git-difftool: full file tree compare using meld?

Question

Is there an easy way to compare the file tree of an old git commit with the working file tree, in meld?

git-difftool does something very similar, but I don\'t want it to

Answer 1

With git > 1.7.11, the git difftool command now supports diffing complete directories using the --dir-diff command. This can be used together with meld:

$ git difftool --tool=meld --dir-diff [commit-to-diff-against]