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6 git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge
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10 git mergetool [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
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13 Use git mergetool to run one of several merge utilities to resolve
14 merge conflicts. It is typically run after git merge.
15 If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will
17 be run to resolve differences on each file (skipping those without
18 conflicts). Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in
19 that path. If no <file> names are specified, git mergetool will run the
20 merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts.
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23 -t <tool>, --tool=<tool>
24 Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>. Valid values
25 include emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3, meld, vimdiff, and tortoisemerge.
26 Run git mergetool --tool-help for the list of valid <tool>
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28 If a merge resolution program is not specified, git mergetool will
30 use the configuration variable merge.tool. If the configuration
31 variable merge.tool is not set, git mergetool will pick a suitable
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33 You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
35 configuration variable mergetool.<tool>.path. For example, you can
36 configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
37 mergetool.kdiff3.path. Otherwise, git mergetool assumes the tool is
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39 Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs, git
41 mergetool can be customized to run an alternative program by
42 specifying the command line to invoke in a configuration variable
43 mergetool.<tool>.cmd.
44 When git mergetool is invoked with this tool (either through the -t
46 or --tool option or the merge.tool configuration variable) the
47 configured command line will be invoked with $BASE set to the name
48 of a temporary file containing the common base for the merge, if
49 available; $LOCAL set to the name of a temporary file containing
50 the contents of the file on the current branch; $REMOTE set to the
51 name of a temporary file containing the contents of the file to be
52 merged, and $MERGED set to the name of the file to which the merge
53 tool should write the result of the merge resolution.
54 If the custom merge tool correctly indicates the success of a merge
56 resolution with its exit code, then the configuration variable
57 mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode can be set to true. Otherwise, git
58 mergetool will prompt the user to indicate the success of the
59 resolution after the custom tool has exited.
60 --tool-help
62 Print a list of merge tools that may be used with --tool.
63 -y, --no-prompt
65 Don’t prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
66 program. This is the default if the merge resolution program is
67 explicitly specified with the --tool option or with the merge.tool
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69 --prompt
71 Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program to
72 give the user a chance to skip the path.
73 -g, --gui
75 When git-mergetool is invoked with the -g or --gui option the
76 default merge tool will be read from the configured merge.guitool
77 variable instead of merge.tool. If merge.guitool is not set, we
78 will fallback to the tool configured under merge.tool.
79 --no-gui
81 This overrides a previous -g or --gui setting and reads the default
82 merge tool will be read from the configured merge.tool variable.
83 -O<orderfile>
85 Process files in the order specified in the <orderfile>, which has
86 one shell glob pattern per line. This overrides the diff.orderFile
87 configuration variable (see git-config(1)). To cancel
88 diff.orderFile, use -O/dev/null.
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91 git mergetool creates *.orig backup files while resolving merges. These
92 are safe to remove once a file has been merged and its git mergetool
93 session has completed.
94 Setting the mergetool.keepBackup configuration variable to false causes
96 git mergetool to automatically remove the backup as files are
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100 Part of the git(1) suite
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