![]() There is one caveat, in order to run “git difftool’ or “git mergetool” you have to first run “git diff” or “git merge” and have a difference or conflict. Git has two commands that will launch the diff/merge editor full screen from the command line, “git difftool” and “git mergetool.” Which ever file comparison editor you use, it needs to be configured in Git so the “git difftool” and “git mergetool” command will bring up the editor with the correct files loaded. ![]() The diff/merge is typically done in an editor specifically designed to show files side by side with changes highlighted. Its difficult to rectify any conflicts from the command line, besides a Window GUI is nicer for this type of conflict resolution. The problem with both diff and merge is sometimes there are multiple differences in the files, and changes can be extensive. These conflicts arise when you try to merge two branches together with a “git merge,” or a recent “git pull” from another repository may produce a merge conflict. When more than one developer is working on a project a three way difference may occur between the two developers working on a file, and the previously committed version of a file. To test this out change a file that you already have committed and then run “git diff.” It will look at the same files in each place and show you the differences in the files. “git diff” shows the difference between what’s in your working directory, what your currently working on, and what’s in your index staged to be committed next, or is already committed. Hope this helps.Invariably when working on files, you’ll edit a file, and wonder how it differs from what you’ve previously committed, or staged to commit with a “git add.” You can discover these differences with the “git diff” command. So if the above description doesn't work for you chances the problem lies somewhere else. However I tried creating an empty repo somewhere on my drive with git init, add a file, commit it, then modify it, then I tried difftool and it worked. I'm not sure what was the problem in that repo. Note: I had a repository in which even if I did issue the git difftool or git mergetool commands P4Merge wouldn't start. Then just use git difftool or git mergetool to your hearts content. So remove other stuff like difftool.path and all that. If p4merge is in this list then you just need to add the path where p4merge.exe resides to your %PATH% (on Windows I recommend Rapid Environment Editor for this).Īfter this is done you just need the following config to be in your. It'll list the available tools Git can use (because they've found them in your %PATH%) and the tools it could use (if they were installed). You can tell if this is the case or not by running git difftool -tool-help. Not sure if helps, but recent versions of Git support P4Merge (I use git version 2.17.0. When type of conflict is removed file conflict, git difftool command opens p4merge. I tried Smooth Git + P4merge but it does not work for me also I tried to do as described in External Merge and Diff Tools but I did not understand that. But when I use git difftool command in git bash, I expect p4merge but I see internal implementation of diff in git bash. =C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exeĭ=C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe Git config -global "C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe"Īnd these lines are from git config: merge.tool=p4merge Git config -global "C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge.exe" I follow this article and this one to setup and config p4merge: git config -global merge.tool p4merge ![]() I want to use p4merge as Git diff/merge tool.
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