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[PATCH] documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools.

From
Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
Date
Nov 14, 2011, 22:55 UTC
Message-ID
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Let the documentation for -t list valid *diff* tools, not valid *merge* tools.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
---
 Documentation/git-difftool.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index a03515f..19d473c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -t <tool>::
 --tool=<tool>::
 	Use the diff tool specified by <tool>.
-	Valid merge tools are:
+	Valid diff tools are:
 	araxis, bc3, diffuse, emerge, ecmerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
 	kompare, meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, vimdiff and xxdiff.
 +
-- 
1.7.2.5
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