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-store.h"
34 static int trust_exit_code
;
36 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage
[] = {
37 N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
41 static int difftool_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
43 if (!strcmp(var
, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
44 trust_exit_code
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
48 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
51 static int print_tool_help(void)
53 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
56 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
);
57 return run_command(&cmd
);
60 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
61 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
65 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
66 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
68 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
69 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
71 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
72 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
, (const char **)&p
))
73 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
75 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
76 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
, (const char **)&p
))
77 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
79 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
82 return error("missing status");
83 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
84 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
89 * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
90 * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
92 static void add_path(struct strbuf
*buf
, size_t base_len
, const char *path
)
94 strbuf_setlen(buf
, base_len
);
95 if (buf
->len
&& buf
->buf
[buf
->len
- 1] != '/')
96 strbuf_addch(buf
, '/');
97 strbuf_addstr(buf
, path
);
101 * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
103 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir
, const char *name
,
104 struct object_id
*oid
)
106 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
110 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, workdir
);
111 add_path(&buf
, buf
.len
, name
);
113 if (!lstat(buf
.buf
, &st
) && !S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) {
114 struct object_id wt_oid
;
115 int fd
= open(buf
.buf
, O_RDONLY
);
118 !index_fd(&the_index
, &wt_oid
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
119 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
120 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
122 } else if (oideq(oid
, &wt_oid
))
127 strbuf_release(&buf
);
132 struct working_tree_entry
{
133 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
134 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
137 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
138 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
139 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
140 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
142 const struct working_tree_entry
*a
, *b
;
144 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
145 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct working_tree_entry
, entry
);
147 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
151 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
152 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
155 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
156 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
157 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
160 static int pair_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
161 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
162 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
163 const void *keydata UNUSED
)
165 const struct pair_entry
*a
, *b
;
167 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
168 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct pair_entry
, entry
);
170 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
173 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
174 const char *content
, int is_right
)
176 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
178 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
179 hashmap_entry_init(&e
->entry
, strhash(path
));
180 existing
= hashmap_get_entry(map
, e
, entry
, NULL
);
185 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
186 hashmap_add(map
, &e
->entry
);
188 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
192 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
193 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
196 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *cmp_data UNUSED
,
197 const struct hashmap_entry
*eptr
,
198 const struct hashmap_entry
*entry_or_key
,
201 const struct path_entry
*a
, *b
;
203 a
= container_of(eptr
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
204 b
= container_of(entry_or_key
, const struct path_entry
, entry
);
206 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
209 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
212 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
213 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
214 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
215 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir());
218 strvec_pushl(&update_index
.args
,
219 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
220 "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
222 update_index
.no_stdin
= 1;
223 update_index
.no_stdout
= 1;
224 update_index
.no_stderr
= 1;
225 update_index
.git_cmd
= 1;
226 update_index
.use_shell
= 0;
227 update_index
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
228 update_index
.dir
= workdir
;
229 strvec_pushf(&update_index
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
230 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
231 run_command(&update_index
);
233 strvec_pushl(&diff_files
.args
,
234 "--git-dir", git_dir
, "--work-tree", workdir
,
235 "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL
);
236 diff_files
.no_stdin
= 1;
237 diff_files
.git_cmd
= 1;
238 diff_files
.use_shell
= 0;
239 diff_files
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
241 diff_files
.dir
= workdir
;
242 strvec_pushf(&diff_files
.env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
243 if (start_command(&diff_files
))
244 die("could not obtain raw diff");
245 fp
= xfdopen(diff_files
.out
, "r");
246 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf
, fp
)) {
247 struct path_entry
*entry
;
248 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, buf
.buf
);
249 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
250 hashmap_add(result
, &entry
->entry
);
253 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
254 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
255 strbuf_release(&buf
);
258 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
260 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
265 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
271 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
272 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
273 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
274 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
276 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
277 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
278 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
279 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
280 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
282 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
283 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
284 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
285 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
286 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
288 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
291 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
292 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
293 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
295 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
296 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
297 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
298 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
300 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
302 enum object_type type
;
304 data
= repo_read_object_file(the_repository
, oid
, &type
,
307 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
308 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
314 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
315 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
317 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
320 ce
= make_transient_cache_entry(mode
, oid
, path
, 0, NULL
);
321 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
, NULL
);
323 discard_cache_entry(ce
);
327 static void write_file_in_directory(struct strbuf
*dir
, size_t dir_len
,
328 const char *path
, const char *content
)
330 add_path(dir
, dir_len
, path
);
331 ensure_leading_directories(dir
->buf
);
333 write_file(dir
->buf
, "%s", content
);
336 /* Write the file contents for the left and right sides of the difftool
337 * dir-diff representation for submodules and symlinks. Symlinks and submodules
338 * are written as regular text files so that external diff tools can diff them
339 * as text files, resulting in behavior that is analogous to to what "git diff"
340 * displays for symlink and submodule diffs.
342 static void write_standin_files(struct pair_entry
*entry
,
343 struct strbuf
*ldir
, size_t ldir_len
,
344 struct strbuf
*rdir
, size_t rdir_len
)
347 write_file_in_directory(ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->left
);
349 write_file_in_directory(rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
, entry
->right
);
352 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
353 struct child_process
*child
)
355 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
356 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
357 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
358 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
359 struct strbuf tmpdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
360 char *lbase_dir
= NULL
, *rbase_dir
= NULL
;
361 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
362 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
365 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
= HASHMAP_INIT(working_tree_entry_cmp
,
367 struct hashmap submodules
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
368 struct hashmap symlinks2
= HASHMAP_INIT(pair_cmp
, NULL
);
369 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
370 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
371 struct index_state wtindex
= INDEX_STATE_INIT(the_repository
);
372 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
374 struct child_process cmd
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
375 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
376 int indices_loaded
= 0;
378 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
380 /* Setup temp directories */
381 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
382 strbuf_add_absolute_path(&tmpdir
, tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
383 strbuf_trim_trailing_dir_sep(&tmpdir
);
384 strbuf_addstr(&tmpdir
, "/git-difftool.XXXXXX");
385 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
.buf
)) {
386 ret
= error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
.buf
);
389 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
.buf
);
390 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
.buf
);
391 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
392 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
393 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
394 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
395 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
397 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
398 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
399 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
401 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
402 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
403 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
408 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
412 child
->use_shell
= 0;
413 child
->clean_on_exit
= 1;
416 if (start_command(child
))
417 die("could not obtain raw diff");
418 fp
= xfdopen(child
->out
, "r");
420 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
422 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
424 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
426 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
428 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
429 die(N_("combined diff formats ('-c' and '--cc') are "
431 "directory diff mode ('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
433 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
436 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
438 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
441 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
444 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
446 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
449 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
451 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
453 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
455 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
457 if (oideq(&loid
, &roid
))
458 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
459 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
463 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
464 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
465 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
469 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
470 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
471 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
475 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
476 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
)) {
477 ret
= error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
482 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
483 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
485 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
486 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
487 hashmap_entry_init(&entry
->entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
488 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
,
493 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, &entry
->entry
);
495 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
496 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
,
498 ret
= error("could not write '%s'",
502 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
504 * Changes in the working tree need special
505 * treatment since they are not part of the
508 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
509 make_cache_entry(&wtindex
, rmode
, &roid
,
512 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
513 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
515 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
516 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
)) {
517 ret
= error("could not create "
518 "directory for '%s'",
522 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
524 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
525 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
530 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
532 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
534 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
544 if (finish_command(child
)) {
545 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
553 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
554 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
555 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
557 hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules
, &iter
, entry
,
558 entry
/* member name */) {
559 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
563 * Symbolic links require special treatment. The standard "git diff"
564 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
565 * This loop replicates that behavior.
567 hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2
, &iter
, entry
,
568 entry
/* member name */) {
570 write_standin_files(entry
, &ldir
, ldir_len
, &rdir
, rdir_len
);
573 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
574 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
577 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, extcmd
);
579 strvec_push(&cmd
.args
, "difftool--helper");
581 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
583 strvec_pushl(&cmd
.args
, ldir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, NULL
);
584 ret
= run_command(&cmd
);
586 /* TODO: audit for interaction with sparse-index. */
587 ensure_full_index(&wtindex
);
590 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
591 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
592 * should be copied back to the working tree.
593 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
594 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
596 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
597 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
598 * files through the symlink.
600 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
601 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
603 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
604 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
605 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
608 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
609 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
612 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
615 if (!indices_loaded
) {
616 struct lock_file lock
= LOCK_INIT
;
618 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
.buf
);
619 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
620 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
621 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
624 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
625 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
626 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
627 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
631 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
632 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
633 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
634 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
635 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
636 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
637 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
640 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
641 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
642 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
643 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
648 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
.buf
);
649 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
652 remove_dir_recursively(&tmpdir
, 0);
654 warning(_("failed: %d"), ret
);
663 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
664 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
665 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
666 strbuf_release(&buf
);
667 strbuf_release(&tmpdir
);
669 return (ret
< 0) ? 1 : ret
;
672 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
673 struct child_process
*child
)
675 const char *env
[] = {
676 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
681 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
683 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
687 strvec_pushv(&child
->env
, env
);
689 return run_command(child
);
692 int cmd_difftool(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
694 int use_gui_tool
= 0, dir_diff
= 0, prompt
= -1, symlinks
= 0,
695 tool_help
= 0, no_index
= 0;
696 static char *difftool_cmd
= NULL
, *extcmd
= NULL
;
697 struct option builtin_difftool_options
[] = {
698 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool
,
699 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
700 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff
,
701 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
702 OPT_SET_INT_F('y', "no-prompt", &prompt
,
703 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
705 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "prompt", &prompt
, NULL
,
706 1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
),
707 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks
,
708 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
709 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd
, N_("tool"),
710 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
711 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help
,
712 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
714 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code
,
715 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
716 "tool returns a non-zero exit code")),
717 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd
, N_("command"),
718 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
719 OPT_BOOL(0, "no-index", &no_index
, N_("passed to `diff`")),
722 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
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_OPT
|
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(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--dir-diff", "--no-index");
744 die_for_incompatible_opt3(use_gui_tool
, "--gui",
745 !!difftool_cmd
, "--tool",
746 !!extcmd
, "--extcmd");
749 setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
750 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
752 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
754 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
759 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
761 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
764 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
765 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
768 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
769 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
770 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
771 * each file that changed.
773 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "diff");
775 strvec_push(&child
.args
, "--no-index");
777 strvec_pushl(&child
.args
, "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z", NULL
);
778 strvec_pushv(&child
.args
, argv
);
781 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, &child
);
782 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, &child
);