# Bug? I can't manually merge changes with difftool 2 messages from 2021-02-16 to 2021-02-16. Participants: Victor Porton, Jeff Hostetler. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/55157 ## Victor Porton, 2021-02-16 18:30 Subject: Bug? I can't manually merge changes with difftool Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/b46fd946-42ad-2c33-0294-415949b9085e%40narod.ru ``` When I run git difftool main HEAD and manually merge changes in started meld or kdiff3 and then save the resulting file, it is saved somewhere in /tmp not in the workdir. Workdir is not modified after I close meld or kdiff3. I need to store changes in workdir. Is it a bug of Git 2.27.0. ``` ## Jeff Hostetler, 2021-02-16 18:54 Subject: Re: Bug? I can't manually merge changes with difftool Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/fd7ced2a-3b07-eb07-cb48-0a57dac9a5e0%40jeffhostetler.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 2/16/21 1:30 PM, Victor Porton wrote: > When I run > > git difftool main HEAD > > and manually merge changes in started meld or kdiff3 and then save the > resulting file, it is saved somewhere in /tmp not in the workdir. > Workdir is not modified after I close meld or kdiff3. > > I need to store changes in workdir. > > Is it a bug of Git 2.27.0. > When you give it two branches or refs, it does a "historical" diff between those two versions. If you omit "HEAD" from the command line, it will diff your "main" branch against the live version in your worktree. Jeff ```