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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 50f106ec5b..8ed44947ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Use 'git mergetool' to run one of several merge utilities to resolve +Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve merge conflicts. It is typically run after linkgit:git-merge[1]. If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will be run to resolve differences on each file. If no <file> names are -specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file +specified, `git mergetool` will run the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts. OPTIONS @@ -27,16 +27,38 @@ OPTIONS Valid merge tools are: kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff + -If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool' -will use the configuration variable merge.tool. If the -configuration variable merge.tool is not set, 'git mergetool' +If a merge resolution program is not specified, `git mergetool` +will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the +configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, `git mergetool` 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 `mergetool.<tool>.path`. For example, you can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting -mergetool.kdiff3.path. Otherwise, 'git mergetool' assumes the tool -is available in PATH. +`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, `git mergetool` assumes the +tool is available in PATH. ++ +Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs +`git mergetool` can be customized to run an alternative program +by specifying the command line to invoke in a configration +variable `mergetool.<tool>.cmd`. ++ +When `git mergetool` is invoked with this tool (either through the +`-t` or `--tool` option or the `merge.tool` configuration +variable) the configured command line will be invoked with `$BASE` +set to the name of a temporary file containing the common base for +the merge, if available; `$LOCAL` set to the name of a temporary +file containing the contents of the file on the current branch; +`$REMOTE` set to the name of a temporary file containing the +contents of the file to be merged, and `$MERGED` set to the name +of the file to which the merge tool should write the result of the +merge resolution. ++ +If the custom merge tool correctly indicates the success of a +merge resolution with its exit code then the configuration +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. Author ------ |