SYNOPSIS
--------
-[verse]
-'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
+[synopsis]
+git mergetool [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve
-merge conflicts. It is typically run after 'git merge'.
+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 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
+that path. If no _<file>_ names are specified, `git mergetool` will run
the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts.
OPTIONS
-------
--t <tool>::
---tool=<tool>::
- Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
- Valid values include emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
- meld, vimdiff, and tortoisemerge. Run `git mergetool --tool-help`
- for the list of valid <tool> settings.
+`-t <tool>`::
+`--tool=<tool>`::
+ Use the merge resolution program specified by _<tool>_.
+ Valid values include `emerge`, `gvimdiff`, `kdiff3`,
+ `meld`, `vimdiff`, and `tortoisemerge`. Run `git mergetool --tool-help`
+ for the list of valid _<tool>_ settings.
+
-If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool'
+If a merge resolution program is not specified, `git mergetool`
will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the
-configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, 'git mergetool'
+configuration variable `merge.tool` is not set, `git mergetool`
will pick a suitable default.
+
You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
configuration variable `mergetool.<tool>.path`. For example, you
can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
-`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git mergetool' assumes the
-tool is available in PATH.
+`mergetool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, `git mergetool` assumes the
+tool is available in `$PATH`.
+
Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs,
-'git mergetool' can be customized to run an alternative program
+`git mergetool` can be customized to run an alternative program
by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration
variable `mergetool.<tool>.cmd`.
+
-When 'git mergetool' is invoked with this tool (either through the
+When `git mergetool` is invoked with this tool (either through the
`-t` or `--tool` option or the `merge.tool` configuration
-variable), the configured command line will be invoked with `$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; `$LOCAL` set to the name of a temporary
+the merge, if available; `LOCAL` set to the name of a temporary
file containing the contents of the file on the current branch;
-`$REMOTE` set to the name of a temporary file containing the
-contents of the file to be merged, and `$MERGED` set to the name
+`REMOTE` set to the name of a temporary file containing the
+contents of the file to be merged, and `MERGED` set to the name
of the file to which the merge tool should write the result of the
merge resolution.
+
If the custom merge tool correctly indicates the success of a
merge resolution with its exit code, then the configuration
variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`.
-Otherwise, 'git mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the
+Otherwise, `git mergetool` will prompt the user to indicate the
success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
---tool-help::
+`--tool-help`::
Print a list of merge tools that may be used with `--tool`.
--y::
---no-prompt::
+`-y`::
+`--no-prompt`::
Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
program.
This is the default if the merge resolution program is
explicitly specified with the `--tool` option or with the
`merge.tool` configuration variable.
---prompt::
+`--prompt`::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program
to give the user a chance to skip the path.
--g::
---gui::
- When 'git-mergetool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option,
+`-g`::
+`--gui`::
+ 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
configured under `merge.tool`. This may be autoselected using
the configuration variable `mergetool.guiDefault`.
---no-gui::
+`--no-gui`::
This overrides a previous `-g` or `--gui` setting or
`mergetool.guiDefault` configuration and reads the default merge
tool from the configured `merge.tool` variable.
--O<orderfile>::
+`-O<orderfile>`::
Process files in the order specified in the
- <orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
+ _<orderfile>_, which has one shell glob pattern per line.
This overrides the `diff.orderFile` configuration variable
(see linkgit:git-config[1]). To cancel `diff.orderFile`,
use `-O/dev/null`.