

#P4merge git mac how to#
This is the description of this optionĬopy the modified files to a temporary location and perform a directory diff on them. Here’s how to hook up the P4Merge app as the global git merge tool when issuing the git mergetool command: P4Merge (Windows): git config -global merge.tool p4merge git config -global 'C:/Program Files/Perforce/p4merge. Git allows us to set up as many as we want, and then it provides us with 2 pointers (diff.tool and diff.guitool) so we can specify for a non-GUI or GUI workflow which of these installed tools we want to use. The nice thing about this wrapper setup is that you can change your diff and merge tools easily. Strange that I did not see it anywhere in articles (maybe it is one of the new features in git) that you can use -d, -dir-diff with difftool. If you try to merge two branches and subsequently have merge conflicts, you can run the command git mergetool it starts P4Merge to let you resolve the conflicts through that GUI tool. You can find some articles about how to set it up with git, like Integrating Git with a Visual Merge Tool, this article also tells about other tools which you can use with git. The other option which I was using for a while is FileMerge ( opendiff). It is good, but feels slow and does not allow to do dirs diffing (at least I don’t know how to do that). P4Merge shows the differences between both text and image file versions and their change history using color syntax and 4 responsive panels Base, Local, Remote, and MergeResult.

#P4merge git mac download#
Perforce itself has pretty good merging tool p4merge and people already know how to setup it with git. First download p4merge and drag & drop to your applications from their download page: After p4merge.app is under /Applications you can configure git to use p4merge as default merge and diff tool.

Is this observation correct If yes, do you know a workaround for this moey at 8:41 2 Your observation is not correct. For the last couple of months I was trying various options for doing diffing and merging on Mac with git and perforce. Use Kaleidoscope to sync Documents folders on two machines, or even to help you move pictures and media to a backup drive. Resolving merge conflicts using P4Merge leaves us to choose a resolution between base, local, and remote versions via their GUI.
