2  * "git difftool" builtin command
 
   4  * This is a wrapper around the GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF-compatible
 
   5  * git-difftool--helper script.
 
   7  * This script exports GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and GIT_PAGER for use by git.
 
   8  * The GIT_DIFF* variables are exported for use by git-difftool--helper.
 
  10  * Any arguments that are unknown to this script are forwarded to 'git diff'.
 
  12  * Copyright (C) 2016 Johannes Schindelin
 
  14 #define USE_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
 
  18 #include "run-command.h"
 
  20 #include "parse-options.h"
 
  21 #include "argv-array.h"
 
  24 #include "object-store.h"
 
  27 static int trust_exit_code;
 
  29 static const char *const builtin_difftool_usage[] = {
 
  30         N_("git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]"),
 
  34 static int difftool_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 
  36         if (!strcmp(var, "difftool.trustexitcode")) {
 
  37                 trust_exit_code = git_config_bool(var, value);
 
  41         return git_default_config(var, value, cb);
 
  44 static int print_tool_help(void)
 
  46         const char *argv[] = { "mergetool", "--tool-help=diff", NULL };
 
  47         return run_command_v_opt(argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
 
  50 static int parse_index_info(char *p, int *mode1, int *mode2,
 
  51                             struct object_id *oid1, struct object_id *oid2,
 
  55                 return error("expected ':', got '%c'", *p);
 
  56         *mode1 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
 
  58                 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
 
  59         *mode2 = (int)strtol(p + 1, &p, 8);
 
  61                 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
 
  62         if (parse_oid_hex(++p, oid1, (const char **)&p))
 
  63                 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p);
 
  65                 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
 
  66         if (parse_oid_hex(++p, oid2, (const char **)&p))
 
  67                 return error("expected object ID, got '%s'", p);
 
  69                 return error("expected ' ', got '%c'", *p);
 
  72                 return error("missing status");
 
  73         if (p[1] && !isdigit(p[1]))
 
  74                 return error("unexpected trailer: '%s'", p + 1);
 
  79  * Remove any trailing slash from $workdir
 
  80  * before starting to avoid double slashes in symlink targets.
 
  82 static void add_path(struct strbuf *buf, size_t base_len, const char *path)
 
  84         strbuf_setlen(buf, base_len);
 
  85         if (buf->len && buf->buf[buf->len - 1] != '/')
 
  86                 strbuf_addch(buf, '/');
 
  87         strbuf_addstr(buf, path);
 
  91  * Determine whether we can simply reuse the file in the worktree.
 
  93 static int use_wt_file(const char *workdir, const char *name,
 
  94                        struct object_id *oid)
 
  96         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 100         strbuf_addstr(&buf, workdir);
 
 101         add_path(&buf, buf.len, name);
 
 103         if (!lstat(buf.buf, &st) && !S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
 
 104                 struct object_id wt_oid;
 
 105                 int fd = open(buf.buf, O_RDONLY);
 
 108                     !index_fd(&the_index, &wt_oid, fd, &st, OBJ_BLOB, name, 0)) {
 
 109                         if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
 
 110                                 oidcpy(oid, &wt_oid);
 
 112                         } else if (oideq(oid, &wt_oid))
 
 117         strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 122 struct working_tree_entry {
 
 123         struct hashmap_entry entry;
 
 124         char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
 
 127 static int working_tree_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
 
 128                                   const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
 
 129                                   const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
 
 130                                   const void *unused_keydata)
 
 132         const struct working_tree_entry *a, *b;
 
 134         a = container_of(eptr, const struct working_tree_entry, entry);
 
 135         b = container_of(entry_or_key, const struct working_tree_entry, entry);
 
 137         return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
 
 141  * The `left` and `right` entries hold paths for the symlinks hashmap,
 
 142  * and a SHA-1 surrounded by brief text for submodules.
 
 145         struct hashmap_entry entry;
 
 146         char left[PATH_MAX], right[PATH_MAX];
 
 147         const char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
 
 150 static int pair_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
 
 151                     const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
 
 152                     const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
 
 153                     const void *unused_keydata)
 
 155         const struct pair_entry *a, *b;
 
 157         a = container_of(eptr, const struct pair_entry, entry);
 
 158         b = container_of(entry_or_key, const struct pair_entry, entry);
 
 160         return strcmp(a->path, b->path);
 
 163 static void add_left_or_right(struct hashmap *map, const char *path,
 
 164                               const char *content, int is_right)
 
 166         struct pair_entry *e, *existing;
 
 168         FLEX_ALLOC_STR(e, path, path);
 
 169         hashmap_entry_init(&e->entry, strhash(path));
 
 170         existing = hashmap_get_entry(map, e, entry, NULL);
 
 175                 e->left[0] = e->right[0] = '\0';
 
 176                 hashmap_add(map, &e->entry);
 
 178         strlcpy(is_right ? e->right : e->left, content, PATH_MAX);
 
 182         struct hashmap_entry entry;
 
 183         char path[FLEX_ARRAY];
 
 186 static int path_entry_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
 
 187                           const struct hashmap_entry *eptr,
 
 188                           const struct hashmap_entry *entry_or_key,
 
 191         const struct path_entry *a, *b;
 
 193         a = container_of(eptr, const struct path_entry, entry);
 
 194         b = container_of(entry_or_key, const struct path_entry, entry);
 
 196         return strcmp(a->path, key ? key : b->path);
 
 199 static void changed_files(struct hashmap *result, const char *index_path,
 
 202         struct child_process update_index = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
 203         struct child_process diff_files = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
 204         struct strbuf index_env = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 205         const char *git_dir = absolute_path(get_git_dir()), *env[] = {
 
 210         strbuf_addf(&index_env, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_path);
 
 211         env[0] = index_env.buf;
 
 213         argv_array_pushl(&update_index.args,
 
 214                          "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
 
 215                          "update-index", "--really-refresh", "-q",
 
 217         update_index.no_stdin = 1;
 
 218         update_index.no_stdout = 1;
 
 219         update_index.no_stderr = 1;
 
 220         update_index.git_cmd = 1;
 
 221         update_index.use_shell = 0;
 
 222         update_index.clean_on_exit = 1;
 
 223         update_index.dir = workdir;
 
 224         update_index.env = env;
 
 225         /* Ignore any errors of update-index */
 
 226         run_command(&update_index);
 
 228         argv_array_pushl(&diff_files.args,
 
 229                          "--git-dir", git_dir, "--work-tree", workdir,
 
 230                          "diff-files", "--name-only", "-z", NULL);
 
 231         diff_files.no_stdin = 1;
 
 232         diff_files.git_cmd = 1;
 
 233         diff_files.use_shell = 0;
 
 234         diff_files.clean_on_exit = 1;
 
 236         diff_files.dir = workdir;
 
 237         diff_files.env = env;
 
 238         if (start_command(&diff_files))
 
 239                 die("could not obtain raw diff");
 
 240         fp = xfdopen(diff_files.out, "r");
 
 241         while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&buf, fp)) {
 
 242                 struct path_entry *entry;
 
 243                 FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, buf.buf);
 
 244                 hashmap_entry_init(&entry->entry, strhash(buf.buf));
 
 245                 hashmap_add(result, &entry->entry);
 
 248         if (finish_command(&diff_files))
 
 249                 die("diff-files did not exit properly");
 
 250         strbuf_release(&index_env);
 
 251         strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 254 static NORETURN void exit_cleanup(const char *tmpdir, int exit_code)
 
 256         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 257         strbuf_addstr(&buf, tmpdir);
 
 258         remove_dir_recursively(&buf, 0);
 
 260                 warning(_("failed: %d"), exit_code);
 
 264 static int ensure_leading_directories(char *path)
 
 266         switch (safe_create_leading_directories(path)) {
 
 271                         return error(_("could not create leading directories "
 
 277  * Unconditional writing of a plain regular file is what
 
 278  * "git difftool --dir-diff" wants to do for symlinks.  We are preparing two
 
 279  * temporary directories to be fed to a Git-unaware tool that knows how to
 
 280  * show a diff of two directories (e.g. "diff -r A B").
 
 282  * Because the tool is Git-unaware, if a symbolic link appears in either of
 
 283  * these temporary directories, it will try to dereference and show the
 
 284  * difference of the target of the symbolic link, which is not what we want,
 
 285  * as the goal of the dir-diff mode is to produce an output that is logically
 
 286  * equivalent to what "git diff" produces.
 
 288  * Most importantly, we want to get textual comparison of the result of the
 
 289  * readlink(2).  get_symlink() provides that---it returns the contents of
 
 290  * the symlink that gets written to a regular file to force the external tool
 
 291  * to compare the readlink(2) result as text, even on a filesystem that is
 
 292  * capable of doing a symbolic link.
 
 294 static char *get_symlink(const struct object_id *oid, const char *path)
 
 297         if (is_null_oid(oid)) {
 
 298                 /* The symlink is unknown to Git so read from the filesystem */
 
 299                 struct strbuf link = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 301                         if (strbuf_readlink(&link, path, strlen(path)))
 
 302                                 die(_("could not read symlink %s"), path);
 
 303                 } else if (strbuf_read_file(&link, path, 128))
 
 304                         die(_("could not read symlink file %s"), path);
 
 306                 data = strbuf_detach(&link, NULL);
 
 308                 enum object_type type;
 
 310                 data = read_object_file(oid, &type, &size);
 
 312                         die(_("could not read object %s for symlink %s"),
 
 313                                 oid_to_hex(oid), path);
 
 319 static int checkout_path(unsigned mode, struct object_id *oid,
 
 320                          const char *path, const struct checkout *state)
 
 322         struct cache_entry *ce;
 
 325         ce = make_transient_cache_entry(mode, oid, path, 0);
 
 326         ret = checkout_entry(ce, state, NULL, NULL);
 
 328         discard_cache_entry(ce);
 
 332 static int run_dir_diff(const char *extcmd, int symlinks, const char *prefix,
 
 333                         int argc, const char **argv)
 
 335         char tmpdir[PATH_MAX];
 
 336         struct strbuf info = STRBUF_INIT, lpath = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 337         struct strbuf rpath = STRBUF_INIT, buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 338         struct strbuf ldir = STRBUF_INIT, rdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 339         struct strbuf wtdir = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 340         char *lbase_dir, *rbase_dir;
 
 341         size_t ldir_len, rdir_len, wtdir_len;
 
 342         const char *workdir, *tmp;
 
 345         struct hashmap working_tree_dups, submodules, symlinks2;
 
 346         struct hashmap_iter iter;
 
 347         struct pair_entry *entry;
 
 348         struct index_state wtindex;
 
 349         struct checkout lstate, rstate;
 
 350         int rc, flags = RUN_GIT_CMD, err = 0;
 
 351         struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
 352         const char *helper_argv[] = { "difftool--helper", NULL, NULL, NULL };
 
 353         struct hashmap wt_modified, tmp_modified;
 
 354         int indices_loaded = 0;
 
 356         workdir = get_git_work_tree();
 
 358         /* Setup temp directories */
 
 359         tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
 
 360         xsnprintf(tmpdir, sizeof(tmpdir), "%s/git-difftool.XXXXXX", tmp ? tmp : "/tmp");
 
 361         if (!mkdtemp(tmpdir))
 
 362                 return error("could not create '%s'", tmpdir);
 
 363         strbuf_addf(&ldir, "%s/left/", tmpdir);
 
 364         strbuf_addf(&rdir, "%s/right/", tmpdir);
 
 365         strbuf_addstr(&wtdir, workdir);
 
 366         if (!wtdir.len || !is_dir_sep(wtdir.buf[wtdir.len - 1]))
 
 367                 strbuf_addch(&wtdir, '/');
 
 368         mkdir(ldir.buf, 0700);
 
 369         mkdir(rdir.buf, 0700);
 
 371         memset(&wtindex, 0, sizeof(wtindex));
 
 373         memset(&lstate, 0, sizeof(lstate));
 
 374         lstate.base_dir = lbase_dir = xstrdup(ldir.buf);
 
 375         lstate.base_dir_len = ldir.len;
 
 377         memset(&rstate, 0, sizeof(rstate));
 
 378         rstate.base_dir = rbase_dir = xstrdup(rdir.buf);
 
 379         rstate.base_dir_len = rdir.len;
 
 384         wtdir_len = wtdir.len;
 
 386         hashmap_init(&working_tree_dups, working_tree_entry_cmp, NULL, 0);
 
 387         hashmap_init(&submodules, pair_cmp, NULL, 0);
 
 388         hashmap_init(&symlinks2, pair_cmp, NULL, 0);
 
 393         child.clean_on_exit = 1;
 
 396         argv_array_pushl(&child.args, "diff", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "-z",
 
 398         for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
 
 399                 argv_array_push(&child.args, argv[i]);
 
 400         if (start_command(&child))
 
 401                 die("could not obtain raw diff");
 
 402         fp = xfdopen(child.out, "r");
 
 404         /* Build index info for left and right sides of the diff */
 
 406         while (!strbuf_getline_nul(&info, fp)) {
 
 408                 struct object_id loid, roid;
 
 410                 const char *src_path, *dst_path;
 
 412                 if (starts_with(info.buf, "::"))
 
 413                         die(N_("combined diff formats('-c' and '--cc') are "
 
 415                                "directory diff mode('-d' and '--dir-diff')."));
 
 417                 if (parse_index_info(info.buf, &lmode, &rmode, &loid, &roid,
 
 420                 if (strbuf_getline_nul(&lpath, fp))
 
 422                 src_path = lpath.buf;
 
 425                 if (status != 'C' && status != 'R') {
 
 428                         if (strbuf_getline_nul(&rpath, fp))
 
 430                         dst_path = rpath.buf;
 
 433                 if (S_ISGITLINK(lmode) || S_ISGITLINK(rmode)) {
 
 435                         strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
 
 437                         add_left_or_right(&submodules, src_path, buf.buf, 0);
 
 439                         strbuf_addf(&buf, "Subproject commit %s",
 
 441                         if (oideq(&loid, &roid))
 
 442                                 strbuf_addstr(&buf, "-dirty");
 
 443                         add_left_or_right(&submodules, dst_path, buf.buf, 1);
 
 447                 if (S_ISLNK(lmode)) {
 
 448                         char *content = get_symlink(&loid, src_path);
 
 449                         add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, src_path, content, 0);
 
 453                 if (S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
 
 454                         char *content = get_symlink(&roid, dst_path);
 
 455                         add_left_or_right(&symlinks2, dst_path, content, 1);
 
 459                 if (lmode && status != 'C') {
 
 460                         if (checkout_path(lmode, &loid, src_path, &lstate)) {
 
 461                                 ret = error("could not write '%s'", src_path);
 
 466                 if (rmode && !S_ISLNK(rmode)) {
 
 467                         struct working_tree_entry *entry;
 
 469                         /* Avoid duplicate working_tree entries */
 
 470                         FLEX_ALLOC_STR(entry, path, dst_path);
 
 471                         hashmap_entry_init(&entry->entry, strhash(dst_path));
 
 472                         if (hashmap_get(&working_tree_dups, &entry->entry,
 
 477                         hashmap_add(&working_tree_dups, &entry->entry);
 
 479                         if (!use_wt_file(workdir, dst_path, &roid)) {
 
 480                                 if (checkout_path(rmode, &roid, dst_path,
 
 482                                         ret = error("could not write '%s'",
 
 486                         } else if (!is_null_oid(&roid)) {
 
 488                                  * Changes in the working tree need special
 
 489                                  * treatment since they are not part of the
 
 492                                 struct cache_entry *ce2 =
 
 493                                         make_cache_entry(&wtindex, rmode, &roid,
 
 496                                 add_index_entry(&wtindex, ce2,
 
 497                                                 ADD_CACHE_JUST_APPEND);
 
 499                                 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, dst_path);
 
 500                                 if (ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf)) {
 
 501                                         ret = error("could not create "
 
 502                                                     "directory for '%s'",
 
 506                                 add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, dst_path);
 
 508                                         if (symlink(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf)) {
 
 509                                                 ret = error_errno("could not symlink '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
 
 514                                         if (stat(wtdir.buf, &st))
 
 516                                         if (copy_file(rdir.buf, wtdir.buf,
 
 518                                                 ret = error("could not copy '%s' to '%s'", wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
 
 528         if (finish_command(&child)) {
 
 529                 ret = error("error occurred running diff --raw");
 
 537          * Changes to submodules require special treatment.This loop writes a
 
 538          * temporary file to both the left and right directories to show the
 
 539          * change in the recorded SHA1 for the submodule.
 
 541         hashmap_for_each_entry(&submodules, &iter, entry,
 
 542                                 entry /* member name */) {
 
 544                         add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
 
 545                         ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
 
 546                         write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
 
 549                         add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
 
 550                         ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
 
 551                         write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
 
 556          * Symbolic links require special treatment.The standard "git diff"
 
 557          * shows only the link itself, not the contents of the link target.
 
 558          * This loop replicates that behavior.
 
 560         hashmap_for_each_entry(&symlinks2, &iter, entry,
 
 561                                 entry /* member name */) {
 
 563                         add_path(&ldir, ldir_len, entry->path);
 
 564                         ensure_leading_directories(ldir.buf);
 
 565                         write_file(ldir.buf, "%s", entry->left);
 
 568                         add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, entry->path);
 
 569                         ensure_leading_directories(rdir.buf);
 
 570                         write_file(rdir.buf, "%s", entry->right);
 
 574         strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 576         strbuf_setlen(&ldir, ldir_len);
 
 577         helper_argv[1] = ldir.buf;
 
 578         strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
 
 579         helper_argv[2] = rdir.buf;
 
 582                 helper_argv[0] = extcmd;
 
 585                 setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF", "true", 1);
 
 586         rc = run_command_v_opt(helper_argv, flags);
 
 589          * If the diff includes working copy files and those
 
 590          * files were modified during the diff, then the changes
 
 591          * should be copied back to the working tree.
 
 592          * Do not copy back files when symlinks are used and the
 
 593          * external tool did not replace the original link with a file.
 
 595          * These hashes are loaded lazily since they aren't needed
 
 596          * in the common case of --symlinks and the difftool updating
 
 597          * files through the symlink.
 
 599         hashmap_init(&wt_modified, path_entry_cmp, NULL, wtindex.cache_nr);
 
 600         hashmap_init(&tmp_modified, path_entry_cmp, NULL, wtindex.cache_nr);
 
 602         for (i = 0; i < wtindex.cache_nr; i++) {
 
 603                 struct hashmap_entry dummy;
 
 604                 const char *name = wtindex.cache[i]->name;
 
 607                 add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
 
 608                 if (lstat(rdir.buf, &st))
 
 611                 if ((symlinks && S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
 
 614                 if (!indices_loaded) {
 
 615                         struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
 
 617                         strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s/wtindex", tmpdir);
 
 618                         if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock, buf.buf, 0) < 0 ||
 
 619                             write_locked_index(&wtindex, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) {
 
 620                                 ret = error("could not write %s", buf.buf);
 
 623                         changed_files(&wt_modified, buf.buf, workdir);
 
 624                         strbuf_setlen(&rdir, rdir_len);
 
 625                         changed_files(&tmp_modified, buf.buf, rdir.buf);
 
 626                         add_path(&rdir, rdir_len, name);
 
 630                 hashmap_entry_init(&dummy, strhash(name));
 
 631                 if (hashmap_get(&tmp_modified, &dummy, name)) {
 
 632                         add_path(&wtdir, wtdir_len, name);
 
 633                         if (hashmap_get(&wt_modified, &dummy, name)) {
 
 634                                 warning(_("both files modified: '%s' and '%s'."),
 
 635                                         wtdir.buf, rdir.buf);
 
 636                                 warning(_("working tree file has been left."));
 
 639                         } else if (unlink(wtdir.buf) ||
 
 640                                    copy_file(wtdir.buf, rdir.buf, st.st_mode))
 
 641                                 warning_errno(_("could not copy '%s' to '%s'"),
 
 642                                               rdir.buf, wtdir.buf);
 
 647                 warning(_("temporary files exist in '%s'."), tmpdir);
 
 648                 warning(_("you may want to cleanup or recover these."));
 
 651                 exit_cleanup(tmpdir, rc);
 
 659         strbuf_release(&ldir);
 
 660         strbuf_release(&rdir);
 
 661         strbuf_release(&wtdir);
 
 662         strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 667 static int run_file_diff(int prompt, const char *prefix,
 
 668                          int argc, const char **argv)
 
 670         struct argv_array args = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 
 671         const char *env[] = {
 
 672                 "GIT_PAGER=", "GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-difftool--helper", NULL,
 
 678                 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_PROMPT=true";
 
 680                 env[2] = "GIT_DIFFTOOL_NO_PROMPT=true";
 
 683         argv_array_push(&args, "diff");
 
 684         for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
 
 685                 argv_array_push(&args, argv[i]);
 
 686         ret = run_command_v_opt_cd_env(args.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD, prefix, env);
 
 690 int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 692         int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
 
 693             tool_help = 0, no_index = 0;
 
 694         static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
 
 695         struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
 
 696                 OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
 
 697                          N_("use `diff.guitool` instead of `diff.tool`")),
 
 698                 OPT_BOOL('d', "dir-diff", &dir_diff,
 
 699                          N_("perform a full-directory diff")),
 
 700                 OPT_SET_INT_F('y', "no-prompt", &prompt,
 
 701                         N_("do not prompt before launching a diff tool"),
 
 703                 OPT_SET_INT_F(0, "prompt", &prompt, NULL,
 
 704                         1, PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
 
 705                 OPT_BOOL(0, "symlinks", &symlinks,
 
 706                          N_("use symlinks in dir-diff mode")),
 
 707                 OPT_STRING('t', "tool", &difftool_cmd, N_("tool"),
 
 708                            N_("use the specified diff tool")),
 
 709                 OPT_BOOL(0, "tool-help", &tool_help,
 
 710                          N_("print a list of diff tools that may be used with "
 
 712                 OPT_BOOL(0, "trust-exit-code", &trust_exit_code,
 
 713                          N_("make 'git-difftool' exit when an invoked diff "
 
 714                             "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
 
 715                 OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("command"),
 
 716                            N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
 
 717                 OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index, N_("passed to `diff`")),
 
 721         git_config(difftool_config, NULL);
 
 722         symlinks = has_symlinks;
 
 724         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_difftool_options,
 
 725                              builtin_difftool_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN |
 
 726                              PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH);
 
 729                 return print_tool_help();
 
 731         if (!no_index && !startup_info->have_repository)
 
 732                 die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
 
 736                 setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
 
 737                 setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
 
 739                 die(_("--dir-diff is incompatible with --no-index"));
 
 741         if (use_gui_tool + !!difftool_cmd + !!extcmd > 1)
 
 742                 die(_("--gui, --tool and --extcmd are mutually exclusive"));
 
 745                 setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
 
 746         else if (difftool_cmd) {
 
 748                         setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd, 1);
 
 750                         die(_("no <tool> given for --tool=<tool>"));
 
 755                         setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD", extcmd, 1);
 
 757                         die(_("no <cmd> given for --extcmd=<cmd>"));
 
 760         setenv("GIT_DIFFTOOL_TRUST_EXIT_CODE",
 
 761                trust_exit_code ? "true" : "false", 1);
 
 764          * In directory diff mode, 'git-difftool--helper' is called once
 
 765          * to compare the a / b directories. In file diff mode, 'git diff'
 
 766          * will invoke a separate instance of 'git-difftool--helper' for
 
 767          * each file that changed.
 
 770                 return run_dir_diff(extcmd, symlinks, prefix, argc, argv);
 
 771         return run_file_diff(prompt, prefix, argc, argv);