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authorLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2018-10-11 10:12:52 +0200
committerLeena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>2018-10-11 08:24:57 +0000
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Doc: Describe configuring merge tools
Qt Creator only supports graphical merge tools Change-Id: I282613a03ba2ff91e82b4bafe5d95164495231f8 Reviewed-by: Orgad Shaneh <orgads@gmail.com>
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\li Set the current branch to track the selected one.
\endtable
+ \section3 Configuring Merge Tools
+
+ Only graphical merge tools are supported. You can configure the
+ merge tool to use on the command line. For example, to use the
+ \l{http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/}{KDiff3} merge tool, enter the
+ following command:
+
+ \badcode
+ git config --global merge.tool kdiff3
+ \endcode
+
\section2 Applying Patches
Patches are rewriting instructions that can be applied to a set of files.