NAME¶
git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve
merge conflicts
SYNOPSIS¶
git mergetool [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Use git mergetool to run one of several merge utilities to
resolve 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 (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 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
configuration variable merge.tool is not set, git mergetool
will pick a suitable default.
You can explicitly provide a full path to the tool by setting the
configuration variable mergetool.<tool>.path. For example, you
can configure the absolute path to kdiff3 by setting
mergetool.kdiff3.path. Otherwise, git mergetool assumes the
tool is available in PATH.
Instead of running one of the known merge tool programs, git
mergetool can be customized to run an alternative program by specifying
the command line to invoke in a configuration variable
mergetool.<tool>.cmd.
When git mergetool is invoked with this tool (either
through the -t or --tool option or the merge.tool
configuration variable) the configured command line will be invoked with
$BASE set to the name of a temporary file containing the common base
for the merge, if available; $LOCAL set to the name of a temporary
file containing the contents of the file on the current branch;
$REMOTE set to the name of a temporary file containing the contents
of the file to be merged, and $MERGED set to the name of the file to
which the merge tool should write the result of the merge resolution.
If the custom merge tool correctly indicates the success of a
merge resolution with its exit code, then the configuration variable
mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode can be set to true.
Otherwise, git mergetool will prompt the user to indicate the success
of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
--tool-help
Print a list of merge tools that may be used with
--tool.
-y, --no-prompt
Don’t prompt before each invocation of the merge
resolution program. This is the default if the merge resolution program is
explicitly specified with the --tool option or with the
merge.tool configuration variable.
--prompt
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
program to give the user a chance to skip the path.
-g, --gui
When git-mergetool is invoked with the -g
or --gui option the default merge tool will be read from the configured
merge.guitool variable instead of merge.tool. If
merge.guitool is not set, we will fallback to the tool configured under
merge.tool.
--no-gui
This overrides a previous -g or --gui
setting and reads the default merge tool will be read from the configured
merge.tool variable.
-O<orderfile>
Process files in the order specified in the
<orderfile>, which has one shell glob pattern per line. This overrides
the
diff.orderFile configuration variable (see
git-config(1)).
To cancel
diff.orderFile, use
-O/dev/null.
CONFIGURATION¶
mergetool.<tool>.path
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in
case your tool is not in the PATH.
mergetool.<tool>.cmd
Specify the command to invoke the specified merge tool.
The specified command is evaluated in shell with the following variables
available: BASE is the name of a temporary file containing the common
base of the files to be merged, if available; LOCAL is the name of a
temporary file containing the contents of the file on the current branch;
REMOTE is the name of a temporary file containing the contents of the
file from the branch being merged; MERGED contains the name of the file
to which the merge tool should write the results of a successful merge.
mergetool.<tool>.hideResolved
Allows the user to override the global
mergetool.hideResolved value for a specific tool. See
mergetool.hideResolved for the full description.
mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode
For a custom merge command, specify whether the exit code
of the merge command can be used to determine whether the merge was
successful. If this is not set to true then the merge target file timestamp is
checked and the merge assumed to have been successful if the file has been
updated, otherwise the user is prompted to indicate the success of the
merge.
mergetool.meld.hasOutput
Older versions of meld do not support the
--output option. Git will attempt to detect whether meld
supports --output by inspecting the output of meld --help.
Configuring mergetool.meld.hasOutput will make Git skip these checks
and use the configured value instead. Setting mergetool.meld.hasOutput
to true tells Git to unconditionally use the --output option,
and false avoids using --output.
mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge
When the --auto-merge is given, meld will merge
all non-conflicting parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts and
wait for user decision. Setting mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge to
true tells Git to unconditionally use the --auto-merge option
with meld. Setting this value to auto makes git detect whether
--auto-merge is supported and will only use --auto-merge when
available. A value of false avoids using --auto-merge
altogether, and is the default value.
mergetool.hideResolved
During a merge Git will automatically resolve as many
conflicts as possible and write the MERGED file containing conflict
markers around any conflicts that it cannot resolve; LOCAL and
REMOTE normally represent the versions of the file from before
Git’s conflict resolution. This flag causes LOCAL and
REMOTE to be overwriten so that only the unresolved conflicts are
presented to the merge tool. Can be configured per-tool via the
mergetool.<tool>.hideResolved configuration variable. Defaults to
false.
mergetool.keepBackup
After performing a merge, the original file with conflict
markers can be saved as a file with a .orig extension. If this variable
is set to false then this file is not preserved. Defaults to
true (i.e. keep the backup files).
mergetool.keepTemporaries
When invoking a custom merge tool, Git uses a set of
temporary files to pass to the tool. If the tool returns an error and this
variable is set to true, then these temporary files will be preserved,
otherwise they will be removed after the tool has exited. Defaults to
false.
mergetool.writeToTemp
Git writes temporary BASE, LOCAL, and
REMOTE versions of conflicting files in the worktree by default. Git
will attempt to use a temporary directory for these files when set
true. Defaults to false.
mergetool.prompt
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
program.
TEMPORARY FILES¶
git mergetool creates *.orig backup files while
resolving merges. These are safe to remove once a file has been merged and
its git mergetool session has completed.
Setting the mergetool.keepBackup configuration variable to
false causes git mergetool to automatically remove the backup
as files are successfully merged.