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NAME

       git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge
       conflicts

SYNOPSIS

       git mergetool [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--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. 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.

           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.

       -y, --no-prompt
           Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution
           program.

       --prompt
           Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program. This
           is the default behaviour; the option is provided to override any
           configuration settings.

AUTHOR

       Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu[1]>

DOCUMENTATION

       Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o.

GIT

       Part of the git(1) suite

NOTES

        1. tytso@mit.edu
           mailto:tytso@mit.edu