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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool.txt8
-rwxr-xr-xgit-mergetool.sh14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index 07137f252b..e846c2ed7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
--no-prompt::
Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
program.
+ This is the default if the merge resolution program is
+ explicitly specified with the `--tool` option or with the
+ `merge.tool` configuration variable.
--prompt::
- Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
- This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to
- override any configuration settings.
+ Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program
+ to give the user a chance to skip the path.
TEMPORARY FILES
---------------
diff --git a/git-mergetool.sh b/git-mergetool.sh
index 332528ff45..d08dc92589 100755
--- a/git-mergetool.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool.sh
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ merge_file () {
echo "Normal merge conflict for '$MERGED':"
describe_file "$local_mode" "local" "$LOCAL"
describe_file "$remote_mode" "remote" "$REMOTE"
- if "$prompt" = true
+ if test "$guessed_merge_tool" = true || test "$prompt" = true
then
printf "Hit return to start merge resolution tool (%s): " "$merge_tool"
read ans || return 1
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ merge_file () {
return 0
}
-prompt=$(git config --bool mergetool.prompt || echo true)
+prompt=$(git config --bool mergetool.prompt)
+guessed_merge_tool=false
while test $# != 0
do
@@ -373,7 +374,14 @@ prompt_after_failed_merge () {
if test -z "$merge_tool"
then
- merge_tool=$(get_merge_tool "$merge_tool") || exit
+ # Check if a merge tool has been configured
+ merge_tool=$(get_configured_merge_tool)
+ # Try to guess an appropriate merge tool if no tool has been set.
+ if test -z "$merge_tool"
+ then
+ merge_tool=$(guess_merge_tool) || exit
+ guessed_merge_tool=true
+ fi
fi
merge_keep_backup="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepBackup || echo true)"
merge_keep_temporaries="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepTemporaries || echo false)"