Documentation/git-difftool.txt

   1 git-difftool(1)
   2 ===============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git difftool' [<options>] <commit>{0,2} [--] [<path>...]
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 'git difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
  15 between revisions using common diff tools.  'git difftool' is a frontend
  16 to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments.
  17
  18 OPTIONS
  19 -------
  20 -y::
  21 --no-prompt::
  22         Do not prompt before launching a diff tool.
  23
  24 --prompt::
  25         Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
  26         This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to
  27         override any configuration settings.
  28
  29 -t <tool>::
  30 --tool=<tool>::
  31         Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
  32         Valid merge tools are:
  33         kdiff3, kompare, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff,
  34         ecmerge, diffuse, opendiff, p4merge and araxis.
  35 +
  36 If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool'
  37 will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`.  If the
  38 configuration variable `diff.tool` is not set, 'git difftool'
  39 will pick a suitable default.
  40 +
  41 You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
  42 configuration variable `difftool.<tool>.path`. For example, you
  43 can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
  44 `difftool.kdiff3.path`. Otherwise, 'git difftool' assumes the
  45 tool is available in PATH.
  46 +
  47 Instead of running one of the known diff tools,
  48 'git difftool' can be customized to run an alternative program
  49 by specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration
  50 variable `difftool.<tool>.cmd`.
  51 +
  52 When 'git difftool' is invoked with this tool (either through the
  53 `-t` or `--tool` option or the `diff.tool` configuration variable)
  54 the configured command line will be invoked with the following
  55 variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary
  56 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE`
  57 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
  58 of the diff post-image.  `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
  59 with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
  60
  61 -x <command>::
  62 --extcmd=<command>::
  63         Specify a custom command for viewing diffs.
  64         'git-difftool' ignores the configured defaults and runs
  65         `$command $LOCAL $REMOTE` when this option is specified.
  66
  67 -g::
  68 --gui::
  69         When 'git-difftool' is invoked with the `-g` or `--gui` option
  70         the default diff tool will be read from the configured
  71         `diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`.
  72
  73 See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options.
  74
  75 CONFIG VARIABLES
  76 ----------------
  77 'git difftool' falls back to 'git mergetool' config variables when the
  78 difftool equivalents have not been defined.
  79
  80 diff.tool::
  81         The default diff tool to use.
  82
  83 diff.guitool::
  84         The default diff tool to use when `--gui` is specified.
  85
  86 difftool.<tool>.path::
  87         Override the path for the given tool.  This is useful in case
  88         your tool is not in the PATH.
  89
  90 difftool.<tool>.cmd::
  91         Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
  92 +
  93 See the `--tool=<tool>` option above for more details.
  94
  95 difftool.prompt::
  96         Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
  97
  98 SEE ALSO
  99 --------
 100 linkgit:git-diff[1]::
 101          Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
 102
 103 linkgit:git-mergetool[1]::
 104         Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
 105
 106 linkgit:git-config[1]::
 107          Get and set repository or global options
 108
 109
 110 AUTHOR
 111 ------
 112 Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.
 113
 114 Documentation
 115 --------------
 116 Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 117
 118 GIT
 119 ---
 120 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite