X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-difftool.txt;h=f087eff8763288d298f0d58ee24e3f2f07003b3a;hb=ffe6dc081aa23d56e6306d143d99ca508db38c5e;hp=498b1610f46ce7a4778c0e76f36d212d2a605fae;hpb=51baceeec4884c14ac8c77902ec6973ab36421ca;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt index 498b1610f..f087eff87 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt @@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools SYNOPSIS -------- -'git difftool' [] {0,2} [--] [...] +'git difftool' [] [ []] [--] [...] DESCRIPTION ----------- 'git difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files between revisions using common diff tools. 'git difftool' is a frontend -to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. +to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. See +linkgit:git-diff[1]. OPTIONS ------- @@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ OPTIONS --tool=:: Use the diff tool specified by . Valid merge tools are: - kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, - ecmerge, diffuse, opendiff, p4merge and araxis. + araxis, bc3, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, + kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff. + If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool' will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the @@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`. Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. 'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified. + Additionally, `$BASE` is set in the environment. -g:: --gui::