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diff --git a/git-mergetool.txt b/git-mergetool.txt index 8352560..fedcfa0 100644 --- a/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... +'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [<file>]... DESCRIPTION ----------- Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve -merge conflicts. It is typically run after linkgit:git-merge[1]. +merge conflicts. It is typically run after `git-merge`. 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 @@ -27,23 +27,23 @@ Valid merge tools are: kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge, and opendiff + -If a merge resolution program is not specified, `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` +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 can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting -`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, `git mergetool` assumes the +`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 +`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 +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 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ 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 +Otherwise, `git-mergetool` will prompt the user to indicate the success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. Author
