[PATCH v2 5/5] git-difftool--helper.sh: exit upon initialize_merge_tool errors

["Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>]

From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>

Since the introduction of 'initialize_merge_tool' in de8dafbada
(mergetool: break setup_tool out into separate initialization function,
2021-02-09), any errors from this function are ignored in
git-difftool--helper.sh::launch_merge_tool, which is not the case for
its call in git-mergetool.sh::merge_file.

Despite the in-code comment, initialize_merge_tool (via its call to
setup_tool) does different checks than run_merge_tool, so it makes sense
to abort early if it encounters errors. Add exit calls if
initialize_merge_tool fails.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
---
 git-difftool--helper.sh | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-difftool--helper.sh b/git-difftool--helper.sh
index dd0c9a5b7f2..d32e47cc09e 100755
--- a/git-difftool--helper.sh
+++ b/git-difftool--helper.sh
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ launch_merge_tool () {
 		export BASE
 		eval $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD '"$LOCAL"' '"$REMOTE"'
 	else
-		initialize_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
-		# ignore the error from the above --- run_merge_tool
-		# will diagnose unusable tool by itself
+		initialize_merge_tool "$merge_tool" || exit 1
 		run_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
 	fi
 }
@@ -87,9 +85,7 @@ if test -n "$GIT_DIFFTOOL_DIRDIFF"
 then
 	LOCAL="$1"
 	REMOTE="$2"
-	initialize_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
-	# ignore the error from the above --- run_merge_tool
-	# will diagnose unusable tool by itself
+	initialize_merge_tool "$merge_tool" || exit 1
 	run_merge_tool "$merge_tool" false
 
 	status=$?
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