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Diffstat (limited to 'git-mergetool.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git-mergetool.txt b/git-mergetool.txt index 07535f657..b9e20c5dc 100644 --- a/git-mergetool.txt +++ b/git-mergetool.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve 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 (skipping those without +be run to resolve differences in each file (skipping those without conflicts). Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in that path. If no <file> names are specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 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 `$BASE` +variable), the configured command line will be invoked with `$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; @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited. -g:: --gui:: - When 'git-mergetool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option + When 'git-mergetool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option, the default merge tool will be read from the configured `merge.guitool` variable instead of `merge.tool`. If `merge.guitool` is not set, we will fallback to the tool @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ These are safe to remove once a file has been merged and its `git mergetool` session has completed. Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false` -causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files +causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup files as files are successfully merged. BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS |