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diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 8250bad2ce..333cf6ff91 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,16 +7,24 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- -'git difftool' [<options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] +[verse] +'git difftool' [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -'git difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files +'git difftool' is a Git command that allows you to compare and edit files between revisions using common diff tools. 'git difftool' is a frontend -to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. +to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. See +linkgit:git-diff[1]. OPTIONS ------- +-d:: +--dir-diff:: + Copy the modified files to a temporary location and perform + a directory diff on them. This mode never prompts before + launching the diff tool. + -y:: --no-prompt:: Do not prompt before launching a diff tool. @@ -28,10 +36,9 @@ OPTIONS -t <tool>:: --tool=<tool>:: - Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. - Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, - ecmerge, diffuse, opendiff, p4merge and araxis. + Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. Valid values include + emerge, kompare, meld, and vimdiff. Run `git difftool --tool-help` + for the list of valid <tool> settings. + If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool' will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the @@ -55,14 +62,28 @@ 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 `$MERGED`. + +--tool-help:: + Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`. + +--[no-]symlinks:: + 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the + working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode and the right-hand + side of the comparison yields the same content as the file in + the working tree. ++ +Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create copies +instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows. -x <command>:: --extcmd=<command>:: Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified. + Additionally, `$BASE` is set in the environment. -g:: --gui:: @@ -70,6 +91,15 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. the default diff tool will be read from the configured `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. +--[no-]trust-exit-code:: + 'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file. + Errors reported by the diff tool are ignored by default. + Use `--trust-exit-code` to make 'git-difftool' exit when an + invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit code. ++ +'git-difftool' will forward the exit code of the invoked tool when +'--trust-exit-code' is used. + See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options. CONFIG VARIABLES @@ -95,6 +125,11 @@ See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details. difftool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. +difftool.trustExitCode:: + Exit difftool if the invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit status. ++ +See the `--trust-exit-code` option above for more details. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-diff[1]:: @@ -106,15 +141,6 @@ linkgit:git-mergetool[1]:: linkgit:git-config[1]:: Get and set repository or global options - -AUTHOR ------- -Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>. - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |