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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-10-29 10:09:35 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-10-29 10:09:35 -0700
commit9ce57f12280eb6a95043e28ad68ff2b6c70c09ad (patch)
tree5e4a7d25dffc8a7fc193cc7e473103f86ebcae86 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'rb/pack-window-memory-config-doc' (diff)
parentdifftool: add support for --trust-exit-code (diff)
downloadtgif-9ce57f12280eb6a95043e28ad68ff2b6c70c09ad.tar.xz
Merge branch 'da/difftool'
Allow diff tool backend to stop early by exiting with a non-zero status. * da/difftool: difftool: add support for --trust-exit-code difftool--helper: exit when reading a prompt answer fails
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 11887e63a0..333cf6ff91 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
the default diff tool will be read from the configured
`diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`.
+--[no-]trust-exit-code::
+ 'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file.
+ Errors reported by the diff tool are ignored by default.
+ Use `--trust-exit-code` to make 'git-difftool' exit when an
+ invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit code.
++
+'git-difftool' will forward the exit code of the invoked tool when
+'--trust-exit-code' is used.
+
See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options.
CONFIG VARIABLES
@@ -116,6 +125,11 @@ See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details.
difftool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+difftool.trustExitCode::
+ Exit difftool if the invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit status.
++
+See the `--trust-exit-code` option above for more details.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-diff[1]::