Open kieranpotts opened 1 year ago
git mergetool
, if not explicitly configured, will attempt to use one of the following tools:
Run git mergetool --tool-help
for the list of valid tool settings.
git mergetool --tool-help
'git mergetool --tool=<tool>' may be set to one of the following:
vimdiff Use Vim with a custom layout (see `git help mergetool`'s `BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS` section)
vimdiff1 Use Vim with a 2 panes layout (LOCAL and REMOTE)
vimdiff2 Use Vim with a 3 panes layout (LOCAL, MERGED and REMOTE)
vimdiff3 Use Vim where only the MERGED file is shown
The following tools are valid, but not currently available:
araxis Use Araxis Merge (requires a graphical session)
bc Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
bc3 Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
bc4 Use Beyond Compare (requires a graphical session)
codecompare Use Code Compare (requires a graphical session)
deltawalker Use DeltaWalker (requires a graphical session)
diffmerge Use DiffMerge (requires a graphical session)
diffuse Use Diffuse (requires a graphical session)
ecmerge Use ECMerge (requires a graphical session)
emerge Use Emacs' Emerge
examdiff Use ExamDiff Pro (requires a graphical session)
guiffy Use Guiffy's Diff Tool (requires a graphical session)
gvimdiff Use gVim (requires a graphical session) with a custom layout (see `git help mergetool`'s `BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS` section)
gvimdiff1 Use gVim (requires a graphical session) with a 2 panes layout (LOCAL and REMOTE)
gvimdiff2 Use gVim (requires a graphical session) with a 3 panes layout (LOCAL, MERGED and REMOTE)
gvimdiff3 Use gVim (requires a graphical session) where only the MERGED file is shown
kdiff3 Use KDiff3 (requires a graphical session)
meld Use Meld (requires a graphical session) with optional `auto merge` (see `git help mergetool`'s `CONFIGURATION` section)
nvimdiff Use Neovim with a custom layout (see `git help mergetool`'s `BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS` section)
nvimdiff1 Use Neovim with a 2 panes layout (LOCAL and REMOTE)
nvimdiff2 Use Neovim with a 3 panes layout (LOCAL, MERGED and REMOTE)
nvimdiff3 Use Neovim where only the MERGED file is shown
opendiff Use FileMerge (requires a graphical session)
p4merge Use HelixCore P4Merge (requires a graphical session)
smerge Use Sublime Merge (requires a graphical session)
tkdiff Use TkDiff (requires a graphical session)
tortoisemerge Use TortoiseMerge (requires a graphical session)
winmerge Use WinMerge (requires a graphical session)
xxdiff Use xxdiff (requires a graphical session)
Some of the tools listed above only work in a windowed
environment. If run in a terminal-only session, they will fail.
Update docs for use of vimdiff. Provide docs for configuring other dfftools/mergetools: