SYNOPSIS
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+[verse]
'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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 on each file. If no <file> names are
-specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file
-with merge conflicts.
+be run to resolve differences on 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
+the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts.
OPTIONS
-------
-t <tool>::
--tool=<tool>::
Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
- Valid merge tools are:
- kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge,
- diffuse, tortoisemerge, opendiff, p4merge and araxis.
+ 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'
will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the
causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files
are successfully merged.
-Author
-------
-Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-
-Documentation
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-Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o.
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite