difftool: Use eval to expand '--extcmd' expressions

It was not possible to pass quoted commands to '--extcmd'.
By using 'eval' we ensure that expressions with spaces and
quotes are supported.
Signed-off-by: NDavid Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

git-difftool--helper.sh

@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ launch_merge_tool () {
 	fi
 
 	if use_ext_cmd; then
-		$GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
+		eval $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD '"$LOCAL"' '"$REMOTE"'
 	else
 		run_merge_tool "$merge_tool"
 	fi
-
 }
 
 if ! use_ext_cmd; then

t/t7800-difftool.sh

@@ -235,8 +235,21 @@ test_expect_success 'difftool --extcmd cat' '
 test_expect_success 'difftool -x cat' '
 	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt -x cat branch) &&
 	test "$diff" = branch"$LF"master
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'difftool --extcmd echo arg1' '
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --extcmd sh\ -c\ \"echo\ \$1\" branch)
+	test "$diff" = file
+'
 
+test_expect_success 'difftool --extcmd cat arg1' '
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --extcmd sh\ -c\ \"cat\ \$1\" branch)
+	test "$diff" = master
+'
 
+test_expect_success 'difftool --extcmd cat arg2' '
+	diff=$(git difftool --no-prompt --extcmd sh\ -c\ \"cat\ \$2\" branch)
+	test "$diff" = branch
 '
 
 test_done