Use shlex to split custom vim command

This allows to include spaces in vim command
Add example to change default diff algorithm
Move to first line on each file
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Balakrishnan Balasubramanian 2022-12-20 13:57:14 -05:00
parent bb6fa28de0
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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Do you use `git difftool` to review changes before making a commit? The problem
# Install
```bash
mkdir -p ~/bin
# for python version >= 3.10
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curl -o ~/bin/vimtabdiff.py "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/balki/vimtabdiff/py38/vimtabdiff.py"
chmod +x ~/bin/vimtabdiff.py
```
You may need to add `~/bin` to your PATH variable if not already done. See [here](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Environment_variables#Per_user) for help.
👍 this [issue](https://github.com/balki/vimtabdiff/issues/1) for `pip install` support
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## Using custom vim command
Using clean vim without reading `vimrc`
```bash
git config --global difftool.vimtabdiff.cmd 'vimtabdiff.py --vim "vim --clean" $LOCAL $REMOTE'
```
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[difftool "vimtabdiff"]
cmd = vimtabdiff.py --vim \"vim --clean\" $LOCAL $REMOTE
```
# Known issues
1. If your path to vim has a space, it does not work, i.e. Following does **not** work
Using better diff algorithm
```bash
git config difftool.vimtabdiff.cmd 'vimtabdiff.py --vim "/home/foo/my program files/bin/vim" $LOCAL $REMOTE'
git config --global difftool.vimtabdiff.cmd 'vimtabdiff.py --vim "vim +\"set diffopt+=algorithm:patience\"" $LOCAL $REMOTE'
```
2. Not tested in non-linux OS. Pull requests welcome if found any issues but hopefully should work fine.
*Note:* Not tested in non-linux OS. But I guess it should work fine. Pull requests welcome if found any issues.
# Similar

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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import argparse
import itertools
import tempfile
import subprocess
import shlex
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Callable, TypeVar
from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
@ -77,14 +78,15 @@ def main() -> None:
aPath = a.resolve() if a else os.devnull
bPath = b.resolve() if b else os.devnull
print(
f"tabedit {aPath} | diffthis | vsp {bPath} | diffthis | diffupdate",
f"tabedit {aPath} | vsp {bPath} | windo diffthis | windo diffupdate",
file=vimCmdFile)
cmds = f"""
tabdo windo :1
tabfirst | tabclose
call delete("{vimCmdFile.name}")
"""
print(cmds, file=vimCmdFile)
subprocess.run(args.vim.split() + ["-S", vimCmdFile.name])
subprocess.run(shlex.split(args.vim) + ["-S", vimCmdFile.name])
if __name__ == '__main__':