src_path);
433 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, src_path, content, 0);
434 free(content);
437 if (S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
438 char *content = get_symlink(&roid, dst_path);
439 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, dst_path, content, 1);
440 free(content);
443 if (lmode && status != 'C') {
444 if (checkout_path(lmode, &loid, src_path, &lstate)) {
445 ret = error("could not write '%s'", src_path);
446 goto finish;
450 if (rmode && !S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
451 struct working_tree_entry *entry;
453 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
454 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, dst_path);
455 hashmap_entry_init(entry, strhash(dst_path));
456 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups, entry, NULL)) {
457 free(entry);
458 continue;
460 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups, entry);
462 if (!use_wt_file(workdir, dst_path, &roid)) {
463 if (checkout_path(rmode, &roid, dst_path,
464 &rstate)) {
465 ret = error("could not write '%s'",
466 dst_path);
467 goto finish;
469 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid)) {
471 * Changes in the working tree need special
472 * treatment since they are not part of the
473 * index.
475 struct cache_entry *ce2 =
476 make_cache_entry(rmode, roid.hash,
477 dst_path, 0, 0);
479 add_index_entry(&wtindex, ce2,
480 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND);
482 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, dst_path);
483 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf)) {
484 ret = error("could not create "
485 "directory for '%s'",
486 dst_path);
487 goto finish;
489 add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, dst_path);
490 if (symlinks) {
491 if (symlink(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf)) {
492 ret = error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
493 goto finish;
495 } else {
496 struct stat st;
497 if (stat(wtdir.buf, &st))
498 st.st_mode = 0644;
499 if (copy_file(rdir.buf, wtdir.buf,
500 st.st_mode)) {
501 ret = error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
502 goto finish;
509 fclose(fp);
510 fp = NULL;
511 if (finish_command(&child)) {
512 ret = error("error occurred running diff --raw");
513 goto finish;
516 if (!i)
517 goto finish;
520 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
521 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
522 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
524 hashmap_iter_init(&submodules, &iter);
525 while ((entry = hashmap_iter_next(&iter))) {
526 if (*entry->left) {
527 add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
528 ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
529 write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
531 if (*entry->right) {
532 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
533 ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
534 write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
539 * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
540 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
541 * This loop replicates that behavior.
543 hashmap_iter_init(&symlinks2, &iter);
544 while ((entry = hashmap_iter_next(&iter))) {
545 if (*entry->left) {
546 add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
547 ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
548 write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
550 if (*entry->right) {
551 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
552 ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
553 write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
557 strbuf_release(&buf);
559 strbuf_setlen(&ldir, ldir_len);
560 helper_argv[1] = ldir.buf;
561 strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
562 helper_argv[2] = rdir.buf;
564 if (extcmd) {
565 helper_argv[0] = extcmd;
566 flags = 0;
567 } else
568 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
569 rc = run_command_v_opt(helper_argv, flags);
572 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
573 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
574 * should be copied back to the working tree.
575 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
576 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
578 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
579 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
580 * files through the symlink.
582 hashmap_init(&wt_modified, (hashmap_cmp_fn)path_entry_cmp,
583 wtindex.cache_nr);
584 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified, (hashmap_cmp_fn)path_entry_cmp,
585 wtindex.cache_nr);
587 for (i = 0; i < wtindex.cache_nr; i++) {
588 struct hashmap_entry dummy;
589 const char *name = wtindex.cache[i]->name;
590 struct stat st;
592 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
593 if (lstat(rdir.buf, &st))
594 continue;
596 if ((symlinks && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
597 continue;
599 if (!indices_loaded) {
600 static struct lock_file lock;
601 strbuf_reset(&buf);
602 strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir);
603 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, buf.buf, 0) < 0 ||
604 write_locked_index(&wtindex, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) {
605 ret = error("could not write %s", buf.buf);
606 rollback_lock_file(&lock);
607 goto finish;
609 changed_files(&wt_modified, buf.buf, workdir);
610 strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
611 changed_files(&tmp_modified, buf.buf, rdir.buf);
612 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
613 indices_loaded = 1;
616 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy, strhash(name));
617 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified, &dummy, name)) {
618 add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, name);
619 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified, &dummy, name)) {
620 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
621 wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
622 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
623 warning("%s", "");
624 err = 1;
625 } else if (unlink(wtdir.buf) ||
626 copy_file(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf, st.st_mode))
627 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
628 rdir.buf, wtdir.buf);
632 if (err) {
633 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir);
634 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
635 exit(1);
636 } else
637 exit_cleanup(tmpdir, rc);
639 finish:
640 if (fp)
641 fclose(fp);
643 free(lbase_dir);
644 free(rbase_dir);
645 strbuf_release(&ldir);
646 strbuf_release(&rdir);
647 strbuf_release(&wtdir);
648 strbuf_release(&buf);
650 return ret;
653 static int run_file_diff(int prompt, const char *prefix,
654 int argc, const char **argv)
656 struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
657 const char *env[] = {
658 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL,
659 NULL
661 int ret = 0, i;
663 if (prompt > 0)
664 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
665 else if (!prompt)
666 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
669 argv_array_push(&args, "diff");
670 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
671 argv_array_push(&args, argv[i]);
672 ret = run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD, prefix, env);
673 exit(ret);
676 int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
678 int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
679 tool_help = 0;
680 static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
681 struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
682 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
683 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
684 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff,
685 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
686 { OPTION_SET_INT, 'y', "no-prompt", &prompt, NULL,
687 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
688 PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, NULL, 0},
689 { OPTION_SET_INT, 0, "prompt", &prompt, NULL, NULL,
690 PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN,
691 NULL, 1 },
692 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks,
693 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
694 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd, N_("<tool>"),
695 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
696 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help,
697 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
698 "`--tool`")),
699 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code,
700 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
701 "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
702 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("<command>"),
703 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
704 OPT_END()
707 git_config(difftool_config, NULL);
708 symlinks = has_symlinks;
710 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_difftool_options,
711 builtin_difftool_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN |
712 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
714 if (tool_help)
715 return print_tool_help();
717 /* NEEDSWORK: once we no longer spawn anything, remove this */
718 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
719 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
721 if (use_gui_tool && diff_gui_tool && *diff_gui_tool)
722 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool, 1);
723 else if (difftool_cmd) {
724 if (*difftool_cmd)
725 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd, 1);
726 else
727 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
730 if (extcmd) {
731 if (*extcmd)
732 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd, 1);
733 else
734 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
737 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
738 trust_exit_code ? "true" : "false", 1);
741 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
742 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
743 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
744 * each file that changed.
746 if (dir_diff)
747 return run_dir_diff(extcmd, symlinks, prefix, argc, argv);
748 return run_file_diff(prompt, prefix, argc, argv);