Re: [PATCH] mergetool--lib: add p4merge as a pre-configured mergetool option

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Markus Heidelberg
> <markus.heidelberg@web.de> wrote:
> > He didn't mean p4merge on other platforms, but other merge tools on Mac
> > OS X. What about all the other merge tools already in mergetool--lib?
> > Should they get special handling, too?
> 
> If someone wants to scratch that itch, then yes. The default diff tool
> for OS X has its helper already in /usr/bin (opendiff). p4merge is
> arguably a better merge tool, and it installs as an app bundle in
> /Applications. I'm not sure about the other diff tools, I haven't
> looked.
> 
> > And for Windows we could add C:\Program Files\MergeToolX\tool.exe for
> > every merge tool.
> 
> If it makes those tools easier to use with git, and if someone on
> Windows wants to scratch that itch, then yes, we should.