From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:52:24 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: mergetool--lib: improve the help text in guess_merge_tool()
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5338a6a924b9519dfbd3c92142f83d6ecf925097;p=git.git

mergetool--lib: improve the help text in guess_merge_tool()

This code path is only activated when the user does not have a valid
configured tool.  Add a message to guide new users towards configuring a
default tool.

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/git-mergetool--lib.sh b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
index 2a6738308..7edc27f92 100644
--- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
+++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,13 @@ show_tool_help () {
 
 guess_merge_tool () {
 	list_merge_tool_candidates
-	echo >&2 "merge tool candidates: $tools"
+	cat >&2 <<-EOF
+
+	This message is displayed because '$TOOL_MODE.tool' is not configured.
+	See 'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool --tool-help' or 'git help config' for more details.
+	'git ${TOOL_MODE}tool' will now attempt to use one of the following tools:
+	$tools
+	EOF
 
 	# Loop over each candidate and stop when a valid merge tool is found.
 	for i in $tools