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| author |  David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> | 2009-03-09 02:12:36 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-03-11 21:54:59 -0700 |
| commit | 2464456a6ac9216d59d9e2cf0d86fee072f63cf8 (patch) | |
| tree | 39211d813d41105b2d3079df9238811da162c254 /contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt | |
| parent | Update release notes to 1.6.3 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-2464456a6ac9216d59d9e2cf0d86fee072f63cf8.tar.xz | |
contrib/difftool: use a separate config namespace for difftool commands
Some users have different mergetool and difftool settings, so teach
difftool to read config vars from the difftool.* namespace. This allows
having distinct configurations for the diff and merge scenarios.
We don't want to force existing users to set new values for no reason
so difftool falls back to existing mergetool config variables when the
difftool equivalents are not defined.
Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt | 30 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt b/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt index 6e2610cda6..2b7bc03ec3 100644 --- a/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt +++ b/contrib/difftool/git-difftool.txt @@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ OPTIONS vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff + If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git-difftool' -will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the -configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, 'git difftool' +will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the +configuration variable `diff.tool` is not set, 'git-difftool' will pick a suitable default. + You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the -configuration variable `mergetool.<tool>.path`. For example, you +configuration variable `difftool.<tool>.path`. For example, you can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting -`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git-difftool' assumes the +`difftool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git-difftool' assumes the tool is available in PATH. + Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs, 'git-difftool' can be customized to run an alternative program by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration -variable `mergetool.<tool>.cmd`. +variable `difftool.<tool>.cmd`. + When 'git-difftool' is invoked with this tool (either through the -`-t` or `--tool` option or the `merge.tool` configuration variable) +`-t` or `--tool` option or the `diff.tool` configuration variable) 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` @@ -61,24 +61,24 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. CONFIG VARIABLES ---------------- -merge.tool:: - The default merge tool to use. -+ -See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details. +'git-difftool' falls back to 'git-mergetool' config variables when the +difftool equivalents have not been defined. -merge.keepBackup:: - The original, unedited file content can be saved to a file with - a `.orig` extension. Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). +diff.tool:: + The default merge tool to use. -mergetool.<tool>.path:: +difftool.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case your tool is not in the PATH. -mergetool.<tool>.cmd:: +difftool.<tool>.cmd:: Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool. + See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details. +merge.keepBackup:: + The original, unedited file content can be saved to a file with + a `.orig` extension. Defaults to `true` (i.e. keep the backup files). SEE ALSO -------- |