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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-12-27 22:58:13 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-12-27 22:58:13 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'zk/difftool-counts'
Show the total number of paths and the number of paths shown so far when "git difftool" prompts to launch an external diff tool, which would give users some sense of progress. * zk/difftool-counts: diff.c: fix some recent whitespace style violations difftool: display the number of files in the diff queue in the prompt
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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -807,6 +807,15 @@ temporary file --- it is removed when 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' exits.
+
For a path that is unmerged, 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 1
parameter, <path>.
++
+For each path 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called, two environment variables,
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER' and 'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL' are set.
+
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER'::
+ A 1-based counter incremented by one for every path.
+
+'GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL'::
+ The total number of paths.
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