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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-08-27 11:55:16 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-08-27 11:55:17 -0700
commitde54ef2724882f151d71f996991b4c634b6abf41 (patch)
tree51f5d320b31c7d200fd9d37f5ed218c0b5ddb44d /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'js/grep-patterntype-config' (diff)
parentdifftool: silence warning (diff)
downloadtgif-de54ef2724882f151d71f996991b4c634b6abf41.tar.xz
Merge branch 'da/difftool-updates'
"git difftool --dir-diff" learned to use symbolic links to prepare temporary copy of the working tree when available. * da/difftool-updates: difftool: silence warning Add Code Compare v2.80.4 as a merge / diff tool for Windows mergetool,difftool: Document --tool-help consistently difftool: Disable --symlinks on cygwin difftool: Handle compare() returning -1 difftool: Wrap long lines for readability difftool: Check all return codes from compare() difftool: Handle finding mergetools/ in a path with spaces difftool: Use symlinks when diffing against the worktree difftool: Call the temp directory "git-difftool" difftool: Move option values into a hash difftool: Eliminate global variables difftool: Simplify print_tool_help()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool.txt3
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 31fc2e3aed..73ca7025a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
--tool-help::
Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+--symlinks::
+--no-symlinks::
+ 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the
+ working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode.
++
+ Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create
+ copies instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
+
-x <command>::
--extcmd=<command>::
Specify a custom command for viewing diffs.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index d7207bd9b9..6b563c500f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`.
Otherwise, 'git mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the
success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
+--tool-help::
+ Print a list of merge tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+
-y::
--no-prompt::
Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution