Re: Feature Request: user defined suffix for temp files created by git-mergetool

[Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>]

Am 05.10.2016 um 09:47 schrieb Josef Ridky:
> Add support for user defined suffix part of name of temporary files
> created by git mergetool

Do I understand correctly that your users have problems to identify 
which of the "_BASE_", "_LOCAL_", "_REMOTE_" and "_BACKUP_" files they 
must edit? I agree that there is some room for improvement.

The goal is that you want the user to see the label, e.g., "_EDIT_THIS_" 
instead of "_LOCAL_". Now you have to teach your users that they have to 
pass --local=_EDIT_THIS_. Why don't you just teach your users to edit 
the file labeled "_LOCAL_"?

Therefore, I think that your patch as written does not help to reduce 
the confusion. It may be a building block for further improvement, but 
if you stop here, it is pointless.

>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
> -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
> +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [--local=<name>] [--remote=<name>] [--backup=<name>] [--base=<name>] [<file>...]
>
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
> @@ -79,6 +79,30 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
>  	Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program
>  	to give the user a chance to skip the path.
>
> +--local=<name>::
> +	Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary
> +	file (local) for merging. If not used or is equal with any
> +	other (remote|backup|base), default value is used.
> +	Default suffix is LOCAL.
> +
> +--remote=<name>::
> +	Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary
> +	file (remote) for merging. If not used or is equal with any
> +	other (local|backup|base), default value is used.
> +	Default suffix is REMOTE.
> +
> +--backup=<name>::
> +	Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary
> +	file (backup) for merging. If not used or is equal with any
> +	other (local|remote|base), default value is used.
> +	Default suffix is BACKUP.
> +
> +--base=<name>::
> +	Use string from <name> as part of suffix of name of temporary
> +	file (base) for merging. If not used or is equal with any
> +	other (local|remote|backup), default value is used.
> +	Default suffix is BASE.