Merge branch 'js/difftool-no-index'

"git difftool" can now run outside a repository.

* js/difftool-no-index:
  difftool: allow running outside Git worktrees with --no-index
  parse-options: make OPT_ARGUMENT() more useful
  difftool: remove obsolete (and misleading) comment

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/difftool.c b/builtin/difftool.c
index a3ea60ea71..4fff1e83f9 100644
--- a/builtin/difftool.c
+++ b/builtin/difftool.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ 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,
-	    tool_help = 0;
+	    tool_help = 0, no_index = 0;
 	static char *difftool_cmd = NULL, *extcmd = NULL;
 	struct option builtin_difftool_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL('g', "gui", &use_gui_tool,
@@ -714,6 +714,7 @@ int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			    "tool returns a non - zero exit code")),
 		OPT_STRING('x', "extcmd", &extcmd, N_("command"),
 			   N_("specify a custom command for viewing diffs")),
+		OPT_ARGUMENT("no-index", &no_index, N_("passed to `diff`")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -727,9 +728,14 @@ int cmd_difftool(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (tool_help)
 		return print_tool_help();
 
-	/* NEEDSWORK: once we no longer spawn anything, remove this */
-	setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
-	setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+	if (!no_index && !startup_info->have_repository)
+		die(_("difftool requires worktree or --no-index"));
+
+	if (!no_index){
+		setup_work_tree();
+		setenv(GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_dir()), 1);
+		setenv(GIT_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, absolute_path(get_git_work_tree()), 1);
+	}
 
 	if (use_gui_tool && diff_gui_tool && *diff_gui_tool)
 		setenv("GIT_DIFF_TOOL", diff_gui_tool, 1);