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authorLibravatar Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2010-12-14 10:18:34 +0100
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-12-16 13:01:31 -0800
commit51baceeec4884c14ac8c77902ec6973ab36421ca (patch)
treea32eb8c6c3b7528a1e6bc69a790c4151839fd254 /Documentation
parentGit 1.7.3.4 (diff)
downloadtgif-51baceeec4884c14ac8c77902ec6973ab36421ca.tar.xz
git-difftool.txt: correct the description of $BASE and describe $MERGED
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 8250bad2ce..498b1610f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ the configured command line will be invoked with the following
variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary
file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE`
is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
-of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
-with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
+of the diff post-image. `$MERGED` is the name of the file which is
+being compared. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
+with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
-x <command>::
--extcmd=<command>::