Merge branch 'jk/reflog-walk-maint' into maint
[git.git] / builtin / difftool.c
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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 "builtin.h"
16 #include "run-command.h"
17 #include "exec_cmd.h"
18 #include "parse-options.h"
19 #include "argv-array.h"
20 #include "strbuf.h"
21 #include "lockfile.h"
22 #include "dir.h"
24 static char *diff_gui_tool;
25 static int trust_exit_code;
27 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage[] = {
28 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
29 NULL
32 static int difftool_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
34 if (!strcmp(var, "diff.guitool")) {
35 diff_gui_tool = xstrdup(value);
36 return 0;
39 if (!strcmp(var, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
40 trust_exit_code = git_config_bool(var, value);
41 return 0;
44 return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
47 static int print_tool_help(void)
49 const char *argv[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL };
50 return run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
53 static int parse_index_info(char *p, int *mode1, int *mode2,
54 struct object_id *oid1, struct object_id *oid2,
55 char *status)
57 if (*p != ':')
58 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p);
59 *mode1 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
60 if (*p != ' ')
61 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
62 *mode2 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
63 if (*p != ' ')
64 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
65 if (get_oid_hex(++p, oid1))
66 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p + 1);
67 p += GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ;
68 if (*p != ' ')
69 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
70 if (get_oid_hex(++p, oid2))
71 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p + 1);
72 p += GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ;
73 if (*p != ' ')
74 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
75 *status = *++p;
76 if (!*status)
77 return error("missing status");
78 if (p[1] && !isdigit(p[1]))
79 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p + 1);
80 return 0;
84 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
85 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
87 static void add_path(struct strbuf *buf, size_t base_len, const char *path)
89 strbuf_setlen(buf, base_len);
90 if (buf->len && buf->buf[buf->len - 1] != '/')
91 strbuf_addch(buf, '/');
92 strbuf_addstr(buf, path);
96 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
98 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir, const char *name,
99 struct object_id *oid)
101 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
102 struct stat st;
103 int use = 0;
105 strbuf_addstr(&buf, workdir);
106 add_path(&buf, buf.len, name);
108 if (!lstat(buf.buf, &st) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
109 struct object_id wt_oid;
110 int fd = open(buf.buf, O_RDONLY);
112 if (fd >= 0 &&
113 !index_fd(wt_oid.hash, fd, &st, OBJ_BLOB, name, 0)) {
114 if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
115 oidcpy(oid, &wt_oid);
116 use = 1;
117 } else if (!oidcmp(oid, &wt_oid))
118 use = 1;
122 strbuf_release(&buf);
124 return use;
127 struct working_tree_entry {
128 struct hashmap_entry entry;
129 char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
132 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(struct working_tree_entry *a,
133 struct working_tree_entry *b, void *keydata)
135 return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
139 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
140 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
142 struct pair_entry {
143 struct hashmap_entry entry;
144 char left[PATH_MAX], right[PATH_MAX];
145 const char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
148 static int pair_cmp(struct pair_entry *a, struct pair_entry *b, void *keydata)
150 return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
153 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap *map, const char *path,
154 const char *content, int is_right)
156 struct pair_entry *e, *existing;
158 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e, path, path);
159 hashmap_entry_init(e, strhash(path));
160 existing = hashmap_get(map, e, NULL);
161 if (existing) {
162 free(e);
163 e = existing;
164 } else {
165 e->left[0] = e->right[0] = '\0';
166 hashmap_add(map, e);
168 strlcpy(is_right ? e->right : e->left, content, PATH_MAX);
171 struct path_entry {
172 struct hashmap_entry entry;
173 char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
176 static int path_entry_cmp(struct path_entry *a, struct path_entry *b, void *key)
178 return strcmp(a->path, key ? key : b->path);
181 static void changed_files(struct hashmap *result, const char *index_path,
182 const char *workdir)
184 struct child_process update_index = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
185 struct child_process diff_files = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
186 struct strbuf index_env = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
187 const char *git_dir = absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env[] = {
188 NULL, NULL
190 FILE *fp;
192 strbuf_addf(&index_env, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path);
193 env[0] = index_env.buf;
195 argv_array_pushl(&update_index.args,
196 "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
197 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
198 "--unmerged", NULL);
199 update_index.no_stdin = 1;
200 update_index.no_stdout = 1;
201 update_index.no_stderr = 1;
202 update_index.git_cmd = 1;
203 update_index.use_shell = 0;
204 update_index.clean_on_exit = 1;
205 update_index.dir = workdir;
206 update_index.env = env;
207 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
208 run_command(&update_index);
210 argv_array_pushl(&diff_files.args,
211 "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
212 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL);
213 diff_files.no_stdin = 1;
214 diff_files.git_cmd = 1;
215 diff_files.use_shell = 0;
216 diff_files.clean_on_exit = 1;
217 diff_files.out = -1;
218 diff_files.dir = workdir;
219 diff_files.env = env;
220 if (start_command(&diff_files))
221 die("could not obtain raw diff");
222 fp = xfdopen(diff_files.out, "r");
223 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf, fp)) {
224 struct path_entry *entry;
225 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, buf.buf);
226 hashmap_entry_init(entry, strhash(buf.buf));
227 hashmap_add(result, entry);
229 fclose(fp);
230 if (finish_command(&diff_files))
231 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
232 strbuf_release(&index_env);
233 strbuf_release(&buf);
236 static NORETURN void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir, int exit_code)
238 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
239 strbuf_addstr(&buf, tmpdir);
240 remove_dir_recursively(&buf, 0);
241 if (exit_code)
242 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code);
243 exit(exit_code);
246 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path)
248 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path)) {
249 case SCLD_OK:
250 case SCLD_EXISTS:
251 return 0;
252 default:
253 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
254 "of '%s'"), path);
259 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
260 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
261 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
262 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
264 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
265 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
266 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
267 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
268 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
270 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
271 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
272 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
273 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
274 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
276 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id *oid, const char *path)
278 char *data;
279 if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
280 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
281 struct strbuf link = STRBUF_INIT;
282 if (has_symlinks) {
283 if (strbuf_readlink(&link, path, strlen(path)))
284 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path);
285 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link, path, 128))
286 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path);
288 data = strbuf_detach(&link, NULL);
289 } else {
290 enum object_type type;
291 unsigned long size;
292 data = read_sha1_file(oid->hash, &type, &size);
293 if (!data)
294 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
295 oid_to_hex(oid), path);
298 return data;
301 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode, struct object_id *oid,
302 const char *path, const struct checkout *state)
304 struct cache_entry *ce;
305 int ret;
307 ce = make_cache_entry(mode, oid->hash, path, 0, 0);
308 ret = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL);
310 free(ce);
311 return ret;
314 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
315 int argc, const char **argv)
317 char tmpdir[PATH_MAX];
318 struct strbuf info = STRBUF_INIT, lpath = STRBUF_INIT;
319 struct strbuf rpath = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
320 struct strbuf ldir = STRBUF_INIT, rdir = STRBUF_INIT;
321 struct strbuf wtdir = STRBUF_INIT;
322 char *lbase_dir, *rbase_dir;
323 size_t ldir_len, rdir_len, wtdir_len;
324 const char *workdir, *tmp;
325 int ret = 0, i;
326 FILE *fp;
327 struct hashmap working_tree_dups, submodules, symlinks2;
328 struct hashmap_iter iter;
329 struct pair_entry *entry;
330 struct index_state wtindex;
331 struct checkout lstate, rstate;
332 int rc, flags = RUN_GIT_CMD, err = 0;
333 struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
334 const char *helper_argv[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL, NULL, NULL };
335 struct hashmap wt_modified, tmp_modified;
336 int indices_loaded = 0;
338 workdir = get_git_work_tree();
340 /* Setup temp directories */
341 tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
342 xsnprintf(tmpdir, sizeof(tmpdir), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp ? tmp : "/tmp");
343 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir))
344 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir);
345 strbuf_addf(&ldir, "%s/left/", tmpdir);
346 strbuf_addf(&rdir, "%s/right/", tmpdir);
347 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir, workdir);
348 if (!wtdir.len || !is_dir_sep(wtdir.buf[wtdir.len - 1]))
349 strbuf_addch(&wtdir, '/');
350 mkdir(ldir.buf, 0700);
351 mkdir(rdir.buf, 0700);
353 memset(&wtindex, 0, sizeof(wtindex));
355 memset(&lstate, 0, sizeof(lstate));
356 lstate.base_dir = lbase_dir = xstrdup(ldir.buf);
357 lstate.base_dir_len = ldir.len;
358 lstate.force = 1;
359 memset(&rstate, 0, sizeof(rstate));
360 rstate.base_dir = rbase_dir = xstrdup(rdir.buf);
361 rstate.base_dir_len = rdir.len;
362 rstate.force = 1;
364 ldir_len = ldir.len;
365 rdir_len = rdir.len;
366 wtdir_len = wtdir.len;
368 hashmap_init(&working_tree_dups,
369 (hashmap_cmp_fn)working_tree_entry_cmp, 0);
370 hashmap_init(&submodules, (hashmap_cmp_fn)pair_cmp, 0);
371 hashmap_init(&symlinks2, (hashmap_cmp_fn)pair_cmp, 0);
373 child.no_stdin = 1;
374 child.git_cmd = 1;
375 child.use_shell = 0;
376 child.clean_on_exit = 1;
377 child.dir = prefix;
378 child.out = -1;
379 argv_array_pushl(&child.args, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
380 NULL);
381 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
382 argv_array_push(&child.args, argv[i]);
383 if (start_command(&child))
384 die("could not obtain raw diff");
385 fp = xfdopen(child.out, "r");
387 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
388 i = 0;
389 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info, fp)) {
390 int lmode, rmode;
391 struct object_id loid, roid;
392 char status;
393 const char *src_path, *dst_path;
395 if (starts_with(info.buf, "::"))
396 die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
397 "not supported in\n"
398 "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
400 if (parse_index_info(info.buf, &lmode, &rmode, &loid, &roid,
401 &status))
402 break;
403 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath, fp))
404 break;
405 src_path = lpath.buf;
407 i++;
408 if (status != 'C' && status != 'R') {
409 dst_path = src_path;
410 } else {
411 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath, fp))
412 break;
413 dst_path = rpath.buf;
416 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode)) {
417 strbuf_reset(&buf);
418 strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
419 oid_to_hex(&loid));
420 add_left_or_right(&submodules, src_path, buf.buf, 0);
421 strbuf_reset(&buf);
422 strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
423 oid_to_hex(&roid));
424 if (!oidcmp(&loid, &roid))
425 strbuf_addstr(&buf, "-dirty");
426 add_left_or_right(&submodules, dst_path, buf.buf, 1);
427 continue;
430 if (S_ISLNK(lmode)) {
431 char *content = get_symlink(&loid, src_path);
432 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, src_path, content, 0);
433 free(content);
436 if (S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
437 char *content = get_symlink(&roid, dst_path);
438 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, dst_path, content, 1);
439 free(content);
442 if (lmode && status != 'C') {
443 if (checkout_path(lmode, &loid, src_path, &lstate)) {
444 ret = error("could not write '%s'", src_path);
445 goto finish;
449 if (rmode && !S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
450 struct working_tree_entry *entry;
452 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
453 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, dst_path);
454 hashmap_entry_init(entry, strhash(dst_path));
455 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups, entry, NULL)) {
456 free(entry);
457 continue;
459 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups, entry);
461 if (!use_wt_file(workdir, dst_path, &roid)) {
462 if (checkout_path(rmode, &roid, dst_path,
463 &rstate)) {
464 ret = error("could not write '%s'",
465 dst_path);
466 goto finish;
468 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid)) {
470 * Changes in the working tree need special
471 * treatment since they are not part of the
472 * index.
474 struct cache_entry *ce2 =
475 make_cache_entry(rmode, roid.hash,
476 dst_path, 0, 0);
478 add_index_entry(&wtindex, ce2,
479 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND);
481 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, dst_path);
482 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf)) {
483 ret = error("could not create "
484 "directory for '%s'",
485 dst_path);
486 goto finish;
488 add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, dst_path);
489 if (symlinks) {
490 if (symlink(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf)) {
491 ret = error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
492 goto finish;
494 } else {
495 struct stat st;
496 if (stat(wtdir.buf, &st))
497 st.st_mode = 0644;
498 if (copy_file(rdir.buf, wtdir.buf,
499 st.st_mode)) {
500 ret = error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
501 goto finish;
508 fclose(fp);
509 fp = NULL;
510 if (finish_command(&child)) {
511 ret = error("error occurred running diff --raw");
512 goto finish;
515 if (!i)
516 goto finish;
519 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
520 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
521 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
523 hashmap_iter_init(&submodules, &iter);
524 while ((entry = hashmap_iter_next(&iter))) {
525 if (*entry->left) {
526 add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
527 ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
528 write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
530 if (*entry->right) {
531 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
532 ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
533 write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
538 * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
539 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
540 * This loop replicates that behavior.
542 hashmap_iter_init(&symlinks2, &iter);
543 while ((entry = hashmap_iter_next(&iter))) {
544 if (*entry->left) {
545 add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
546 ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
547 write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
549 if (*entry->right) {
550 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
551 ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
552 write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
556 strbuf_release(&buf);
558 strbuf_setlen(&ldir, ldir_len);
559 helper_argv[1] = ldir.buf;
560 strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
561 helper_argv[2] = rdir.buf;
563 if (extcmd) {
564 helper_argv[0] = extcmd;
565 flags = 0;
566 } else
567 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
568 rc = run_command_v_opt(helper_argv, flags);
571 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
572 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
573 * should be copied back to the working tree.
574 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
575 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
577 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
578 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
579 * files through the symlink.
581 hashmap_init(&wt_modified, (hashmap_cmp_fn)path_entry_cmp,
582 wtindex.cache_nr);
583 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified, (hashmap_cmp_fn)path_entry_cmp,
584 wtindex.cache_nr);
586 for (i = 0; i < wtindex.cache_nr; i++) {
587 struct hashmap_entry dummy;
588 const char *name = wtindex.cache[i]->name;
589 struct stat st;
591 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
592 if (lstat(rdir.buf, &st))
593 continue;
595 if ((symlinks && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
596 continue;
598 if (!indices_loaded) {
599 static struct lock_file lock;
600 strbuf_reset(&buf);
601 strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir);
602 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, buf.buf, 0) < 0 ||
603 write_locked_index(&wtindex, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) {
604 ret = error("could not write %s", buf.buf);
605 rollback_lock_file(&lock);
606 goto finish;
608 changed_files(&wt_modified, buf.buf, workdir);
609 strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
610 changed_files(&tmp_modified, buf.buf, rdir.buf);
611 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
612 indices_loaded = 1;
615 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy, strhash(name));
616 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified, &dummy, name)) {
617 add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, name);
618 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified, &dummy, name)) {
619 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
620 wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
621 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
622 warning("%s", "");
623 err = 1;
624 } else if (unlink(wtdir.buf) ||
625 copy_file(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf, st.st_mode))
626 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
627 rdir.buf, wtdir.buf);
631 if (err) {
632 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir);
633 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
634 exit(1);
635 } else
636 exit_cleanup(tmpdir, rc);
638 finish:
639 if (fp)
640 fclose(fp);
642 free(lbase_dir);
643 free(rbase_dir);
644 strbuf_release(&ldir);
645 strbuf_release(&rdir);
646 strbuf_release(&wtdir);
647 strbuf_release(&buf);
649 return ret;
652 static int run_file_diff(int prompt, const char *prefix,
653 int argc, const char **argv)
655 struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
656 const char *env[] = {
657 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL,
658 NULL
660 int ret = 0, i;
662 if (prompt > 0)
663 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
664 else if (!prompt)
665 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
668 argv_array_push(&args, "diff");
669 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
670 argv_array_push(&args, argv[i]);
671 ret = run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD, prefix, env);
672 exit(ret);
675 int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
677 int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
678 tool_help = 0;
679 static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
680 struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
681 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
682 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
683 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff,
684 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
685 { OPTION_SET_INT, 'y', "no-prompt", &prompt, NULL,
686 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
687 PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, NULL, 0},
688 { OPTION_SET_INT, 0, "prompt", &prompt, NULL, NULL,
689 PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN,
690 NULL, 1 },
691 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks,
692 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
693 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd, N_("<tool>"),
694 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
695 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help,
696 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
697 "`--tool`")),
698 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code,
699 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
700 "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
701 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("<command>"),
702 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
703 OPT_END()
706 git_config(difftool_config, NULL);
707 symlinks = has_symlinks;
709 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_difftool_options,
710 builtin_difftool_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN |
711 PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
713 if (tool_help)
714 return print_tool_help();
716 /* NEEDSWORK: once we no longer spawn anything, remove this */
717 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
718 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
720 if (use_gui_tool && diff_gui_tool && *diff_gui_tool)
721 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool, 1);
722 else if (difftool_cmd) {
723 if (*difftool_cmd)
724 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd, 1);
725 else
726 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
729 if (extcmd) {
730 if (*extcmd)
731 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd, 1);
732 else
733 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
736 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
737 trust_exit_code ? "true" : "false", 1);
740 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
741 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
742 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
743 * each file that changed.
745 if (dir_diff)
746 return run_dir_diff(extcmd, symlinks, prefix, argc, argv);
747 return run_file_diff(prompt, prefix, argc, argv);