On September 13, 2025 5:04 PM, Johannes Sixt wrote: >To: rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [QUESTION] mergetool environment variables > >Am 13.09.25 um 16:42 schrieb rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: >> Let me try to infer what is happening and please correct me if my >> assumptions are wrong: >I'm sorry to say that I can't help. I tried to disentangle what is going on, but this >stuff is far too convoluted to be understood in a few minutes. I cannot tell if it is >possible to write a mergetool that is not installed with Git. > >I would just copy one of the existing tool scripts and run `make install` from the Git >source directory. Yes, it needs to be in the git install area. Adding export BASE export LOCAL, etc., works to resolve the situation. I wonder whether that should be documented.
