git-mergetool--lib (1)

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    Title: git-mergetool--lib
   Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
     Date: 08/10/2017
   Manual: Git Manual
   Source: Git 2.14.1
 Language: English

NAME

SYNOPSIS

TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"

DESCRIPTION

This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. This documentation is meant for people who are studying the Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.

The git-mergetool--lib scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using .) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working with Git merge tools.

Before sourcing git-mergetool--lib, your script must set TOOL_MODE to define the operation mode for the functions listed below. diff and merge are valid values.

FUNCTIONS

get_merge_tool

returns a merge tool.

get_merge_tool_cmd

returns the custom command for a merge tool.

get_merge_tool_path

returns the custom path for a merge tool.

run_merge_tool

launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false flag to indicate whether a merge base is present. $MERGED, $LOCAL, $REMOTE, and $BASE must be defined for use by the merge tool.

GIT

Part of the git(1) suite