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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 14:42:20 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 14:42:20 -0800 |
| commit | f922df8655675aafaea96f3715c9473c63d2ca47 (patch) | |
| tree | dea6f313455958a524b65ea7c7fbeaf396780027 /Documentation | |
| parent | 668993ff19477652d793385b4f27a62891bcd3da (diff) | |
| parent | c8a5672ea5cf593708b29f8279bd651c16047c6e (diff) | |
| download | git-f922df8655675aafaea96f3715c9473c63d2ca47.tar.gz git-f922df8655675aafaea96f3715c9473c63d2ca47.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'da/difftool'
* da/difftool:
difftool: Update copyright notices to list each year separately
difftool: Use eval to expand '--extcmd' expressions
difftool: Add '-x' and as an alias for '--extcmd'
t7800-difftool.sh: Simplify the --extcmd test
git-diff.txt: Link to git-difftool
difftool: Allow specifying unconfigured commands with --extcmd
difftool--helper: Remove use of the GIT_MERGE_TOOL variable
difftool--helper: Update copyright and remove distracting comments
git-difftool: Add '--gui' for selecting a GUI tool
t7800-difftool: Set a bogus tool for use by tests
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-diff.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-difftool.txt | 17 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt index 0ac711230..723a64872 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt @@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ $ git diff -R <2> rewrites (very expensive). <2> Output diff in reverse. +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-difftool[1]:: + Show changes using common diff tools Author ------ diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 8e9aed67d..5c68cff90 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- -'git difftool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<'git diff' options>] +'git difftool' [<options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents of the diff post-image. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`. +-x <command>:: +--extcmd=<command>:: + Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. + 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs + `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified. + +-g:: +--gui:: + When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option + the default diff tool will be read from the configured + `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`. + See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options. CONFIG VARIABLES @@ -68,6 +80,9 @@ difftool equivalents have not been defined. diff.tool:: The default diff tool to use. +diff.guitool:: + The default diff tool to use when `--gui` is specified. + difftool.<tool>.path:: Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case your tool is not in the PATH. |