int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
- tool_help = 0;
+ tool_help = 0, no_index = 0;
static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
"tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("command"),
N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
+ OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index, N_("passed to `diff`")),
OPT_END()
};
if (tool_help)
return print_tool_help();
- setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
- setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+ if (!no_index && !startup_info->have_repository)
+ die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
+
+ if (!no_index){
+ setup_work_tree();
+ setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
+ setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+ }
if (use_gui_tool && diff_gui_tool && *diff_gui_tool)
setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool, 1);
{ "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE | NO_PARSEOPT },
{ "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
{ "diff-tree", cmd_diff_tree, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },
- { "difftool", cmd_difftool, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+ { "difftool", cmd_difftool, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
{ "fast-export", cmd_fast_export, RUN_SETUP },
{ "fetch", cmd_fetch, RUN_SETUP },
{ "fetch-pack", cmd_fetch_pack, RUN_SETUP | NO_PARSEOPT },