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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-difftool.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-difftool--helper.sh | 1 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 6fffbc7bf8..db87f1d423 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ the configured command line will be invoked with the following variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE` is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents -of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility -with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. +of the diff post-image. `$MERGED` is the name of the file which is +being compared. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility +with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`. -x <command>:: --extcmd=<command>:: Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified. + Additionally, `$BASE` is set in the environment. -g:: --gui:: diff --git a/git-difftool--helper.sh b/git-difftool--helper.sh index 524f5ea8ab..0594bf7ca5 100755 --- a/git-difftool--helper.sh +++ b/git-difftool--helper.sh @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ launch_merge_tool () { fi if use_ext_cmd; then + export BASE eval $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD '"$LOCAL"' '"$REMOTE"' else run_merge_tool "$merge_tool" |