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_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
18 #include "run-command.h"
20 #include "parse-options.h"
21 #include "argv-array.h"
24 #include "object-store.h"
27 static char *diff_gui_tool
;
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
, "diff.guitool")) {
38 diff_gui_tool
= xstrdup(value
);
42 if (!strcmp(var
, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
43 trust_exit_code
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
47 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
50 static int print_tool_help(void)
52 const char *argv
[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL
};
53 return run_command_v_opt(argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
);
56 static int parse_index_info(char *p
, int *mode1
, int *mode2
,
57 struct object_id
*oid1
, struct object_id
*oid2
,
61 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p
);
62 *mode1
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
64 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
65 *mode2
= (int)strtol(p
+ 1, &p
, 8);
67 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
68 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid1
, (const char **)&p
))
69 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
71 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
72 if (parse_oid_hex(++p
, oid2
, (const char **)&p
))
73 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p
);
75 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p
);
78 return error("missing status");
79 if (p
[1] && !isdigit(p
[1]))
80 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p
+ 1);
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
;
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
);
114 !index_fd(&the_index
, &wt_oid
, fd
, &st
, OBJ_BLOB
, name
, 0)) {
115 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
116 oidcpy(oid
, &wt_oid
);
118 } else if (oideq(oid
, &wt_oid
))
123 strbuf_release(&buf
);
128 struct working_tree_entry
{
129 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
130 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
133 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
135 const void *entry_or_key
,
136 const void *unused_keydata
)
138 const struct working_tree_entry
*a
= entry
;
139 const struct working_tree_entry
*b
= entry_or_key
;
140 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
144 * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
145 * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
148 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
149 char left
[PATH_MAX
], right
[PATH_MAX
];
150 const char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
153 static int pair_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
155 const void *entry_or_key
,
156 const void *unused_keydata
)
158 const struct pair_entry
*a
= entry
;
159 const struct pair_entry
*b
= entry_or_key
;
161 return strcmp(a
->path
, b
->path
);
164 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap
*map
, const char *path
,
165 const char *content
, int is_right
)
167 struct pair_entry
*e
, *existing
;
169 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e
, path
, path
);
170 hashmap_entry_init(e
, strhash(path
));
171 existing
= hashmap_get(map
, e
, NULL
);
176 e
->left
[0] = e
->right
[0] = '\0';
179 strlcpy(is_right
? e
->right
: e
->left
, content
, PATH_MAX
);
183 struct hashmap_entry entry
;
184 char path
[FLEX_ARRAY
];
187 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data
,
189 const void *entry_or_key
,
192 const struct path_entry
*a
= entry
;
193 const struct path_entry
*b
= entry_or_key
;
195 return strcmp(a
->path
, key
? key
: b
->path
);
198 static void changed_files(struct hashmap
*result
, const char *index_path
,
201 struct child_process update_index
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
202 struct child_process diff_files
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
203 struct strbuf index_env
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
204 const char *git_dir
= absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env
[] = {
209 strbuf_addf(&index_env
, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path
);
210 env
[0] = index_env
.buf
;
212 argv_array_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 update_index
.env
= env
;
224 /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
225 run_command(&update_index
);
227 argv_array_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 diff_files
.env
= env
;
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
, strhash(buf
.buf
));
244 hashmap_add(result
, entry
);
247 if (finish_command(&diff_files
))
248 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
249 strbuf_release(&index_env
);
250 strbuf_release(&buf
);
253 static NORETURN
void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir
, int exit_code
)
255 struct strbuf buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
256 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, tmpdir
);
257 remove_dir_recursively(&buf
, 0);
259 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code
);
263 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path
)
265 switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path
)) {
270 return error(_("could not create leading directories "
276 * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
277 * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks. We are preparing two
278 * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
279 * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
281 * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
282 * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
283 * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
284 * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
285 * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
287 * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
288 * readlink(2). get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
289 * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
290 * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
291 * capable of doing a symbolic link.
293 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id
*oid
, const char *path
)
296 if (is_null_oid(oid
)) {
297 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
298 struct strbuf link
= STRBUF_INIT
;
300 if (strbuf_readlink(&link
, path
, strlen(path
)))
301 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path
);
302 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link
, path
, 128))
303 die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path
);
305 data
= strbuf_detach(&link
, NULL
);
307 enum object_type type
;
309 data
= read_object_file(oid
, &type
, &size
);
311 die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
312 oid_to_hex(oid
), path
);
318 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode
, struct object_id
*oid
,
319 const char *path
, const struct checkout
*state
)
321 struct cache_entry
*ce
;
324 ce
= make_transient_cache_entry(mode
, oid
, path
, 0);
325 ret
= checkout_entry(ce
, state
, NULL
, NULL
);
327 discard_cache_entry(ce
);
331 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd
, int symlinks
, const char *prefix
,
332 int argc
, const char **argv
)
334 char tmpdir
[PATH_MAX
];
335 struct strbuf info
= STRBUF_INIT
, lpath
= STRBUF_INIT
;
336 struct strbuf rpath
= STRBUF_INIT
, buf
= STRBUF_INIT
;
337 struct strbuf ldir
= STRBUF_INIT
, rdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
338 struct strbuf wtdir
= STRBUF_INIT
;
339 char *lbase_dir
, *rbase_dir
;
340 size_t ldir_len
, rdir_len
, wtdir_len
;
341 const char *workdir
, *tmp
;
344 struct hashmap working_tree_dups
, submodules
, symlinks2
;
345 struct hashmap_iter iter
;
346 struct pair_entry
*entry
;
347 struct index_state wtindex
;
348 struct checkout lstate
, rstate
;
349 int rc
, flags
= RUN_GIT_CMD
, err
= 0;
350 struct child_process child
= CHILD_PROCESS_INIT
;
351 const char *helper_argv
[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL
, NULL
, NULL
};
352 struct hashmap wt_modified
, tmp_modified
;
353 int indices_loaded
= 0;
355 workdir
= get_git_work_tree();
357 /* Setup temp directories */
358 tmp
= getenv("TMPDIR");
359 xsnprintf(tmpdir
, sizeof(tmpdir
), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp
? tmp
: "/tmp");
360 if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir
))
361 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir
);
362 strbuf_addf(&ldir
, "%s/left/", tmpdir
);
363 strbuf_addf(&rdir
, "%s/right/", tmpdir
);
364 strbuf_addstr(&wtdir
, workdir
);
365 if (!wtdir
.len
|| !is_dir_sep(wtdir
.buf
[wtdir
.len
- 1]))
366 strbuf_addch(&wtdir
, '/');
367 mkdir(ldir
.buf
, 0700);
368 mkdir(rdir
.buf
, 0700);
370 memset(&wtindex
, 0, sizeof(wtindex
));
372 memset(&lstate
, 0, sizeof(lstate
));
373 lstate
.base_dir
= lbase_dir
= xstrdup(ldir
.buf
);
374 lstate
.base_dir_len
= ldir
.len
;
376 memset(&rstate
, 0, sizeof(rstate
));
377 rstate
.base_dir
= rbase_dir
= xstrdup(rdir
.buf
);
378 rstate
.base_dir_len
= rdir
.len
;
383 wtdir_len
= wtdir
.len
;
385 hashmap_init(&working_tree_dups
, working_tree_entry_cmp
, NULL
, 0);
386 hashmap_init(&submodules
, pair_cmp
, NULL
, 0);
387 hashmap_init(&symlinks2
, pair_cmp
, NULL
, 0);
392 child
.clean_on_exit
= 1;
395 argv_array_pushl(&child
.args
, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
397 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
398 argv_array_push(&child
.args
, argv
[i
]);
399 if (start_command(&child
))
400 die("could not obtain raw diff");
401 fp
= xfdopen(child
.out
, "r");
403 /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
405 while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info
, fp
)) {
407 struct object_id loid
, roid
;
409 const char *src_path
, *dst_path
;
411 if (starts_with(info
.buf
, "::"))
412 die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
414 "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
416 if (parse_index_info(info
.buf
, &lmode
, &rmode
, &loid
, &roid
,
419 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath
, fp
))
421 src_path
= lpath
.buf
;
424 if (status
!= 'C' && status
!= 'R') {
427 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath
, fp
))
429 dst_path
= rpath
.buf
;
432 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode
) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode
)) {
434 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
436 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, src_path
, buf
.buf
, 0);
438 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "Subproject commit %s",
440 if (oideq(&loid
, &roid
))
441 strbuf_addstr(&buf
, "-dirty");
442 add_left_or_right(&submodules
, dst_path
, buf
.buf
, 1);
446 if (S_ISLNK(lmode
)) {
447 char *content
= get_symlink(&loid
, src_path
);
448 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, src_path
, content
, 0);
452 if (S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
453 char *content
= get_symlink(&roid
, dst_path
);
454 add_left_or_right(&symlinks2
, dst_path
, content
, 1);
458 if (lmode
&& status
!= 'C') {
459 if (checkout_path(lmode
, &loid
, src_path
, &lstate
)) {
460 ret
= error("could not write '%s'", src_path
);
465 if (rmode
&& !S_ISLNK(rmode
)) {
466 struct working_tree_entry
*entry
;
468 /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
469 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry
, path
, dst_path
);
470 hashmap_entry_init(entry
, strhash(dst_path
));
471 if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups
, entry
, NULL
)) {
475 hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups
, entry
);
477 if (!use_wt_file(workdir
, dst_path
, &roid
)) {
478 if (checkout_path(rmode
, &roid
, dst_path
,
480 ret
= error("could not write '%s'",
484 } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid
)) {
486 * Changes in the working tree need special
487 * treatment since they are not part of the
490 struct cache_entry
*ce2
=
491 make_cache_entry(&wtindex
, rmode
, &roid
,
494 add_index_entry(&wtindex
, ce2
,
495 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND
);
497 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, dst_path
);
498 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
)) {
499 ret
= error("could not create "
500 "directory for '%s'",
504 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, dst_path
);
506 if (symlink(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
)) {
507 ret
= error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
512 if (stat(wtdir
.buf
, &st
))
514 if (copy_file(rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
,
516 ret
= error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
526 if (finish_command(&child
)) {
527 ret
= error("error occurred running diff --raw");
535 * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
536 * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
537 * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
539 hashmap_iter_init(&submodules
, &iter
);
540 while ((entry
= hashmap_iter_next(&iter
))) {
542 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
543 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
544 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
547 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
548 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
549 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
554 * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
555 * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
556 * This loop replicates that behavior.
558 hashmap_iter_init(&symlinks2
, &iter
);
559 while ((entry
= hashmap_iter_next(&iter
))) {
561 add_path(&ldir
, ldir_len
, entry
->path
);
562 ensure_leading_directories(ldir
.buf
);
563 write_file(ldir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->left
);
566 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, entry
->path
);
567 ensure_leading_directories(rdir
.buf
);
568 write_file(rdir
.buf
, "%s", entry
->right
);
572 strbuf_release(&buf
);
574 strbuf_setlen(&ldir
, ldir_len
);
575 helper_argv
[1] = ldir
.buf
;
576 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
577 helper_argv
[2] = rdir
.buf
;
580 helper_argv
[0] = extcmd
;
583 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
584 rc
= run_command_v_opt(helper_argv
, flags
);
587 * If the diff includes working copy files and those
588 * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
589 * should be copied back to the working tree.
590 * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
591 * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
593 * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
594 * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
595 * files through the symlink.
597 hashmap_init(&wt_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
598 hashmap_init(&tmp_modified
, path_entry_cmp
, NULL
, wtindex
.cache_nr
);
600 for (i
= 0; i
< wtindex
.cache_nr
; i
++) {
601 struct hashmap_entry dummy
;
602 const char *name
= wtindex
.cache
[i
]->name
;
605 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
606 if (lstat(rdir
.buf
, &st
))
609 if ((symlinks
&& S_ISLNK(st
.st_mode
)) || !S_ISREG(st
.st_mode
))
612 if (!indices_loaded
) {
613 struct lock_file lock
= LOCK_INIT
;
615 strbuf_addf(&buf
, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir
);
616 if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, buf
.buf
, 0) < 0 ||
617 write_locked_index(&wtindex
, &lock
, COMMIT_LOCK
)) {
618 ret
= error("could not write %s", buf
.buf
);
621 changed_files(&wt_modified
, buf
.buf
, workdir
);
622 strbuf_setlen(&rdir
, rdir_len
);
623 changed_files(&tmp_modified
, buf
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
624 add_path(&rdir
, rdir_len
, name
);
628 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy
, strhash(name
));
629 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
630 add_path(&wtdir
, wtdir_len
, name
);
631 if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified
, &dummy
, name
)) {
632 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
633 wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
);
634 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
637 } else if (unlink(wtdir
.buf
) ||
638 copy_file(wtdir
.buf
, rdir
.buf
, st
.st_mode
))
639 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
640 rdir
.buf
, wtdir
.buf
);
645 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir
);
646 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
649 exit_cleanup(tmpdir
, rc
);
657 strbuf_release(&ldir
);
658 strbuf_release(&rdir
);
659 strbuf_release(&wtdir
);
660 strbuf_release(&buf
);
665 static int run_file_diff(int prompt
, const char *prefix
,
666 int argc
, const char **argv
)
668 struct argv_array args
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
669 const char *env
[] = {
670 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL
,
676 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
678 env
[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
681 argv_array_push(&args
, "diff");
682 for (i
= 0; i
< argc
; i
++)
683 argv_array_push(&args
, argv
[i
]);
684 ret
= run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
, prefix
, env
);
688 int cmd_difftool(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
690 int use_gui_tool
= 0, dir_diff
= 0, prompt
= -1, symlinks
= 0,
691 tool_help
= 0, no_index
= 0;
692 static char *difftool_cmd
= NULL
, *extcmd
= NULL
;
693 struct option builtin_difftool_options
[] = {
694 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool
,
695 N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
696 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff
,
697 N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
698 OPT_SET_INT_F('y', "no-prompt", &prompt
,
699 N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
701 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "prompt", &prompt
, NULL
,
702 1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG
| PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN
),
703 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks
,
704 N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
705 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd
, N_("tool"),
706 N_("use the specified diff tool")),
707 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help
,
708 N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
710 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code
,
711 N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
712 "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
713 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd
, N_("command"),
714 N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
715 OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index
, N_("passed to `diff`")),
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
|
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);
738 if (use_gui_tool
&& diff_gui_tool
&& *diff_gui_tool
)
739 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool
, 1);
740 else if (difftool_cmd
) {
742 setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd
, 1);
744 die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
749 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd
, 1);
751 die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
754 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
755 trust_exit_code
? "true" : "false", 1);
758 * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
759 * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
760 * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
761 * each file that changed.
764 return run_dir_diff(extcmd
, symlinks
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);
765 return run_file_diff(prompt
, prefix
, argc
, argv
);