diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config/mergetool.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/mergetool.txt | 38 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt index 90b3809..00bf665 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/mergetool.txt @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ 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 + timestamp is checked, and the merge is 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:: @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mergetool.meld.hasOutput:: mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge:: When the `--auto-merge` is given, meld will merge all non-conflicting - parts automatically, highlight the conflicting parts and wait for + 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` @@ -45,21 +45,28 @@ mergetool.meld.useAutoMerge:: value of `false` avoids using `--auto-merge` altogether, and is the default value. -mergetool.vimdiff.layout:: - The vimdiff backend uses this variable to control how its split - windows look like. Applies even if you are using Neovim (`nvim`) or - gVim (`gvim`) as the merge tool. See BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS section +mergetool.<vimdiff variant>.layout:: + Configure the split window layout for vimdiff's `<variant>`, which is any of `vimdiff`, + `nvimdiff`, `gvimdiff`. + Upon launching `git mergetool` with `--tool=<variant>` (or without `--tool` + if `merge.tool` is configured as `<variant>`), Git will consult + `mergetool.<variant>.layout` to determine the tool's layout. If the + variant-specific configuration is not available, `vimdiff`'s is used as + fallback. If that too is not available, a default layout with 4 windows + will be used. To configure the layout, see the `BACKEND SPECIFIC HINTS` +ifdef::git-mergetool[] + section. +endif::[] ifndef::git-mergetool[] - in linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. + section in linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. endif::[] - for details. mergetool.hideResolved:: - During a merge Git will automatically resolve as many conflicts as + 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 + resolution. This flag causes 'LOCAL' and 'REMOTE' to be overwritten 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`. @@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ 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 + preserved; otherwise, they will be removed after the tool has exited. Defaults to `false`. mergetool.writeToTemp:: @@ -85,3 +92,10 @@ mergetool.writeToTemp:: mergetool.prompt:: Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. + +mergetool.guiDefault:: + Set `true` to use the `merge.guitool` by default (equivalent to + specifying the `--gui` argument), or `auto` to select `merge.guitool` + or `merge.tool` depending on the presence of a `DISPLAY` environment + variable value. The default is `false`, where the `--gui` argument + must be provided explicitly for the `merge.guitool` to be used. |