Re: [PATCH v2] git-difftool-helper.sh: learn a new way go back to last save point

David Aguilar [off-list ref] writes:

What if instead of global state, maybe the user could specify a path
that difftool could skip forward to?   For example, we could teach
difftool to resume by telling it where we last left off:

   git difftool --resume-from=foo/bar099.txt

Then we don't need the global counter state file?

Does it have to be the second and subsequent invocation to pass the
new "resume-from" option?  As we do not have "global" state, I would
presume that we do not even know if it is the first invocation, so
perhaps a better name would be "--start-from=$pathname"?

Finally, I'm going to plug what I believe to be the right tool for the
job here.  Have you tried git cola?[1]  Difftool is tightly
integrated, and the UI is such that you can trivially choose any of
the modified/staged files and difftool them by using the Ctrl-d
hotkey.

https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola/

Cola is purpose-built for driving difftool, and for interactive
staging, so not mentioning it in the context of wanting a better UI
for difftool would be a disservice to difftool users.

;-)