Compare current file with one other open file in editor If there are more than three files visible the three files with the newest modification timestamp are used. To use it two or three files have to be visible side by side. Up to three visible files can be compared with this command. Compare all visible documents (two or three) This chapter describes every command in detail.
On Windows you maybe have to add the executable folder of meld to your PATH. In a command line the command meld should work. Meld tool must be available on your system. Hit Ctrl + Shift + P to open the command menu and type Meld Diff.įolder comparison is only possible from file list (see hint in command description 'Select for meld compare' and 'Compare with selected for meld compare') It is also possible to choose the files (or folders) from the file list. There are several commands to do different ways of comparing. It is also possible to compare editor context or text selection with the clipboard or to use it with the git source control. This extension open two files (or folders) in the external tool meld (or ony other diff tool you want).
In this short article we learned how to configure external tool for diff and merge.Compare files, folders, clipboard or git changes with the tool meld (or other like WinMerge, Beyond Compare.
If you want to automatically remove these files after the conflicts are resolved successfully, set the keepBackup flag to false as below: $ git config -global difftool.keepBackup false 4) Conclusion These files can be removed safely, once the merge session is completed. While resolving conflicts, mergetool creates backup files (with extension *.orig). Otherwise, you will be prompted to indicate whether the merge conflict is resolved or not. If your merge tool can indicate that a merge conflict is resolved successfully with its exit code, you can set trustExitCode to true, as below: $ git config -global ustExitCode true It might not be pleasant for most of developers. $ git config -global difftool.prompt falseīy default, every time you run git difftool command, git bash ask if you really want to launch external tool ? ( shown in below snippet). If you notice in above example, we specifically updated prompt = false with following command. Prompt = false 3) Additional Parameters 3.a) prompt Path = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\WinMerge\\WinMergeU.exe gitconfig file is under C:\Users\Kheri\.gitconfig gitconfig file as well.Īdd following entries in the configuration file.įor windows users. You can configure git external diff and merge tool by directly updating.
$ git config -global mergetool.keepBackup falseĪfter executing these commands you can use git difftool or git mergetool commands to open winmerge. $ git config -global mergetool.prompt false $ git config -global 'C://Program Files (x86)/WinMerge/WinMergeU.exe' $ git config -global difftool.keepBackup false $ git config -global difftool.prompt false
You can configure external diff and merge tool by git bash commands as show below.
In this article we will configure winmerge as diff and merge tool in git but you can configure any other tool with same way.īefore we start, make sure you have winmerge installed on your machine, you can download from here. If run in a terminal-only session, they will fail. Some of the tools listed above only work in a windowedĮnvironment. The following tools are valid, but not currently available: 'git difftool -tool=' may be set to one of the following: There are many tools git supports, you can check with following command.