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Re: Choosing a mergetool according to file type

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Jun 26, 2009, 13:51 UTC
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Gregory Jefferis <jefferis@gmail.com> writes:
> This defines the merge driver but not the mergetool.  A mergetool is
> presumably an interactive tool that helps you clean up failed automatic
> merges.
This is why I quoted the title of the section
>>        Defining a custom merge driver
Just tried it with 
[merge "filfre"]
       name = feel-free merge driver
       driver = gedit %O %A %B
       recursive = binary
It did launch gedit interactively during the merge.
-- 
Matthieu
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