Re: [PATCH 2/2] mergetool: Don't assume paths are unmerged

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jonathon Mah <me@JonathonMah.com> writes:

>  if test $# -eq 0 ; then
>      cd_to_toplevel
>  
>      if test -e "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_RR"
>      then
> +	files=$(git rerere remaining)
> +    else
> +	files=$(git ls-files -u | sed -e 's/^[^	]*	//' | sort -u)
>      fi
>  else
>      while test $# -gt 0; do
> +	matches=$(git ls-files -u -- "$1" | sed -e 's/^[^	]*	//' | sort -u)
> +	if test -n "$matches"; then
> +	    if test -z "$files"; then
> +		files=$matches
> +	    else
> +		files=$(printf "%s\n%s" "$files" "$matches")
> +	    fi
>  	fi
>  	shift
>      done
> +    files=$(printf "%s" "$files" | sort -u)
>  fi

Why do you need a loop here in the else clause, instead of just a single:

	files=$(git ls-files -u -- "$@" |...)