From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mergetool--lib: Improve the help text in guess_merge_tool()
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:24:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1359321886-80523-3-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359321886-80523-1-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com>
This code path is only activated when the user does not have a valid
configured tool. Add a message to guide new users towards configuring a
default tool.
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
---
git-mergetool--lib.sh | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index 9a5aae9..cf52423 100644
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,14 @@ show_tool_help () {
guess_merge_tool () {
list_merge_tool_candidates
- echo >&2 "merge tool candidates: $tools"
+ msg="\
+
+This message is displayed because '$TOOL_MODE.tool' is not configured.
+See 'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool --tool-help' or 'git help config' for more details.
+'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool' will now attempt to use one of the following tools:
+$tools
+"
+ printf "$msg" >&2
# Loop over each candidate and stop when a valid merge tool is found.
for i in $tools
--
1.8.0.13.gf25ae33
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-27 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-27 21:24 [PATCH 0/4] Documentation: Auto-generate merge tool lists David Aguilar
2013-01-27 21:24 ` [PATCH 1/4] mergetool--lib: Simplify command expressions David Aguilar
2013-01-27 22:08 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-01-27 22:18 ` David Aguilar
2013-01-27 22:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 21:24 ` David Aguilar [this message]
2013-01-27 23:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] mergetool--lib: Improve the help text in guess_merge_tool() Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 21:24 ` [PATCH 3/4] mergetool--lib: Add functions for finding available tools David Aguilar
2013-01-27 22:26 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-01-27 22:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 23:04 ` John Keeping
2013-01-27 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 23:45 ` David Aguilar
2013-01-27 21:24 ` [PATCH 4/4] doc: Generate a list of valid merge tools David Aguilar
2013-01-27 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-27 22:54 ` John Keeping
2013-01-27 23:46 ` Junio C Hamano
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