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6 git-difftool - Show changes using common diff tools
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9 git difftool [<options>] [<commit> [<commit>]] [--] [<path>...]
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12 git difftool is a Git command that allows you to compare and edit files
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14 to git diff and accepts the same options and arguments. See git-
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18 -d, --dir-diff
19 Copy the modified files to a temporary location and perform a
20 directory diff on them. This mode never prompts before launching
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23 -y, --no-prompt
24 Do not prompt before launching a diff tool.
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27 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool. This is the default
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31 -t <tool>, --tool=<tool>
32 Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. Valid values include emerge,
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36 If a diff tool is not specified, git difftool will use the
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40 You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
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46 Instead of running one of the known diff tools, git difftool can be
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50 When git difftool is invoked with this tool (either through the -t
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53 variables available: $LOCAL is set to the name of the temporary
54 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and $REMOTE is
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61 Print a list of diff tools that may be used with --tool.
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64 git difftool's default behavior is create symlinks to the working
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68 Specifying --no-symlinks instructs git difftool to create copies
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72 Specify a custom command for viewing diffs. git-difftool ignores
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77 When git-difftool is invoked with the -g or --gui option the
78 default diff tool will be read from the configured diff.guitool
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85 git-difftool invokes a diff tool individually on each file. Errors
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90 git-difftool will forward the exit code of the invoked tool when
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96 git difftool falls back to git mergetool config variables when the
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110 Specify the command to invoke the specified diff tool.
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115 Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
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118 Exit difftool if the invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit
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125 Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
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127 git-mergetool(1)
128 Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
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131 Get and set repository or global options
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