DESCRIPTION
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-'git difftool' is a git command that allows you to compare and edit files
+'git difftool' is a Git command that allows you to compare and edit files
between revisions using common diff tools. 'git difftool' is a frontend
to 'git diff' and accepts the same options and arguments. See
linkgit:git-diff[1].
OPTIONS
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+-d::
+--dir-diff::
+ Copy the modified files to a temporary location and perform
+ a directory diff on them. This mode never prompts before
+ launching the diff tool.
+
-y::
--no-prompt::
Do not prompt before launching a diff tool.
-t <tool>::
--tool=<tool>::
- Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
- Valid diff tools are:
- araxis, bc3, deltawalker, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff,
- kdiff3, kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and
- xxdiff.
+ Use the diff tool specified by <tool>. Valid values include
+ emerge, kompare, meld, and vimdiff. Run `git difftool --tool-help`
+ for the list of valid <tool> settings.
+
If a diff tool is not specified, 'git difftool'
will use the configuration variable `diff.tool`. If the
being compared. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
+--tool-help::
+ Print a list of diff tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+
+--[no-]symlinks::
+ 'git difftool''s default behavior is create symlinks to the
+ working tree when run in `--dir-diff` mode and the right-hand
+ side of the comparison yields the same content as the file in
+ the working tree.
++
+Specifying `--no-symlinks` instructs 'git difftool' to create copies
+instead. `--no-symlinks` is the default on Windows.
+
-x <command>::
--extcmd=<command>::
Specify a custom command for viewing diffs.
the default diff tool will be read from the configured
`diff.guitool` variable instead of `diff.tool`.
+--[no-]trust-exit-code::
+ 'git-difftool' invokes a diff tool individually on each file.
+ Errors reported by the diff tool are ignored by default.
+ Use `--trust-exit-code` to make 'git-difftool' exit when an
+ invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit code.
++
+'git-difftool' will forward the exit code of the invoked tool when
+'--trust-exit-code' is used.
+
See linkgit:git-diff[1] for the full list of supported options.
CONFIG VARIABLES
difftool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
+difftool.trustExitCode::
+ Exit difftool if the invoked diff tool returns a non-zero exit status.
++
+See the `--trust-exit-code` option above for more details.
+
SEE ALSO
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linkgit:git-diff[1]::