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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mergetools/p4merge b/mergetools/p4merge
index 1a45c1b0c5..52f7c8f705 100644
--- a/mergetools/p4merge
+++ b/mergetools/p4merge
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
diff_cmd () {
+ empty_file=
+
+ # p4merge does not like /dev/null
+ if test "/dev/null" = "$LOCAL"
+ then
+ LOCAL="$(create_empty_file)"
+ fi
+ if test "/dev/null" = "$REMOTE"
+ then
+ REMOTE="$(create_empty_file)"
+ fi
+
"$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+
+ if test -n "$empty_file"
+ then
+ rm -f "$empty_file"
+ fi
}
merge_cmd () {
@@ -8,3 +25,10 @@ merge_cmd () {
"$merge_tool_path" "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"
check_unchanged
}
+
+create_empty_file () {
+ empty_file="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/git-difftool-p4merge-empty-file.$$"
+ >"$empty_file"
+
+ printf "$empty_file"
+}