[MacPorts] #37798: MacVim: Request to create 'gvim', 'gvimdiff', ... symbolic links in addition to 'mvim' series

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#37798: MacVim: Request to create 'gvim', 'gvimdiff', ... symbolic links in
addition to 'mvim' series
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  Reporter:  alexey.muranov@…  |      Owner:  raimue@…
      Type:  request           |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal            |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports             |    Version:
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
      Port:  MacVim vim        |
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Comment (by raimue@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 alexey.muranov@…]:
 > {{{
 > sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/mvim /usr/local/bin/gvim
 > }}}

 Fine that this works for you. However, this is not a solution for everyone
 as `/opt/local/bin` usually comes before `/usr/local/bin` in PATH, which
 means that vim +gtk2 would still take preference over MacVim. I am not
 opposed to adding a way to make MacVim accessible using `gvim*`, but right
 now I don't see a way to avoid the conflict with vim (since we cannot add
 conflicts on specific variants) or the need for a `port select gvim`.

 However, if `git mergetool` is your main use case, I can suggest two
 different ways to solve this in .gitconfig:

 1. Override gvimdiff with mvimdiff:
 {{{
 [difftool "gvimdiff"]
     path = /opt/local/bin/mvimdiff
 }}}

 2. Add an additional mergetool:
 {{{
 [mergetool "mvimdiff"]
     cmd = /opt/local/bin/mvimdiff -f "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
 [merge]
     tool = mvimdiff
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37798#comment:7>
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