# git mergetool documentation oversight? 1 messages from 2010-06-14 to 2010-06-14. Participants: Chris.Cheney. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24105 ## Chris.Cheney, 2010-06-14 08:01 Subject: git mergetool documentation oversight? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Xns9D975C4C1419DChrisCheneytesconet%4080.91.229.10 ``` Having just tripped over this, it would be helpful if the fact that git mergetool saves the merge-conflict version of the file with a .orig suffix and that the file should be deleted before adding and committing the merge (as described at http://gitguru.com/2009/02/22/integrating-git-with-a-visual-merge-tool/) were documented on the git-mergetool page. Chris ```