Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" |
| 2 | "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> |
| 3 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> |
| 4 | <head> |
| 5 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | <meta name="generator" content="AsciiDoc 8.4.5" /> |
| 7 | <title>git-difftool(1)</title> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | <style type="text/css"> |
| 9 | /* Debug borders */ |
| 10 | p, li, dt, dd, div, pre, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { |
| 11 | /* |
| 12 | border: 1px solid red; |
| 13 | */ |
| 14 | } |
| 15 | |
| 16 | body { |
| 17 | margin: 1em 5% 1em 5%; |
| 18 | } |
| 19 | |
| 20 | a { |
| 21 | color: blue; |
| 22 | text-decoration: underline; |
| 23 | } |
| 24 | a:visited { |
| 25 | color: fuchsia; |
| 26 | } |
| 27 | |
| 28 | em { |
| 29 | font-style: italic; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | color: navy; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | } |
| 32 | |
| 33 | strong { |
| 34 | font-weight: bold; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | color: #083194; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | } |
| 37 | |
| 38 | tt { |
| 39 | color: navy; |
| 40 | } |
| 41 | |
| 42 | h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { |
| 43 | color: #527bbd; |
| 44 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 45 | margin-top: 1.2em; |
| 46 | margin-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 47 | line-height: 1.3; |
| 48 | } |
| 49 | |
| 50 | h1, h2, h3 { |
| 51 | border-bottom: 2px solid silver; |
| 52 | } |
| 53 | h2 { |
| 54 | padding-top: 0.5em; |
| 55 | } |
| 56 | h3 { |
| 57 | float: left; |
| 58 | } |
| 59 | h3 + * { |
| 60 | clear: left; |
| 61 | } |
| 62 | |
| 63 | div.sectionbody { |
| 64 | font-family: serif; |
| 65 | margin-left: 0; |
| 66 | } |
| 67 | |
| 68 | hr { |
| 69 | border: 1px solid silver; |
| 70 | } |
| 71 | |
| 72 | p { |
| 73 | margin-top: 0.5em; |
| 74 | margin-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 75 | } |
| 76 | |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | ul, ol, li > p { |
| 78 | margin-top: 0; |
| 79 | } |
| 80 | |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | pre { |
| 82 | padding: 0; |
| 83 | margin: 0; |
| 84 | } |
| 85 | |
| 86 | span#author { |
| 87 | color: #527bbd; |
| 88 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 89 | font-weight: bold; |
| 90 | font-size: 1.1em; |
| 91 | } |
| 92 | span#email { |
| 93 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | span#revnumber, span#revdate, span#revremark { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 96 | } |
| 97 | |
| 98 | div#footer { |
| 99 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 100 | font-size: small; |
| 101 | border-top: 2px solid silver; |
| 102 | padding-top: 0.5em; |
| 103 | margin-top: 4.0em; |
| 104 | } |
| 105 | div#footer-text { |
| 106 | float: left; |
| 107 | padding-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 108 | } |
| 109 | div#footer-badges { |
| 110 | float: right; |
| 111 | padding-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 112 | } |
| 113 | |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | div#preamble { |
| 115 | margin-top: 1.5em; |
| 116 | margin-bottom: 1.5em; |
| 117 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | div.tableblock, div.imageblock, div.exampleblock, div.verseblock, |
| 119 | div.quoteblock, div.literalblock, div.listingblock, div.sidebarblock, |
| 120 | div.admonitionblock { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | margin-top: 1.5em; |
| 122 | margin-bottom: 1.5em; |
| 123 | } |
| 124 | div.admonitionblock { |
| 125 | margin-top: 2.5em; |
| 126 | margin-bottom: 2.5em; |
| 127 | } |
| 128 | |
| 129 | div.content { /* Block element content. */ |
| 130 | padding: 0; |
| 131 | } |
| 132 | |
| 133 | /* Block element titles. */ |
| 134 | div.title, caption.title { |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | color: #527bbd; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 137 | font-weight: bold; |
| 138 | text-align: left; |
| 139 | margin-top: 1.0em; |
| 140 | margin-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 141 | } |
| 142 | div.title + * { |
| 143 | margin-top: 0; |
| 144 | } |
| 145 | |
| 146 | td div.title:first-child { |
| 147 | margin-top: 0.0em; |
| 148 | } |
| 149 | div.content div.title:first-child { |
| 150 | margin-top: 0.0em; |
| 151 | } |
| 152 | div.content + div.title { |
| 153 | margin-top: 0.0em; |
| 154 | } |
| 155 | |
| 156 | div.sidebarblock > div.content { |
| 157 | background: #ffffee; |
| 158 | border: 1px solid silver; |
| 159 | padding: 0.5em; |
| 160 | } |
| 161 | |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | div.listingblock > div.content { |
| 163 | border: 1px solid silver; |
| 164 | background: #f4f4f4; |
| 165 | padding: 0.5em; |
| 166 | } |
| 167 | |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | div.quoteblock { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | padding-left: 2.0em; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | margin-right: 10%; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | div.quoteblock > div.attribution { |
| 173 | padding-top: 0.5em; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | text-align: right; |
| 175 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | |
| 177 | div.verseblock { |
| 178 | padding-left: 2.0em; |
| 179 | margin-right: 10%; |
| 180 | } |
| 181 | div.verseblock > div.content { |
| 182 | white-space: pre; |
| 183 | } |
| 184 | div.verseblock > div.attribution { |
| 185 | padding-top: 0.75em; |
| 186 | text-align: left; |
| 187 | } |
| 188 | /* DEPRECATED: Pre version 8.2.7 verse style literal block. */ |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | div.verseblock + div.attribution { |
| 190 | text-align: left; |
| 191 | } |
| 192 | |
| 193 | div.admonitionblock .icon { |
| 194 | vertical-align: top; |
| 195 | font-size: 1.1em; |
| 196 | font-weight: bold; |
| 197 | text-decoration: underline; |
| 198 | color: #527bbd; |
| 199 | padding-right: 0.5em; |
| 200 | } |
| 201 | div.admonitionblock td.content { |
| 202 | padding-left: 0.5em; |
| 203 | border-left: 2px solid silver; |
| 204 | } |
| 205 | |
| 206 | div.exampleblock > div.content { |
| 207 | border-left: 2px solid silver; |
| 208 | padding: 0.5em; |
| 209 | } |
| 210 | |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 211 | div.imageblock div.content { padding-left: 0; } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | span.image img { border-style: none; } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | a.image:visited { color: white; } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | |
| 215 | dl { |
| 216 | margin-top: 0.8em; |
| 217 | margin-bottom: 0.8em; |
| 218 | } |
| 219 | dt { |
| 220 | margin-top: 0.5em; |
| 221 | margin-bottom: 0; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | font-style: normal; |
| 223 | color: navy; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | } |
| 225 | dd > *:first-child { |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | margin-top: 0.1em; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | } |
| 228 | |
| 229 | ul, ol { |
| 230 | list-style-position: outside; |
| 231 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | ol.arabic { |
| 233 | list-style-type: decimal; |
| 234 | } |
| 235 | ol.loweralpha { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | list-style-type: lower-alpha; |
| 237 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | ol.upperalpha { |
| 239 | list-style-type: upper-alpha; |
| 240 | } |
| 241 | ol.lowerroman { |
| 242 | list-style-type: lower-roman; |
| 243 | } |
| 244 | ol.upperroman { |
| 245 | list-style-type: upper-roman; |
| 246 | } |
| 247 | |
| 248 | div.compact ul, div.compact ol, |
| 249 | div.compact p, div.compact p, |
| 250 | div.compact div, div.compact div { |
| 251 | margin-top: 0.1em; |
| 252 | margin-bottom: 0.1em; |
| 253 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 254 | |
| 255 | div.tableblock > table { |
| 256 | border: 3px solid #527bbd; |
| 257 | } |
| 258 | thead { |
| 259 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 260 | font-weight: bold; |
| 261 | } |
| 262 | tfoot { |
| 263 | font-weight: bold; |
| 264 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | td > div.verse { |
| 266 | white-space: pre; |
| 267 | } |
| 268 | p.table { |
| 269 | margin-top: 0; |
| 270 | } |
| 271 | /* Because the table frame attribute is overriden by CSS in most browsers. */ |
| 272 | div.tableblock > table[frame="void"] { |
| 273 | border-style: none; |
| 274 | } |
| 275 | div.tableblock > table[frame="hsides"] { |
| 276 | border-left-style: none; |
| 277 | border-right-style: none; |
| 278 | } |
| 279 | div.tableblock > table[frame="vsides"] { |
| 280 | border-top-style: none; |
| 281 | border-bottom-style: none; |
| 282 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | |
| 285 | div.hdlist { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | margin-top: 0.8em; |
| 287 | margin-bottom: 0.8em; |
| 288 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | div.hdlist tr { |
| 290 | padding-bottom: 15px; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | dt.hdlist1.strong, td.hdlist1.strong { |
| 293 | font-weight: bold; |
| 294 | } |
| 295 | td.hdlist1 { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | vertical-align: top; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | font-style: normal; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | padding-right: 0.8em; |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 299 | color: navy; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | td.hdlist2 { |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 302 | vertical-align: top; |
| 303 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | div.hdlist.compact tr { |
| 305 | margin: 0; |
| 306 | padding-bottom: 0; |
| 307 | } |
| 308 | |
| 309 | .comment { |
| 310 | background: yellow; |
| 311 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | |
| 313 | @media print { |
| 314 | div#footer-badges { display: none; } |
| 315 | } |
| 316 | |
| 317 | div#toctitle { |
| 318 | color: #527bbd; |
| 319 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 320 | font-size: 1.1em; |
| 321 | font-weight: bold; |
| 322 | margin-top: 1.0em; |
| 323 | margin-bottom: 0.1em; |
| 324 | } |
| 325 | |
| 326 | div.toclevel1, div.toclevel2, div.toclevel3, div.toclevel4 { |
| 327 | margin-top: 0; |
| 328 | margin-bottom: 0; |
| 329 | } |
| 330 | div.toclevel2 { |
| 331 | margin-left: 2em; |
| 332 | font-size: 0.9em; |
| 333 | } |
| 334 | div.toclevel3 { |
| 335 | margin-left: 4em; |
| 336 | font-size: 0.9em; |
| 337 | } |
| 338 | div.toclevel4 { |
| 339 | margin-left: 6em; |
| 340 | font-size: 0.9em; |
| 341 | } |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 342 | /* Overrides for manpage documents */ |
| 343 | h1 { |
| 344 | padding-top: 0.5em; |
| 345 | padding-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 346 | border-top: 2px solid silver; |
| 347 | border-bottom: 2px solid silver; |
| 348 | } |
| 349 | h2 { |
| 350 | border-style: none; |
| 351 | } |
| 352 | div.sectionbody { |
| 353 | margin-left: 5%; |
| 354 | } |
| 355 | |
| 356 | @media print { |
| 357 | div#toc { display: none; } |
| 358 | } |
| 359 | |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 360 | /* Workarounds for IE6's broken and incomplete CSS2. */ |
| 361 | |
| 362 | div.sidebar-content { |
| 363 | background: #ffffee; |
| 364 | border: 1px solid silver; |
| 365 | padding: 0.5em; |
| 366 | } |
| 367 | div.sidebar-title, div.image-title { |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | color: #527bbd; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | font-family: sans-serif; |
| 370 | font-weight: bold; |
| 371 | margin-top: 0.0em; |
| 372 | margin-bottom: 0.5em; |
| 373 | } |
| 374 | |
| 375 | div.listingblock div.content { |
| 376 | border: 1px solid silver; |
| 377 | background: #f4f4f4; |
| 378 | padding: 0.5em; |
| 379 | } |
| 380 | |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | div.quoteblock-attribution { |
| 382 | padding-top: 0.5em; |
| 383 | text-align: right; |
| 384 | } |
| 385 | |
| 386 | div.verseblock-content { |
| 387 | white-space: pre; |
| 388 | } |
| 389 | div.verseblock-attribution { |
| 390 | padding-top: 0.75em; |
| 391 | text-align: left; |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 392 | } |
| 393 | |
| 394 | div.exampleblock-content { |
| 395 | border-left: 2px solid silver; |
| 396 | padding-left: 0.5em; |
| 397 | } |
| 398 | |
| 399 | /* IE6 sets dynamically generated links as visited. */ |
| 400 | div#toc a:visited { color: blue; } |
| 401 | </style> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 402 | </head> |
| 403 | <body> |
| 404 | <div id="header"> |
| 405 | <h1> |
| 406 | git-difftool(1) Manual Page |
| 407 | </h1> |
| 408 | <h2>NAME</h2> |
| 409 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
| 410 | <p>git-difftool - |
| 411 | Show changes using common diff tools |
| 412 | </p> |
| 413 | </div> |
| 414 | </div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 415 | <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 15567bc | 2011-07-23 00:51:59 | [diff] [blame^] | 417 | <div class="verseblock"> |
| 418 | <div class="verseblock-content"><em>git difftool</em> [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>…]</div> |
| 419 | <div class="verseblock-attribution"> |
| 420 | </div></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 421 | </div> |
| 422 | <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2> |
| 423 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git difftool</em> is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 425 | between revisions using common diff tools. <em>git difftool</em> is a frontend |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | to <em>git diff</em> and accepts the same options and arguments. See |
| 427 | <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a>.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | </div> |
| 429 | <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2> |
| 430 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 431 | <div class="dlist"><dl> |
| 432 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | -y |
| 434 | </dt> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 435 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 436 | --no-prompt |
| 437 | </dt> |
| 438 | <dd> |
| 439 | <p> |
| 440 | Do not prompt before launching a diff tool. |
| 441 | </p> |
| 442 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 443 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | --prompt |
| 445 | </dt> |
| 446 | <dd> |
| 447 | <p> |
| 448 | Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. |
| 449 | This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to |
| 450 | override any configuration settings. |
| 451 | </p> |
| 452 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 453 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | -t <tool> |
| 455 | </dt> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 456 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 457 | --tool=<tool> |
| 458 | </dt> |
| 459 | <dd> |
| 460 | <p> |
| 461 | Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. |
| 462 | Valid merge tools are: |
Junio C Hamano | d2c978f | 2011-03-20 19:42:22 | [diff] [blame] | 463 | araxis, bc3, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, |
| 464 | kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff. |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 465 | </p> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 466 | <div class="paragraph"><p>If a diff tool is not specified, <em>git difftool</em> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | will use the configuration variable <tt>diff.tool</tt>. If the |
Junio C Hamano | 1aa40d2 | 2010-01-21 17:46:43 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | configuration variable <tt>diff.tool</tt> is not set, <em>git difftool</em> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | will pick a suitable default.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 470 | <div class="paragraph"><p>You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 471 | configuration variable <tt>difftool.<tool>.path</tt>. For example, you |
| 472 | can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting |
Junio C Hamano | 1aa40d2 | 2010-01-21 17:46:43 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | <tt>difftool.kdiff3.path</tt>. Otherwise, <em>git difftool</em> assumes the |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 474 | tool is available in PATH.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 475 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Instead of running one of the known diff tools, |
Junio C Hamano | 1aa40d2 | 2010-01-21 17:46:43 | [diff] [blame] | 476 | <em>git difftool</em> can be customized to run an alternative program |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 477 | by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration |
| 478 | variable <tt>difftool.<tool>.cmd</tt>.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 479 | <div class="paragraph"><p>When <em>git difftool</em> is invoked with this tool (either through the |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 480 | <tt>-t</tt> or <tt>--tool</tt> option or the <tt>diff.tool</tt> configuration variable) |
| 481 | the configured command line will be invoked with the following |
| 482 | variables available: <tt>$LOCAL</tt> is set to the name of the temporary |
| 483 | file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and <tt>$REMOTE</tt> |
| 484 | is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents |
Junio C Hamano | 0d75e87 | 2010-12-17 06:57:26 | [diff] [blame] | 485 | of the diff post-image. <tt>$MERGED</tt> is the name of the file which is |
| 486 | being compared. <tt>$BASE</tt> is provided for compatibility |
| 487 | with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as <tt>$MERGED</tt>.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 488 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 490 | -x <command> |
| 491 | </dt> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 492 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 493 | --extcmd=<command> |
| 494 | </dt> |
| 495 | <dd> |
| 496 | <p> |
| 497 | Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. |
| 498 | <em>git-difftool</em> ignores the configured defaults and runs |
| 499 | <tt>$command $LOCAL $REMOTE</tt> when this option is specified. |
Junio C Hamano | 0d75e87 | 2010-12-17 06:57:26 | [diff] [blame] | 500 | Additionally, <tt>$BASE</tt> is set in the environment. |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 501 | </p> |
| 502 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 503 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | -g |
| 505 | </dt> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 506 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 507 | --gui |
| 508 | </dt> |
| 509 | <dd> |
| 510 | <p> |
| 511 | When <em>git-difftool</em> is invoked with the <tt>-g</tt> or <tt>--gui</tt> option |
| 512 | the default diff tool will be read from the configured |
| 513 | <tt>diff.guitool</tt> variable instead of <tt>diff.tool</tt>. |
| 514 | </p> |
| 515 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 516 | </dl></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 517 | <div class="paragraph"><p>See <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> for the full list of supported options.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 518 | </div> |
| 519 | <h2 id="_config_variables">CONFIG VARIABLES</h2> |
| 520 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git difftool</em> falls back to <em>git mergetool</em> config variables when the |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 522 | difftool equivalents have not been defined.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 523 | <div class="dlist"><dl> |
| 524 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 525 | diff.tool |
| 526 | </dt> |
| 527 | <dd> |
| 528 | <p> |
| 529 | The default diff tool to use. |
| 530 | </p> |
| 531 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | a9701f0 | 2010-01-21 00:42:16 | [diff] [blame] | 533 | diff.guitool |
| 534 | </dt> |
| 535 | <dd> |
| 536 | <p> |
| 537 | The default diff tool to use when <tt>--gui</tt> is specified. |
| 538 | </p> |
| 539 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 540 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 541 | difftool.<tool>.path |
| 542 | </dt> |
| 543 | <dd> |
| 544 | <p> |
| 545 | Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case |
| 546 | your tool is not in the PATH. |
| 547 | </p> |
| 548 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 549 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 550 | difftool.<tool>.cmd |
| 551 | </dt> |
| 552 | <dd> |
| 553 | <p> |
| 554 | Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool. |
| 555 | </p> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 556 | <div class="paragraph"><p>See the <tt>--tool=<tool></tt> option above for more details.</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 557 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 558 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 559 | difftool.prompt |
| 560 | </dt> |
| 561 | <dd> |
| 562 | <p> |
| 563 | Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. |
| 564 | </p> |
| 565 | </dd> |
| 566 | </dl></div> |
| 567 | </div> |
| 568 | <h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2> |
| 569 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 570 | <div class="dlist"><dl> |
| 571 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 572 | <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> |
| 573 | </dt> |
| 574 | <dd> |
| 575 | <p> |
| 576 | Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc |
| 577 | </p> |
| 578 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 579 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 580 | <a href="git-mergetool.html">git-mergetool(1)</a> |
| 581 | </dt> |
| 582 | <dd> |
| 583 | <p> |
| 584 | Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts |
| 585 | </p> |
| 586 | </dd> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 587 | <dt class="hdlist1"> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 588 | <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a> |
| 589 | </dt> |
| 590 | <dd> |
| 591 | <p> |
| 592 | Get and set repository or global options |
| 593 | </p> |
| 594 | </dd> |
| 595 | </dl></div> |
| 596 | </div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 597 | <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2> |
| 598 | <div class="sectionbody"> |
Junio C Hamano | 2e6ded8 | 2010-12-05 06:20:48 | [diff] [blame] | 599 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div> |
Junio C Hamano | 3bd66e9 | 2009-04-18 06:17:56 | [diff] [blame] | 600 | </div> |
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| 605 | </div> |
| 606 | </body> |
| 607 | </html> |