using FileMerge as git difftool on Mac OS X

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#!/bin/bash
# my git difftool, calls FileMerge with project as -merge target
# better than using opendiff
#
# cd to your project dir and and run difftool like this:
#   git difftool -d -x gdiff

# find top level of git project
dir=$PWD
until [ -e "$dir/.git" ]; do
  if [ "$dir" == "/" ]; then
    echo "Not a git repository" >&2
    exit 1;
  fi
  dir=`dirname "$dir"`
done

# open fresh FileMerge and wait for termination, avoids issues with git temp files
open -a FileMerge -n -W --args -left "$1" -right "$2" -merge "$dir"

# references:
# http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070220223441729
# https://gist.github.com/bkeating/329690

By the way, FileMerge comes with the Xcode tools. Get Xcode from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/

Thank you for sharing this! I was struggling with how to get git directory diffs with FileMerge - this is the only solution I have seen that works reliably.

I've made a couple enhancements to this gist at https://gist.github.com/gwarnes-mdsol/b0aff96fbb7a4c92e570e7b03daa7e1b. To get a diff do:
git diff -r 9607ab015c6c39f9b77a8564126a23e74c890dcd

(Won't it be nice when github allows gist pull requests!)