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{{{#!/bin/sh {{{
#!/bin/sh
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   set -e # bail out quickly on failure set -e # bail out quickly on failure
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   LOCAL="$1"
   BASE="$2"
   OTHER="$3"
LOCAL="$1"
BASE="$2"
OTHER="$3"
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   BACKUP="$LOCAL.orig" BACKUP="$LOCAL.orig"
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   Restore ()
   {
     cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
   }
Restore ()
{
   cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
}
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   ExitOK ()
   {
     exit $?
   }
ExitOK ()
{
   exit $?
}
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   # Back up our file
   cp "$LOCAL" "$BACKUP"
# Back up our file
cp "$LOCAL" "$BACKUP"
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   # Attempt to do a non-interactive merge
   if which merge > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
       if merge "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$OTHER" 2> /dev/null; then
           # success!
           ExitOK
       fi
       Restore
   elif which diff3 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
       if diff3 -m "$BACKUP" "$BASE" "$OTHER" > "$LOCAL" ; then
           # success
           ExitOK
       fi
       Restore
   fi

   if emacs -q --no-site-file --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \"$BACKUP\" \"$OTHER\" \"$BASE\" nil \"$LOCAL\")"
   then
# Attempt to do a non-interactive merge
if which merge > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   if merge "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$OTHER" 2> /dev/null; then
       # success!
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   Restore
elif which diff3 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   if diff3 -m "$BACKUP" "$BASE" "$OTHER" > "$LOCAL" ; then
       # success
       ExitOK
   fi
   Restore
fi
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   echo "emacs-merge: failed to merge files"
   exit 1
if emacs -q --no-site-file --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \"$BACKUP\" \"$OTHER\" \"$BASE\" nil \"$LOCAL\")"
then
   ExitOK
fi
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   # End of file echo "emacs-merge: failed to merge files"
exit 1

# End of file
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Using Emacs as a merge program

Emacs is bundled with an elisp program called Ediff whose purpose is to help developers to visually apply patches. One of the ediff commands is well-suited to three-way merging and can be used as a merge program with Mercurial.

Mercurial 1.0 and later

Add the following to your ~/.hgrc file (see MergeToolConfiguration):

[ui]
merge = emacs

[merge-tools]
emacs.args = -q --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \""$local"\" \""$other"\" \""$base"\" nil \""$output"\")"

If you want to use the plain emerge tool in emacs, the following line works instead in the merge-tools section:

emacs.args = -q --eval "(emerge-files-with-ancestor nil \""$local"\" \""$other"\" \""$base"\" \"$output\" nil 'kill-emacs)"

A more elaborate version that puts the ediff control window inside the main frame:

emacs.args = -q --eval "(require 'ediff)" --eval "(setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)" --eval "(add-hook 'ediff-quit-hook 'save-buffers-kill-emacs)" --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \""$local"\" \""$other"\" \""$base"\" nil \""$output"\")"

Mercurial 0.9.5 and earlier: Wrap Emacs+Ediff call in a script

Dump the following content into a file in your PATH (don't forget to turn on the execute bit):

set -e # bail out quickly on failure

LOCAL="$1"
BASE="$2"
OTHER="$3"

BACKUP="$LOCAL.orig"

Restore ()
{
   cp "$BACKUP" "$LOCAL"
}

ExitOK ()
{
   exit $?
}

# Back up our file
cp "$LOCAL" "$BACKUP"

# Attempt to do a non-interactive merge
if which merge > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   if merge "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$OTHER" 2> /dev/null; then
       # success!
       ExitOK
   fi
   Restore
elif which diff3 > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
   if diff3 -m "$BACKUP" "$BASE" "$OTHER" > "$LOCAL" ; then
       # success
       ExitOK
   fi
   Restore
fi

if emacs -q --no-site-file --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \"$BACKUP\" \"$OTHER\" \"$BASE\" nil \"$LOCAL\")"
then
   ExitOK
fi

echo "emacs-merge: failed to merge files"
exit 1

# End of file

Considering Mercurial is now able to premerge before running the merge tool and even does it by default (see hgrc(5)), I feel that attempts of merge with merge and diff3 are not needed anymore.

0.1. How the script works

This script tries first to automatically merge the files using the RCS merge program or the diff3 program. If the automatic merger fails merging the files because of a conflict or, neither merge nor diff3 are available on the system, then emacs is launched to let the developer resolve the conflicts.

0.2. Enabling the script usage

Don't forget to add an entry in your hgrc file (either ~/.hgrc or the local working copy .hg/hgrc) to point Mercurial at your merge command (let's call it emacs-merge)

   [ui]
   merge = emacs-merge

All Mercurial versions: using emacsclient

You may want to use 'emacsclient' to reuse an already running Emacs session.

Until the trunk was patched (on 02 Oct 2010), emacsclient did not relay errors from the server process properly (it always exited with status 0), so hg had no way to know if an error occurred, and would happily commit the merge, possibly without you ever noticing something is amiss.

As a workaround if the fix isn't in the version of emacs you use, you'll need a wrapper script like the one below to supply the error handling.

  • (Emacs Bug #6963 has been resolved in the trunk on 02 Oct 2010, so you'll need Emacs 24, at least. (Check etc/NEWS for "If emacsclient shuts down as ... its exit status is 1")

(save it as e. g. 'emacsclient-merge' and configure it like this)

   [ui]
   merge = emacsclient-merge

{{{#!/bin/bash

  • if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    • echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 local other base output" exit 1

    fi local=$1 other=$2 base=$3 output=$4

    OUTPUT=emacsclient --no-wait --eval "(ediff-merge-with-ancestor \"$local\" \"$other\" \"$base\" nil \"$output\")" 2>&1 echo $OUTPUT | grep -v "Ediff Control Panel" if echo "$OUTPUT" | grep -q '^*ERROR*'; then

    • exit 1
    fi

}}} Q (28 Jun, 2011): This currently does not work. Seems that others are having the same problem (https://identi.ca/notice/71698204). The error message is: *ERROR*: The merge buffer file ~/path must not be a directory

A (Nov 2011): Then upgrade to a newer version of emacs. This is fixed in Emacs 24, which has been in pretesting for months, and a stable release is expected in early 2012.

MergingWithEmacs (last edited 2015-08-18 22:49:33 by mpm)