Documentation/config/mergetool.txt

   1 mergetool.<tool>.path::
   2         Override the path for the given tool.  This is useful in case
   3         your tool is not in the PATH.
   4
   5 mergetool.<tool>.cmd::
   6         Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool.  The
   7         specified command is evaluated in shell with the following
   8         variables available: 'BASE' is the name of a temporary file
   9         containing the common base of the files to be merged, if available;
  10         'LOCAL' is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of
  11         the file on the current branch; 'REMOTE' is the name of a temporary
  12         file containing the contents of the file from the branch being
  13         merged; 'MERGED' contains the name of the file to which the merge
  14         tool should write the results of a successful merge.
  15
  16 mergetool.<tool>.hideResolved::
  17         Allows the user to override the global `mergetool.hideResolved` value
  18         for a specific tool. See `mergetool.hideResolved` for the full
  19         description.
  20
  21 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode::
  22         For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code of
  23         the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
  24         successful.  If this is not set to true then the merge target file
  25         timestamp is checked and the merge assumed to have been successful
  26         if the file has been updated, otherwise the user is prompted to
  27         indicate the success of the merge.
  28
  29 mergetool.meld.hasOutput::
  30         Older versions of `meld` do not support the `--output` option.
  31         Git will attempt to detect whether `meld` supports `--output`
  32         by inspecting the output of `meld --help`.  Configuring
  33         `mergetool.meld.hasOutput` will make Git skip these checks and
  34         use the configured value instead.  Setting `mergetool.meld.hasOutput`
  35         to `true` tells Git to unconditionally use the `--output` option,
  36         and `false` avoids using `--output`.
  37
  38 mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge::
  39         When the `--auto-merge` is given, meld will merge all non-conflicting
  40         parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts and wait for
  41         user decision.  Setting `mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge` to `true` tells
  42         Git to unconditionally use the `--auto-merge` option with `meld`.
  43         Setting this value to `auto` makes git detect whether `--auto-merge`
  44         is supported and will only use `--auto-merge` when available.  A
  45         value of `false` avoids using `--auto-merge` altogether, and is the
  46         default value.
  47
  48 mergetool.vimdiff.layout::
  49         The vimdiff backend uses this variable to control how its split
  50         windows look like. Applies even if you are using Neovim (`nvim`) or
  51         gVim (`gvim`) as the merge tool. See BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS section
  52 ifndef::git-mergetool[]
  53         in linkgit:git-mergetool[1].
  54 endif::[]
  55         for details.
  56
  57 mergetool.hideResolved::
  58         During a merge Git will automatically resolve as many conflicts as
  59         possible and write the 'MERGED' file containing conflict markers around
  60         any conflicts that it cannot resolve; 'LOCAL' and 'REMOTE' normally
  61         represent the versions of the file from before Git's conflict
  62         resolution. This flag causes 'LOCAL' and 'REMOTE' to be overwriten so
  63         that only the unresolved conflicts are presented to the merge tool. Can
  64         be configured per-tool via the `mergetool.<tool>.hideResolved`
  65         configuration variable. Defaults to `false`.
  66
  67 mergetool.keepBackup::
  68         After performing a merge, the original file with conflict markers
  69         can be saved as a file with a `.orig` extension.  If this variable
  70         is set to `false` then this file is not preserved.  Defaults to
  71         `true` (i.e. keep the backup files).
  72
  73 mergetool.keepTemporaries::
  74         When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of temporary
  75         files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
  76         variable is set to `true`, then these temporary files will be
  77         preserved, otherwise they will be removed after the tool has
  78         exited. Defaults to `false`.
  79
  80 mergetool.writeToTemp::
  81         Git writes temporary 'BASE', 'LOCAL', and 'REMOTE' versions of
  82         conflicting files in the worktree by default.  Git will attempt
  83         to use a temporary directory for these files when set `true`.
  84         Defaults to `false`.
  85
  86 mergetool.prompt::
  87         Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.