Set vars:
$ CONTRIBDIR="$TESTDIR/../contrib"
Test simplemerge command:
$ cp "$CONTRIBDIR/simplemerge" .
$ echo base > base
$ echo local > local
$ cat base >> local
$ cp local orig
$ cat base > other
$ echo other >> other
changing local directly
$ $PYTHON simplemerge local base other && echo "merge succeeded"
merge succeeded
$ cat local
local
base
other
$ cp orig local
printing to stdout
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p local base other
local
base
other
local:
$ cat local
local
base
conflicts
$ cp base conflict-local
$ cp other conflict-other
$ echo not other >> conflict-local
$ echo end >> conflict-local
$ echo end >> conflict-other
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p conflict-local base conflict-other
base
<<<<<<< conflict-local
not other
=======
other
>>>>>>> conflict-other
end
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1 label
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p -L foo conflict-local base conflict-other
base
<<<<<<< foo
not other
=======
other
>>>>>>> conflict-other
end
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2 labels
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p -L foo -L bar conflict-local base conflict-other
base
<<<<<<< foo
not other
=======
other
>>>>>>> bar
end
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3 labels
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p -L foo -L bar -L base conflict-local base conflict-other
base
<<<<<<< foo
not other
end
||||||| base
=======
other
end
>>>>>>> bar
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too many labels
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p -L foo -L bar -L baz -L buz conflict-local base conflict-other
abort: can only specify three labels.
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binary file
$ $PYTHON -c "f = open('binary-local', 'w'); f.write('\x00'); f.close()"
$ cat orig >> binary-local
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -p binary-local base other
warning: binary-local looks like a binary file.
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binary file --text
$ $PYTHON simplemerge -a -p binary-local base other 2>&1
warning: binary-local looks like a binary file.
\x00local (esc)
base
other
help
$ $PYTHON simplemerge --help
simplemerge [OPTS] LOCAL BASE OTHER
Simple three-way file merge utility with a minimal feature set.
Apply to LOCAL the changes necessary to go from BASE to OTHER.
By default, LOCAL is overwritten with the results of this operation.
options:
-L --label labels to use on conflict markers
-a --text treat all files as text
-p --print print results instead of overwriting LOCAL
--no-minimal no effect (DEPRECATED)
-h --help display help and exit
-q --quiet suppress output
wrong number of arguments
$ $PYTHON simplemerge
simplemerge: wrong number of arguments
simplemerge [OPTS] LOCAL BASE OTHER
Simple three-way file merge utility with a minimal feature set.
Apply to LOCAL the changes necessary to go from BASE to OTHER.
By default, LOCAL is overwritten with the results of this operation.
options:
-L --label labels to use on conflict markers
-a --text treat all files as text
-p --print print results instead of overwriting LOCAL
--no-minimal no effect (DEPRECATED)
-h --help display help and exit
-q --quiet suppress output
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bad option
$ $PYTHON simplemerge --foo -p local base other
simplemerge: option --foo not recognized
simplemerge [OPTS] LOCAL BASE OTHER
Simple three-way file merge utility with a minimal feature set.
Apply to LOCAL the changes necessary to go from BASE to OTHER.
By default, LOCAL is overwritten with the results of this operation.
options:
-L --label labels to use on conflict markers
-a --text treat all files as text
-p --print print results instead of overwriting LOCAL
--no-minimal no effect (DEPRECATED)
-h --help display help and exit
-q --quiet suppress output
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