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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Open external merge tool with original file extensions in all three files
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:17:23 -0800
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Pini Reznik <pinir@expand.com> writes:

> This required to be able to use syntax highlighting in meld during
> conflicts resolution....

> +    extension=`echo $path | awk -F \. '{print $NF}'`
> +    BACKUP="$path.BACKUP.$$.${extension}"
> +    LOCAL="$path.LOCAL.$$.${extension}"
> +    REMOTE="$path.REMOTE.$$.${extension}"
> +    BASE="$path.BASE.$$.${extension}"

I had to wonder what would happen in these cases:

 * path = "a/b/c/d"
 * path = "a/b.c/d"

I also think spawning awk for this is way overkill.