How do I view 'git diff' output with my preferred diff tool/ viewer?

Question

When I type git diff, I want to view the output with my visual diff tool of choice (SourceGear \"diffmerge\" on Windows). How do I configure git to do this?

Answer 1

In the spirit of answering questions that are somewhat different than asked. Try this solution:

$ meld my_project_using_git

Meld understands git and provides navigating around the recent changes.