git difftool
Show file changes using external diff tools. Accepts the same options and arguments asgit diff
. See also:git diff
. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-difftool.
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List available diff tools:
git difftool --tool-help
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Set the default diff tool to meld:
git config --global diff.tool "{{meld}}"
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Use the default diff tool to show staged changes:
git difftool --staged
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Use a specific tool (opendiff) to show changes since a given commit:
git difftool --tool={{opendiff}} {{commit}}
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