Subject: [PATCH 1/1] mergetools/vimdiff: add vimdiff1 merge tool variant

From: Seth House <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:28:40 -0700

This adds yet another vimdiff/gvimdiff variant and presents conflicts as
a two-way diff between 'LOCAL' and 'REMOTE'. 'MERGED' is not opened
which deviates from the norm so usage text is echoed as a Vim message on
startup that instructs the user with how to proceed and how to abort.

Vimdiff is well-suited to two-way diffs so this is an option for a more
simple, more streamlined conflict resolution. For example: it is
difficult to communicate differences across more than two files using
only syntax highlighting; default vimdiff commands to get and put
changes between buffers do not need the user to manually specify
a source or destination buffer when only using two buffers.

Like other merge tools that directly compare 'LOCAL' with 'REMOTE', this
tool will benefit when paired with the new `mergetool.hideResolved`
setting.

Signed-off-by: Seth House <[email-masked]>
---
 mergetools/vimdiff | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mergetools/vimdiff b/mergetools/vimdiff
index abc8ce4ec4..96f6209a04 100644
--- a/mergetools/vimdiff
+++ b/mergetools/vimdiff
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ merge_cmd () {
 				"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
 		fi
 		;;
+	*vimdiff1)
+		"$merge_tool_path" -f -d \
+			-c 'echon "Resolve conflicts leftward then save. Use :cq to abort."' \
+			"$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		ret="$?"
+		if test "$ret" -eq 0
+		then
+			cp -- "$LOCAL" "$MERGED"
+		fi
+		return "$ret"
+		;;
 	*vimdiff2)
 		"$merge_tool_path" -f -d -c 'wincmd l' \
 			"$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ exit_code_trustable () {
 
 list_tool_variants () {
 	for prefix in '' g n; do
-		for suffix in '' 2 3; do
+		for suffix in '' 1 2 3; do
 			echo "${prefix}vimdiff${suffix}"
 		done
 	done
-- 
2.29.2