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Update kdiff3 install location

PATCH In review Michael Schindler via GitGitGadget 2 participants 2 messages Oct 7, 2022

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PATCH 1/1 Update kdiff3 install location

From: Michael Schindler <[email protected]>

newer versions of kdiff3 for windows install the executable for windows in a /bin subfolder.
This change changes the place where the executable is searched to the new location if not found in %PATH%

fetch a recent windows version from https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/
to see.

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Update kdiff3

newer versions of kdiff3 for windows install the executable for windows in a bin subfolder. This change changes the place where the executable is searched to the new location if not found in %PATH%

fetch a recent windows version from
https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/ to see.

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1376%2Fmichaelcompressconsult%2Fkdiff3_win_moved-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1376/michaelcompressconsult/kdiff3_win_moved-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1376

 mergetools/kdiff3 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
mergetools/kdiff3 +1 -1
index ee8b3a0570e..c26a9573815 100644
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ translate_merge_tool_path() {
 	then
 		echo kdiff3
 	else
-		mergetool_find_win32_cmd "kdiff3.exe" "Kdiff3"
+		mergetool_find_win32_cmd "kdiff3.exe" "Kdiff3/bin"
 	fi
 }

base-commit: 3dcec76d9df911ed8321007b1d197c1a206dc164

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"Michael Schindler via GitGitGadget" <[email protected]>

Quoted 6 lines · writes:

From: Michael Schindler <[email protected]>

newer versions of kdiff3 for windows install the executable for windows in a /bin subfolder.
This change changes the place where the executable is searched to the new location if not found in %PATH%

What happens to those who already have kdiff3 on Windows and haven't upgraded to the ones installed in the /bin subfolder with this change?

mergetools/kdiff3 translate_merge_tool_path() { · line 44

Quoted 12 lines
mergetools/kdiff3 +1 -1
index ee8b3a0570e..c26a9573815 100644
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ translate_merge_tool_path() {
 	then
 		echo kdiff3
 	else
-		mergetool_find_win32_cmd "kdiff3.exe" "Kdiff3"
+		mergetool_find_win32_cmd "kdiff3.exe" "Kdiff3/bin"
 	fi
 }

Will they lose the access to kdiff3 backend when they upgrade their Git to a version that includes this change, or is the old location expected to be on %PATH%? I find the latter unlikely---the original would not have bothered to use mergetool_find_win32_cmd if that were the case.

I am wondering if mergetool_find_win32_cmd should take multiple candidate directories, not just a single directory, so that users of old and new versions are both kept happy.

Thanks.