1git-mergetool{litdd}lib(1) 2========================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"' 11 12DESCRIPTION 13----------- 14 15This is not a command the end user would want to run. Ever. 16This documentation is meant for people who are studying the 17Porcelain-ish scripts and/or are writing new ones. 18 19The 'git-mergetool{litdd}lib' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using 20`.`) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working 21with git merge tools. 22 23Before sourcing 'git-mergetool{litdd}lib', your script must set `TOOL_MODE` 24to define the operation mode for the functions listed below. 25'diff' and 'merge' are valid values. 26 27FUNCTIONS 28--------- 29get_merge_tool:: 30 returns a merge tool. 31 32get_merge_tool_cmd:: 33 returns the custom command for a merge tool. 34 35get_merge_tool_path:: 36 returns the custom path for a merge tool. 37 38run_merge_tool:: 39 launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false 40 flag to indicate whether a merge base is present. 41 '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined 42 for use by the merge tool. 43 44Author 45------ 46Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> 47 48Documentation 49-------------- 50Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 51 52GIT 53--- 54Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite