Merge branch 'ab/grep-preparatory-cleanup' into sb/submodule-blanket-recursive

diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index 9abd00be212b3e55883c0f9fa0487c7b31a6039f..9a8b97a2aba9aa9fabb095558c03cb8f27df3d50 100644 (file)
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -125,16 +125,7 @@ setup_user_tool () {
        }
 
        merge_cmd () {
-               trust_exit_code=$(git config --bool \
-                       "mergetool.$1.trustExitCode" || echo false)
-               if test "$trust_exit_code" = "false"
-               then
-                       touch "$BACKUP"
-                       ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
-                       check_unchanged
-               else
-                       ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
-               fi
+               ( eval $merge_tool_cmd )
        }
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +153,28 @@ setup_tool () {
                echo "$1"
        }
 
+       # Most tools' exit codes cannot be trusted, so By default we ignore
+       # their exit code and check the merged file's modification time in
+       # check_unchanged() to determine whether or not the merge was
+       # successful.  The return value from run_merge_cmd, by default, is
+       # determined by check_unchanged().
+       #
+       # When a tool's exit code can be trusted then the return value from
+       # run_merge_cmd is simply the tool's exit code, and check_unchanged()
+       # is not called.
+       #
+       # The return value of exit_code_trustable() tells us whether or not we
+       # can trust the tool's exit code.
+       #
+       # User-defined and built-in tools default to false.
+       # Built-in tools advertise that their exit code is trustable by
+       # redefining exit_code_trustable() to true.
+
+       exit_code_trustable () {
+               false
+       }
+
+
        if ! test -f "$MERGE_TOOLS_DIR/$tool"
        then
                setup_user_tool
@@ -197,6 +210,19 @@ get_merge_tool_cmd () {
        fi
 }
 
+trust_exit_code () {
+       if git config --bool "mergetool.$1.trustExitCode"
+       then
+               :; # OK
+       elif exit_code_trustable
+       then
+               echo true
+       else
+               echo false
+       fi
+}
+
+
 # Entry point for running tools
 run_merge_tool () {
        # If GIT_PREFIX is empty then we cannot use it in tools
@@ -225,7 +251,15 @@ run_diff_cmd () {
 
 # Run a either a configured or built-in merge tool
 run_merge_cmd () {
-       merge_cmd "$1"
+       mergetool_trust_exit_code=$(trust_exit_code "$1")
+       if test "$mergetool_trust_exit_code" = "true"
+       then
+               merge_cmd "$1"
+       else
+               touch "$BACKUP"
+               merge_cmd "$1"
+               check_unchanged
+       fi
 }
 
 list_merge_tool_candidates () {