1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/mergetools.py b/tools/mergetools.py
index 109e9d4..beb41bf 100644
--- a/tools/mergetools.py
+++ b/tools/mergetools.py
@@ -484,13 +484,21 @@ def flock_ex_or_fail(path):
         return False
     return True
 
+def start_worker(name, fun, args):
+    pipe_mine, pipe_theirs = multiprocessing.Pipe()
+    p = multiprocessing.Process(target=fun,
+                                args=(pipe_theirs, args),
+                                name=name)
+    p.start()
+    return (p, pipe_mine)
+
 def terminate_child_procs():
     for p in multiprocessing.active_children():
         #print >>sys.stderr, "DEBUG: terminating pid", p.pid
         p.terminate()
 
 def loginit(args, fname):
-    logfmt = '%(asctime)s %(message)s'
+    logfmt = '%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
     loglevel = getattr(logging, args.loglevel.upper())
     if args.logdir is None:
         logging.basicConfig(format=logfmt, level=loglevel)