Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt

   1 git-mergetool{litdd}lib(1)
   2 ==========================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"'
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14
  15 This is not a command the end user would want to run.  Ever.
  16 This documentation is meant for people who are studying the
  17 Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones.
  18
  19 The 'git-mergetool{litdd}lib' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using
  20 `.`) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working
  21 with git merge tools.
  22
  23 Before sourcing 'git-mergetool{litdd}lib', your script must set `TOOL_MODE`
  24 to define the operation mode for the functions listed below.
  25 'diff' and 'merge' are valid values.
  26
  27 FUNCTIONS
  28 ---------
  29 get_merge_tool::
  30         returns a merge tool.
  31
  32 get_merge_tool_cmd::
  33         returns the custom command for a merge tool.
  34
  35 get_merge_tool_path::
  36         returns the custom path for a merge tool.
  37
  38 run_merge_tool::
  39         launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false
  40         flag to indicate whether a merge base is present.
  41         '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined
  42         for use by the merge tool.
  43
  44 GIT
  45 ---
  46 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite