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1. #P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT HOW TO#
2. #P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT MANUAL#
3. #P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT DOWNLOAD#

$ git config –global ‘C:\Program Files\Perforce\p4merge.exe’ Thanks to these for Windows we can setup p4merge as our merge and diff tools using Git Shell (I’m using Git Bash) I’ll assume you have p4merge installed here in C:\Program Files\Perforce But why can’t you have it all on the same line? What am I missing?Īnd also, what is “mergetool”? is it yet another variable? and how does it differ from merge.tool? Set up a merge wrapper script named extMerge that calls your binary with all the arguments provided So why need two lines? Perhaps I’m not recalling enough of my shell programming or the translation fails over to Windows? The instructions say 'extMerge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED"' These are the two lines I get stuck on: $ git config -global merge.tool extMerge The journey to 3rd degree black belt starts with a single punch.

Yes I know there are others, but for now, I’m going to follow these instructions. I’m going to assume you’ve installed p4merge. Let’s start by engaging in epic battle with the git-scm instructions. The mentor wizard person (because there’s always a mentor wizard person) would tell you, “Aren’t you strong enough to defeat the DragonLord?”Īs I debated whether I knew enough to write a tip about configuring your git diff and merge tools, I ask myself “Aren’t you strong enough to defeat the git diff merge config tool?!”įor today’s tip, I’m using the git-scm instructions and this translation for Windows At level 30, you couldn’t gain any more experience points. Now, when you type “git diff” or “git mergetool” in your’s project directory, p4merge tool will be started.One of my favorite Nintendo NES games was Dragon Warrior. Sometimes it’s faster for me to use command line diff instead of visual one. If you don’t want to use p4merge as diff tool, just comment (using # character) section. Edit ~/.gitconfig file and put following configuration there for merging:Ĭmd = p4merge "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" "$MERGED" & /usr/local/bin/p4merge "$2" "$PWD/$5"ĭon’t forget to add executable mode/flag to these scripts.Īfter p4merge and scripts are ready it’s time to configure global git settings. Applications/p4merge.app/Contents/MacOS/p4merge $* Create these scripts in directory that is in your’s system PATH (i.e.

Second step is to create two simple bash scripts: p4merge and p4diff, that will be executed when git needs merge or diff tool. After downloading, open dmg file and copy p4merge tool to Applications folder in your Dock.

#P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT DOWNLOAD#

Go to p4merge tool download page, choose “Browse by platform” tab, pick your platform (in my case it was Macintosh) and download P4V: Visual Client.

#P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT HOW TO#

Is is very simple to mix together those two things to have the best from both of them and now I will show you how to do that.įirst of all, you have to install p4merge tool.

#P4MERGE AS MERGETOOL GIT MANUAL#

I found p4merge tool much better in case of automatic merging and manual solving the most hard conflicts. Besides of many great features is has pretty good automatic merge tool, that is able to solve conflicts, but not all of them. Git is my favorite SCV system up to now and most probably will be in the future.