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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt index 55735faf7b..3470910109 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts SYNOPSIS -------- -'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>]... +[verse] +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ OPTIONS --tool=<tool>:: Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>. Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, - diffuse, tortoisemerge, opendiff, p4merge and araxis. + araxis, bc3, diffuse, ecmerge, emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, + meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, tortoisemerge, vimdiff and xxdiff. + If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool' will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the @@ -72,13 +73,15 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to override any configuration settings. -Author ------- -Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> +TEMPORARY FILES +--------------- +`git mergetool` creates `*.orig` backup files while resolving merges. +These are safe to remove once a file has been merged and its +`git mergetool` session has completed. -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o. +Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false` +causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files +are successfully merged. GIT --- |