Setting Visual Studio Code as your git merge and diff tool

leandrocrs

Leandro Cavalcante

Posted on September 6, 2022

Setting Visual Studio Code as your git merge and diff tool

Paste the following lines in your ~/.gitconfig file:

# This is Git's per-user configuration file.
[core]
    editor = code --wait
[diff]
    tool = default-difftool
[difftool "default-difftool"]
    cmd = code --wait --diff $LOCAL $REMOTE
[merge]
    tool = default-mergetool
[mergetool "default-mergetool"]
    cmd = code --wait $MERGED
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Done! Next time you do a git commit or whatever operation that needs a text editor, Visual Studio Code will be opened as your default editor.

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leandrocrs
Leandro Cavalcante

Posted on September 6, 2022

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