Merge branch 'tk/mergetool-gui-default-config'

"git mergetool" and "git difftool" learns a new configuration
guiDefault to optionally favor configured guitool over non-gui-tool
automatically when $DISPLAY is set.

* tk/mergetool-gui-default-config:
  mergetool: new config guiDefault supports auto-toggling gui by DISPLAY

Author: gitster

Documentation/config/difftool.txt

@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ See the `--trust-exit-code` option in linkgit:git-difftool[1] for more details.
 
 difftool.prompt::
 	Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+
+difftool.guiDefault::
+	Set `true` to use the `diff.guitool` by default (equivalent to specifying
+	the `--gui` argument), or `auto` to select `diff.guitool` or `diff.tool`
+	depending on the presence of a `DISPLAY` environment variable value. The
+	default is `false`, where the `--gui` argument must be provided
+	explicitly for the `diff.guitool` to be used.

Documentation/config/mergetool.txt

@@ -85,3 +85,10 @@ mergetool.writeToTemp::
 
 mergetool.prompt::
 	Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+
+mergetool.guiDefault::
+	Set `true` to use the `merge.guitool` by default (equivalent to
+	specifying the `--gui` argument), or `auto` to select `merge.guitool`
+	or `merge.tool` depending on the presence of a `DISPLAY` environment
+	variable value. The default is `false`, where the `--gui` argument
+	must be provided explicitly for the `merge.guitool` to be used.

Documentation/git-difftool.txt

@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ instead.  `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
 --[no-]gui::
 	When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option
 	the default diff tool will be read from the configured
-	`diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. The `--no-gui`
-	option can be used to override this setting. If `diff.guitool`
-	is not set, we will fallback in the order of `merge.guitool`,
-	`diff.tool`, `merge.tool` until a tool is found.
+	`diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. This may be
+	selected automatically using the configuration variable
+	`difftool.guiDefault`. The `--no-gui` option can be used to
+	override these settings. If `diff.guitool` is not set, we will
+	fallback in the order of `merge.guitool`, `diff.tool`,
+	`merge.tool` until a tool is found.
 
 --[no-]trust-exit-code::
 	'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file.

Documentation/git-mergetool.txt

@@ -85,12 +85,13 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
 	the default merge tool will be read from the configured
 	`merge.guitool` variable instead of `merge.tool`. If
 	`merge.guitool` is not set, we will fallback to the tool
-	configured under `merge.tool`.
+	configured under `merge.tool`. This may be autoselected using
+	the configuration variable `mergetool.guiDefault`.
 
 --no-gui::
-	This overrides a previous `-g` or `--gui` setting and reads the
-	default merge tool will be read from the configured `merge.tool`
-	variable.
+	This overrides a previous `-g` or `--gui` setting or
+	`mergetool.guiDefault` configuration and reads the default merge
+	tool from the configured `merge.tool` variable.
 
 -O<orderfile>::
 	Process files in the order specified in the

builtin/difftool.c

@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static int run_file_diff(int prompt, const char *prefix,
 
 int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-	int use_gui_tool = 0, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
+	int use_gui_tool = -1, dir_diff = 0, prompt = -1, symlinks = 0,
 	    tool_help = 0, no_index = 0;
 	static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
 	struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
@@ -741,13 +741,21 @@ int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	} else if (dir_diff)
 		die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--dir-diff", "--no-index");
 
-	die_for_incompatible_opt3(use_gui_tool, "--gui",
+	die_for_incompatible_opt3(use_gui_tool == 1, "--gui",
 				  !!difftool_cmd, "--tool",
 				  !!extcmd, "--extcmd");
 
-	if (use_gui_tool)
+	/*
+	 * Explicitly specified GUI option is forwarded to git-mergetool--lib.sh;
+	 * empty or unset means "use the difftool.guiDefault config or default to
+	 * false".
+	 */
+	if (use_gui_tool == 1)
 		setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "true", 1);
-	else if (difftool_cmd) {
+	else if (use_gui_tool == 0)
+		setenv("GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI", "false", 1);
+
+	if (difftool_cmd) {
 		if (*difftool_cmd)
 			setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", difftool_cmd, 1);
 		else

git-difftool--helper.sh

@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ then
 		merge_tool="$GIT_DIFF_TOOL"
 	else
 		merge_tool="$(get_merge_tool)"
+		subshell_exit_status=$?
+		if test $subshell_exit_status -gt 1
+		then
+			exit $subshell_exit_status
+		fi
 	fi
 fi
 

git-mergetool--lib.sh

@@ -97,7 +97,42 @@ merge_mode () {
 	test "$TOOL_MODE" = merge
 }
 
+get_gui_default () {
+	if diff_mode
+	then
+		GUI_DEFAULT_KEY="difftool.guiDefault"
+	else
+		GUI_DEFAULT_KEY="mergetool.guiDefault"
+	fi
+	GUI_DEFAULT_CONFIG_LCASE=$(git config --default false --get "$GUI_DEFAULT_KEY" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
+	if test "$GUI_DEFAULT_CONFIG_LCASE" = "auto"
+	then
+		if test -n "$DISPLAY"
+		then
+			GUI_DEFAULT=true
+		else
+			GUI_DEFAULT=false
+		fi
+	else
+		GUI_DEFAULT=$(git config --default false --bool --get "$GUI_DEFAULT_KEY")
+		subshell_exit_status=$?
+		if test $subshell_exit_status -ne 0
+		then
+			exit $subshell_exit_status
+		fi
+	fi
+	echo $GUI_DEFAULT
+}
+
 gui_mode () {
+	if test -z "$GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI"
+	then
+		GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI=$(get_gui_default)
+		if test $? -ne 0
+		then
+			exit 2
+		fi
+	fi
 	test "$GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI" = true
 }
 
@@ -467,6 +502,11 @@ get_merge_tool () {
 	is_guessed=false
 	# Check if a merge tool has been configured
 	merge_tool=$(get_configured_merge_tool)
+	subshell_exit_status=$?
+	if test $subshell_exit_status -gt "1"
+	then
+		exit $subshell_exit_status
+	fi
 	# Try to guess an appropriate merge tool if no tool has been set.
 	if test -z "$merge_tool"
 	then

git-mergetool.sh

@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ print_noop_and_exit () {
 
 main () {
 	prompt=$(git config --bool mergetool.prompt)
-	GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI=false
+	GIT_MERGETOOL_GUI=
 	guessed_merge_tool=false
 	orderfile=
 
@@ -511,9 +511,14 @@ main () {
 
 	if test -z "$merge_tool"
 	then
-		if ! merge_tool=$(get_merge_tool)
+		merge_tool=$(get_merge_tool)
+		subshell_exit_status=$?
+		if test $subshell_exit_status = 1
 		then
 			guessed_merge_tool=true
+		elif test $subshell_exit_status -gt 1
+		then
+			exit $subshell_exit_status
 		fi
 	fi
 	merge_keep_backup="$(git config --bool mergetool.keepBackup || echo true)"

t/t7610-mergetool.sh

@@ -860,4 +860,42 @@ test_expect_success 'mergetool hideResolved' '
 	git commit -m "test resolved with mergetool"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'mergetool with guiDefault' '
+	test_config merge.guitool myguitool &&
+	test_config mergetool.myguitool.cmd "(printf \"gui \" && cat \"\$REMOTE\") >\"\$MERGED\"" &&
+	test_config mergetool.myguitool.trustExitCode true &&
+	test_when_finished "git reset --hard" &&
+	git checkout -b test$test_count branch1 &&
+	git submodule update -N &&
+	test_must_fail git merge main &&
+
+	test_config mergetool.guiDefault auto &&
+	DISPLAY=SOMETHING && export DISPLAY &&
+	yes "" | git mergetool both &&
+	yes "" | git mergetool file1 file1 &&
+
+	DISPLAY= && export DISPLAY &&
+	yes "" | git mergetool file2 "spaced name" &&
+
+	test_config mergetool.guiDefault true &&
+	yes "" | git mergetool subdir/file3 &&
+
+	yes "d" | git mergetool file11 &&
+	yes "d" | git mergetool file12 &&
+	yes "l" | git mergetool submod &&
+
+	echo "gui main updated" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect file1 &&
+
+	echo "main new" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect file2 &&
+
+	echo "gui main new sub" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect subdir/file3 &&
+
+	echo "branch1 submodule" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect submod/bar &&
+	git commit -m "branch1 resolved with mergetool"
+'
+
 test_done

t/t7800-difftool.sh

@@ -155,6 +155,58 @@ test_expect_success 'difftool honors --gui' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'difftool with guiDefault auto selects gui tool when there is DISPLAY' '
+	difftool_test_setup &&
+	test_config merge.tool bogus-tool &&
+	test_config diff.tool bogus-tool &&
+	test_config diff.guitool test-tool &&
+	test_config difftool.guiDefault auto &&
+	DISPLAY=SOMETHING && export DISPLAY &&
+
+	echo branch >expect &&
+	git difftool --no-prompt branch >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+test_expect_success 'difftool with guiDefault auto selects regular tool when no DISPLAY' '
+	difftool_test_setup &&
+	test_config diff.guitool bogus-tool &&
+	test_config diff.tool test-tool &&
+	test_config difftool.guiDefault Auto &&
+	DISPLAY= && export DISPLAY &&
+
+	echo branch >expect &&
+	git difftool --no-prompt branch >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'difftool with guiDefault true selects gui tool' '
+	difftool_test_setup &&
+	test_config diff.tool bogus-tool &&
+	test_config diff.guitool test-tool &&
+	test_config difftool.guiDefault true &&
+
+	DISPLAY= && export DISPLAY &&
+	echo branch >expect &&
+	git difftool --no-prompt branch >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	DISPLAY=Something && export DISPLAY &&
+	echo branch >expect &&
+	git difftool --no-prompt branch >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'difftool --no-gui trumps config guiDefault' '
+	difftool_test_setup &&
+	test_config diff.guitool bogus-tool &&
+	test_config diff.tool test-tool &&
+	test_config difftool.guiDefault true &&
+
+	echo branch >expect &&
+	git difftool --no-prompt --no-gui branch >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'difftool --gui last setting wins' '
 	difftool_test_setup &&
 	: >expect &&