From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
To: Eric Stegemoller <estegemoller@idmcomp.com>
Cc: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: External Diff Tool
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 04:12:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090801111227.GA26029@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A71F2F1.4060605@idmcomp.com>
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:22:25PM -0400, Eric Stegemoller wrote:
> Bert Wesarg wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 22:16, Eric Stegemoller<estegemoller@idmcomp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> git config --global diff.tool TestTool
>>> git config --global difftool.TestTool.cmd ""c:/TestTool/test.exe" "$LOCAL"
>> Try with quoting the " inside the config value:
>>
>> git config --global difftool.TestTool.cmd "\"c:/TestTool/test.exe\"
>> \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\""
>> Bert
>>
> Thanks, but this did not solve it. Interestingly, I have captured the
> command line that is sent out by GIT and it is calling the correct
> program but not adding anything to the command line. So, nothing is
> there. Seeing this I have been experimenting around with the parameters
> and I still it is calling the correct program but sending a blank
> command line. Any suggestions on how to pursue this?
>
> Eric
I think shell is to blame here.
Try editing ~/.gitconfig by hand.
I think the suggestion above forgot to escape the $ character.
Since the $'s weren't escaped, the shell interpolated the
$LOCAL, etc. variables and replaced them with the empty
string.
--
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-01 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-29 20:16 External Diff Tool Eric Stegemoller
2009-07-29 20:45 ` Bert Wesarg
2009-07-30 19:22 ` Eric Stegemoller
2009-07-31 10:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-08-01 11:12 ` David Aguilar [this message]
2009-08-04 14:12 ` Eric Stegemoller
2009-08-04 17:02 ` Diffing M$-Word Dr. Lars Hanke
2009-08-04 17:10 ` Matthieu Moy
2009-08-04 17:10 ` John Tapsell
2009-08-04 19:31 ` Johannes Sixt
2009-08-05 19:35 ` Dr. Lars Hanke
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