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[v2,4/5] git-mergetool--lib.sh: add error message for unknown tool variant

Message ID f234e965543322d96fd6aa41d12f0f52c3599206.1732305022.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series git-mergetool: improve error code paths and messages | expand

Commit Message

Philippe Blain Nov. 22, 2024, 7:50 p.m. UTC 
From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>

In setup_tool, we check if the given tool is a known variant of a tool,
and quietly return with an error if not. This leads to the following
invocation quietly failing:

	git mergetool --tool=vimdiff4

Add an error message before returning in this case.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
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 git-mergetool--lib.sh | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index d7e410d9481..11ea181259f 100644
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@  setup_tool () {
 
 	if ! list_tool_variants | grep -q "^$tool$"
 	then
+		echo "error: unknown tool variant '$tool'" >&2
 		return 1
 	fi