Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  difftool: provide basename to external tools
  git-difftool.txt: correct the description of $BASE and describe $MERGED

diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 6fffbc7bf89d01b14505c03993de9d97d37e9404..db87f1d42382e32d7e3ee94e5c3d0a032b7430e2 100644 (file)
--- 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 524f5ea8ab14bb44e5a8e6393e40c0ec5c1ddaa2..0594bf7ca54c6b91d5f96dd86d8962e93459d004 100755 (executable)
--- 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"