{"thread":{"id":"44976","subject":"mergetool and difftool inconsistency?","startedAt":"2017-01-26T02:58:19Z","lastAt":"2017-02-03T10:32:21Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Denton Liu","David Aguilar"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"310283","messageId":"20170126025810.GA3020@arch-attack.localdomain","threadId":"44976","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"mergetool and difftool inconsistency?","fromName":"Denton Liu","fromEmail":"liu.denton@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-01-26T02:58:10Z","receivedAt":"2017-01-26T02:58:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"liu.denton@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9620836?v=4"},"body":"Hello all,\n\nI was wondering if there is any reason why 'git difftool' accepts the\n'-g|--gui' whereas 'git mergetool' does not have an option to accept\nthat flag. Please let me know if this is intentional, otherwise I can\nwrite up a patch to add the GUI flag to 'mergetool'.\n\nThanks!\n"},{"id":"310794","messageId":"20170203103211.fnwdbm7shxduj2pn@gmail.com","threadId":"44976","inReplyTo":"20170126025810.GA3020@arch-attack.localdomain","subject":"Re: mergetool and difftool inconsistency?","fromName":"David Aguilar","fromEmail":"davvid@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-02-03T10:32:11Z","receivedAt":"2017-02-03T10:32:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"davvid@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13196?v=4"},"body":"On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 06:58:10PM -0800, Denton Liu wrote:\n> Hello all,\n> \n> I was wondering if there is any reason why 'git difftool' accepts the\n> '-g|--gui' whereas 'git mergetool' does not have an option to accept\n> that flag. Please let me know if this is intentional, otherwise I can\n> write up a patch to add the GUI flag to 'mergetool'.\n> \n> Thanks!\n\nHello,\n\nThe difference was not intentional.  The \"--gui\" feature was\nadded to difftool because that's where the feature was\noriginally requested, but there's no reason why mergetool\ncouldn't have a similar option.\n\ncheers,\n-- \nDavid\n"}]}