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-rw-r--r--builtin/difftool.c13
-rw-r--r--git.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7800-difftool.sh10
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c
index 31eece0c8d..4fff1e83f9 100644
--- a/builtin/difftool.c
+++ b/builtin/difftool.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ static int run_file_diff(int prompt, const char *prefix,
int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
- tool_help = 0;
+ tool_help = 0, no_index = 0;
static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
"tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("command"),
N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
+ OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index, N_("passed to `diff`")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -727,8 +728,14 @@ int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (tool_help)
return print_tool_help();
- setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
- setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+ if (!no_index && !startup_info->have_repository)
+ die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
+
+ if (!no_index){
+ setup_work_tree();
+ setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
+ setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+ }
if (use_gui_tool && diff_gui_tool && *diff_gui_tool)
setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool, 1);
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 2014aab6b8..46365ed86a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
{ "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE | NO_PARSEOPT },
{ "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
{ "diff-tree", cmd_diff_tree, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
- { "difftool", cmd_difftool, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+ { "difftool", cmd_difftool, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
{ "fast-export", cmd_fast_export, RUN_SETUP },
{ "fetch", cmd_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
{ "fetch-pack", cmd_fetch_pack, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
index bb9a7f4ff9..480dd0633f 100755
--- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -705,4 +705,14 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'difftool --dir-diff handles modified symlinks' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'outside worktree' '
+ echo 1 >1 &&
+ echo 2 >2 &&
+ test_expect_code 1 nongit git \
+ -c diff.tool=echo -c difftool.echo.cmd="echo \$LOCAL \$REMOTE" \
+ difftool --no-prompt --no-index ../1 ../2 >actual &&
+ echo "../1 ../2" >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done